Author Archives: Kip

13
Jan

The Best TV Shows of 2022, Part 2

COMEDY SHOWS & SPECIALS Documentary Now! (IFC)One of the only shows on the air that feels like it’s tailor-made to my overlapping nerdy interests. Documentary Now! continues to deliver spot-on absurdist parodies of obscure documentaries, solely because IFC’s parent company … Continue reading →

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12
Jan

The Best TV Shows of 2022, Part 1

If you thought we had hit “Peak TV” (a term coined by executive John Landgraf nearly a decade ago), you were wrong. With 600-plus scripted shows airing in 2022, there was absolutely no way to keep up. But I still … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged abbott elementary, amazon, atlanta, barry, bear, better call saul, boys, crown, english, evil, hacks, hbo, hulu, netflix, only murders in the building, prime, rehearsal, reservation dogs, righteous gemstones, sandman, search party, staircase, under the banner of heaven, what we do in the shadows, white lotus | Comments Off

9
Jan

Best Songs of 2022

Another year of not caring about new music has gone splendidly. Sure, I checked out some of the bigger albums (like Beyoncé’s Renaissance) but for the most part, I’m only listening to individual tracks. Were their some important and/or exhilarating … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged 1975, alvvays, anxious, baby keem, bartees strange, bear and the beasts, black thought, blessed madonna, bootie brown, brandi carlile, braxe and falcon, brian metolius, carly rae jepsen, chat pile, danger mouse, dawes, destroyer, durand jones, ezra koenig, future islands, gorillaz, hot chip, jacob collier, jamie xx, jess williamson, jimmy eat world, john mayer, kae tempest, kendrick lamar, kevin abstract, lcd soundsystem, lizzo, lizzy mcalpine, lucy dacus, ludwig goransson, marcus mumford, mf doom, Mitski, mj lenderman, panda bear, perfume genius, phoebe bridgers, phoenix, plains, pusha t, righteous gemstones, sam dew, secret machines, seratones, smile, soccer mommy, spoon, steve lacy, suffers, tame impala, taylor swift, trombone shorty, trsh, wallice, waxahatchee, weyes blood, yeah yeah yeahs, yeule | Comments Off

7
Jan

TV Recap: Jan. 1-7, 2023

BINGEINGThe Little Drummer Girl (A) While the acting is tremendous, the writing is taut and the production design is immaculate, what makes this one of the best literary adaptations ever is Park Chan-wook’s incredible direction. Even the quietest moments are … Continue reading →

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6
Jan

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 →

Posted in Best Of, Music | 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 | Comments Off

1
Jan

Streaming Picks: January 2023

I wanted to take a new approach for this column in 2023. There’s just way too much out there, and even last year I was still dropping way too many suggestions. This year, it’s all about curation. I’m still focusing … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged amazon, hbo max, hulu, last of us, netflix, paramount, peacock, poker face, prime, taking of pelham one two three, taxi | Comments Off

30
Dec

Oscar Picks: December 2022

BEST PICTUREAvatar: The Way of WaterBabylonThe Banshees of InisherinElvisEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansTÁRTop Gun: MaverickThe Woman KingWomen Talking Falling off: Armageddon Time, She Said, White NoiseRising star: Triangle of Sadness The skinny: Despite underperforming even last year’s flop West … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged avatar, babylon, banshees of inisherin, blonde, elvis, everything everywhere all at once, fabelmans, glass onion, living, nope, she said, son, till, top gun, whale, white noise, woman king, women talking | Comments Off

24
Dec

TV Recap: Dec. 18-24, 2022

BINGEINGNewsRadio – Season 4 (A average)The finest workplace comedy’s last season with its MVP (Phil Hartman). The most consistently hilarious season. It’s so great that even a silly Titanic parody works like gangbusters.

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19
Dec

TV Recap: Dec. 11-17, 2022

NEW SHOWSThe White Lotus – “Byg” (A) / season finaleThis season has focused a lot on vague fissures and unseen interactions, which meant I wasn’t quite as enamored with it as I was with Season 1. But this finale pulled … Continue reading →

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5
Dec

TV Recap: Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2022

CURRENT SHOWS & SPECIALSThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (B+)The first MCU Phase Four project that felt like its creative team actually gave a shit. It’s a total delight, free of the bullshit connective tissue to other content. Not … Continue reading →

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