The light of summer has dimmed and the leaves have begun to succumb to golden hues.

Autumn has landed and its arrival has rid us of any excuse not to curl up and spend the afternoon lost in a story.

Grab your blanket and a drink that warms the soul. These are our recommendations:

For the watchers:

• An Autumn Afternoon (1962, Yasujirō Ozu)

• La Femme de l’aviateur (1981, Éric Rohmer)

• Amélie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

• Paterson (2016, Jim Jarmusch)

From Ozu’s melancholy frames, to Jarmusch’s gentle pacing, each story places you in a grey area of inbetweens. These are the places where we find introspection, and that’s exactly what Autumn offers. It greets us with a warm embrace, but makes way for transition, deeper thoughts and reevaluation.  

For the readers:

• ‘The October Country’ by Ray Bradbury

• ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ by Thomas Hardy

• ‘Poems’ by Robert Frost

• ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier

Literature takes Autumn a step darker, welcoming a haunting backdrop. Whether it’s Hardy’s immersive rural landscapes, or the fog that du Maurier commands to roll in across their pages, there’s a sense of bittersweet foreboding. Like the joy of a crisp sunny morning that will soon grow into the depths of winter.

For the listeners:

• Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)

• Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

• Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)

• Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)

They’re contemplative, wistful and packed with emotion, though they might not shout it the loudest. There’s a spell at play that makes you transcend into a mellow state of contemplation when listening to these albums. 

DM us your Autumn favourites, this goes both ways.