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16 January 2022

At the movies: Being The Ricardos.

 

I had expansive and complex feelings about Being The Ricardos.

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02 January 2020

The Very Best of 2019.








SUPERLATIVES of 2019



FILM


1 DANIEL ISN’T REAL
For some an exorcism. For others, a reconciliation.

2 LA FLOR Episode II: “Watch Out”/IN FABRIC/LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 3D
Visual, narrative, and sensory pleasure, unbound. Nostalgia cannot truly be bought.

3 SYNONYMS
This is not me trying to be contrarian, but everyone who loved Uncut Gems (a film I liked a lot but that requires emergency Xanax and that I could never imagine watching a second time- though I would love an Idina Menzel spinoff) really needs to see this. Tom Mercier is the performance of the year.

4 DIANE/THE IRISHMAN: I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES/THE WILD PEAR TREE
The ache of time.

5 IN MY ROOM/The SARA LEE Sketch
Y’all might not know this, but one of my favorite subgenres of cinema are films that start out with a simple hook and end up forcing the viewer to confront the absolute moral truth of who they are. These do that.

6 THE LIGHTHOUSE/PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Queer desire in hermetically sealed crucibles in the midst of the primordial sea. Power and class and the cruel vicissitudes of the exterior world. But beyond all these things, the near-unbearable drama of when to share, when to hide.

7 LITTLE WOMEN/NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE
Women proving the timelessness of women’s work; evolutions that reinforce, but never betray.

8 THE DEAD CENTER/KNIFE+HEART/KNIVES OUT/ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD/ONE CUT OF THE DEAD/TRANSIT
The pleasure of genre aspirations with deeply subverted executions.

9 ATLANTICS/LIGHT FROM LIGHT/STARFISH
Subtle touches on the surface of the hippocampus.

10 HER SMELL/THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO/PAIN AND GLORY
Long-term research experiments on the resilience of the self.



ACTRESS

Ana DE ARMAS, KNIVES OUT
AWKWAFINA, THE FAREWELL
Sofia BOUTELLA, CLIMAX
Virginia GARDNER, STARFISH
Adele HAENEL, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Marin IRELAND, LIGHT FROM LIGHT
Elisabeth MOSS, HER SMELL
Lupita NYONG’O, LITTLE MONSTERS/US
Mary Kay PLACE, DIANE
Florence PUGH, MIDSOMMAR
Charlize THERON, LONG SHOT



ACTOR

Antonio BANDERAS, PAIN AND GLORY
Shane CARRUTH, THE DEAD CENTER
Daniel CRAIG, KNIVES OUT
Taron EGERTON, ROCKETMAN
Jimmie FAILS, THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Bill HADER, IT: CHAPTER TWO
Tom MERCIER, SYNONYMS
Eddie MURPHY, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
Miles ROBBINS, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Franz ROGOWSKI, TRANSIT



SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Toni COLLETTE, KNIVES OUT
Laura DERN, MARRIAGE STORY
Sasha LANE, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Jennifer LOPEZ, HUSTLERS
Billie LOURD, BOOKSMART
Mary Stuart MASTERSON, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Idina MENZEL, UNCUT GEMS
Fatma MOHAMED, IN FABRIC
Elisabeth MOSS, US
Anna PAQUIN, THE IRISHMAN: I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES
Florence PUGH, LITTLE WOMEN
Margaret QUALLEY, ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
Taylor RUSSELL, WAVES
ZHAO Shuzhen, THE FAREWELL



SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan ALDA, MARRIAGE STORY
Willem DAFOE, THE LIGHTHOUSE
Asier EXTEANDIA, PAIN AND GLORY
Kevin HART, JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL
Martin LAWRENCE, THE BEACH BUM
Kyle McLACHLAN, GIANT LITTLE ONES
Alessandro NIVOLA, THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE
Al PACINO, THE IRISHMAN: I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES
Brad PITT, ONCE UPONA TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
James RANSONE, IT: CHAPTER TWO
Franz ROGOWSKI, A HIDDEN LIFE
Patrick SCHWARZENEGGER, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Kiddy SMILE, CLIMAX
Archie YATES, JOJO RABBIT



ENSEMBLE

CLIMAX
DIANE
THE FAREWELL
HER SMELL
KNIVES OUT
MARRIAGE STORY


DIRECTOR

Ari ASTER, MIDSOMMAR
BI Gan, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 3D
Claire DENIS, HIGH LIFE
Mati DIOP, ATLANTICS
Robert EGGERS, THE LIGHTHOUSE
Mike FLANAGAN, DOCTOR SLEEP
Dexter FLETCHER, ROCKETMAN
Greta GERWIG, LITTLE WOMEN
Yann GONZALEZ, KNIFE + HEART
Rian JOHNSON, KNIVES OUT
Kent JONES, DIANE
Nadav LAPID, SYNONYMS
Adam Egypt MORTIMER, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Gaspar NOE, CLIMAX
Jordan PEELE, US
Celine SCIAMMA, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Martin SCORSESE, THE IRISHMAN: I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES
Peter STRICKLAND, IN FABRIC


