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The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2022
New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And four years ago I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 hour party people, aretha franklin, beastie boys, big star, bill fay, broken social scene, bruce springsteen, coldplay, david bowie, dr dre, drive-by truckers, elvis costello, father john misty, fiona apple, flaming lips, frank ocean, fun, godspeed you black emperor, jam, japandroids, johnny cash, kendrick lamar, laurie anderson, linda thompson, lou reed, lyle lovett, marshall crenshaw, michael jackson, moby, mountain goats, neu, nick drake, nusrat fatel ali khan, pavement, prince, rem, richard thompson, rolling stones, sarah jaffe, sharon van etten, singles, steely dan, stevie wonder, tame impala, tom waits, wilco, xtc, yaz
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Every Episode of Seinfeld, Ranked in Tiers
I recently finished a rewatch of Seinfeld on Netflix, so I figured I’d do something I haven’t done in two years: I’ll rank every episode in tiers. Some rules: Nothing in Season 1 is up to the highs of the … Continue reading
20 After 20: 2001
Thanks to the world getting to some place approaching normal in 2021, I went back to the activities I loved that didn’t cause me to stay cooped up. Alas, that meant I didn’t devote as much time as I should … Continue reading
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Tagged a.i., amelie, artificial intelligence, audition, bridget jones's diary, devil's backbone, donnie darko, gosford park, hedwig and the angry inch, in the bedroom, in the mood for love, knight's tale, lord of the rings, man who wasn't there, memento, monsters inc, moulin rouge, mulholland drive, ocean's eleven, royal tenenbaums, vanilla sky
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The Best Film Performances of 2021
Ensemble in a Musical or ComedyThe French DispatchUnlike some great ensembles who feel like real families or friends, what’s great about The French Dispatch is how terrific each performance is despite limited interaction and screen time. Some actors feel like … Continue reading
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Tagged eyes of tammy faye, french dispatch, in the heights, judas and the black messiah, last duel, mass, pig, red rocket, titane, west side story
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The Best and Worst Movies of 2021
10. Annette (dir. Leos Carax)“So may we start?” This rock opera from Leos Carax and Sparks never quite reaches the heights of its opening number. (Then again, no movie this year could.) But its bold vision, catchy songs and singularly … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, amusement park, annette, card counter, drive my car, empty man, flee, french dispatch, hbo max, justice league, kid detective, licorice pizza, mass, netflix, nine days, power of the dog, prime, shudder, west side story
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The List: Top 10 ‘Key & Peele’ Sketches
As sketch comedy exploded in the 2010s thanks to YouTube, Key & Peele stood head and shoulders above Saturday Night Live, a forgotten MADtv reboot, and any number of funny (but rarely brilliant) shows on IFC (which now seems to … Continue reading
The Best TV Performances of 2021
Best Actor in a Comedy SeriesGlenn Howerton, A.P. BioJack is basically Howerton’s Dennis from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but without the sexual deviance. He’s still an awful person, but a year-plus in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, has made … Continue reading