SCREENPLAY:

Ari ASTER, MIDSOMMAR
BONG Joon-ho/JIN Won-han, PARASITE
Guy BUSICK/Ryan MURPHY, READY OR NOT
Brian DeLEEUW/Adam Egypt MORTIMER, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Max EGGERS/Robert EGGERS, THE LIGHTHOUSE
Mike FLANAGAN, DOCTOR SLEEP
Greta GERWIG, LITTLE WOMEN
Rian JOHNSON, KNIVES OUT
Kent JONES, DIANE
Ulrich KOHLER, IN MY ROOM
Haim LAPID/Nadav LAPID, SYNONYMS
Jordan PEELE, US
Alex Ross PERRY, HER SMELL
Steven ZAILLIAN, THE IRISHMAN: I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES


DOCUMENTARY

AMAZING GRACE
APOLLO 11
HAIL, SATAN?
HORROR NOIRE
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN
SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
VARDA PAR AGNES


FOREIGN LANGUAGE/POLYGLOT FILM

ATLANTICS
DIAMANTINO
LA FLOR
HAGAZUSSA
KNIFE + HEART
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 3D
LUZ
PARASITE
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
RETROSPEKT
SYNONYMS
THE WILD PEAR TREE


ANIMATED FILM

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
I LOST MY BODY
MISSING LINK
TEEN TITANS GO! VS TEEN TITANS
TOY STORY 4



CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alberto BAÑARES, STARFISH
Simon BEAUFILS, KNIFE + HEART
Jarin BLASCHKE, THE LIGHTHOUSE
Yves CAPE, ZOMBI CHILD
David CHIZALLET/DONG Jing-song/YAO Hung-i, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 3D
Paul FALTZ, LUZ
Radek LADCZUK, THE NIGHTINGALE
Yorick LE SAUX, HIGH LIFE/LITTLE WOMEN
Claire MATHON, ATLANTICS/PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Maksymilian MILCZARCZYK, ANTRUM
Adam NEWPORT-BERRA, THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Roman OSIN, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
Pawel POGORZELSKI, MIDSOMMAR
Tat RADCLIFFE, QUEEN AND SLIM
Leonardo SIMÕES, VITALINA VARELA
Mike TESTIN, BLISS
Gökhan TIRYAKI, THE WILD PEAR TREE
Lyle VINCENT, DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Ari WEGNER, IN FABRIC
Sean Price WILLIAMS, HER SMELL


EDITING

Denis BEDLOW/Gaspar NOE, CLIMAX
FEKETE Matyas, IN FABRIC
Robert GREENE, HER SMELL
Alexander HAMMER/Nia IMANI/Julian KLINCEWICZ/Andrew MORROW, HOMECOMING
Todd Douglas MILLER, APOLLO 11


RESTORATION

BABYLON
A BIGGER SPLASH
CRUISING
THE FATE OF LEE KHAN
HARD TICKET TO HAWAII
THE JUNIPER TREE
NIGHT KILLER
OPERA
PAGANINI HORROR
PERFECT BLUE
REVENGE OF THE CREATURE 3D
SÁTÁNTANGÓ
THE SHINING
VICE SQUAD


ORIGINAL SCORE

CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER, IN FABRIC
m83, KNIFE + HEART
Matt MORTON, APOLLO 11
Trent REZNOR/Atticus ROSS, WAVES


COSTUME DESIGN

Kym BARRETT, US
Niharika BHASIN/Praveen RAJA, PETTA
Cypress COOK/Fatima IMAGINARIO, DIAMANTINO
April NAPIER, BOOKSMART
Leticia PALACIOS, STARFISH
uncredited, LA FLOR

PRODUCTION DESIGN

John COLLINS, NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE
Cypress COOK/Bruno DUARTE, DIAMANTINO
David CRANK, KNIVES OUT
Ruth DE JONG, US
Sidney DuBOIS/Damien RONDEAU, KNIFE + HEART
Dana DUMANN, HAGAZUSSA
Fernanda GUERRERO, STARFISH
Melanie JONES, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA
Barbara LING, ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
Paki SMITH, IN FABRIC
Henrik SVENSSON, MIDSOMMAR


UNDISTRIBUTED FILM

ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER
LIBERTE
MAD?
MANGOSHAKE
RETROSPEKT
ROT
SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
SIBYL


Album:

1 FKA twigs/MAGDALENE
2 Carly Rae Jepsen/Dedicated
3 Mansionair
4 Tyler The Creator/IGOR
5 Celine Dion/Courage
6 Orville Peck/Pony
7 Lizzo/Cuz I Love You
8 Tan/Two by Tan
9 Frances Barber/Musik
10 m83/Knife + Heart




SONG

1 Ciara – Thinking ‘bout You
2 Lizzo & Missy Elliott – Tempo
3 Carly Rae Jepsen – Want You In My Room
4 Celine Dion – Lying Down
5 Inner City – Til We Meet Again 2019 (Inner City vs Carl Craig)
6 Paul Kennedy – Nobody’s Fool
7 Elle Fanning – Wildflowers
8 Mansionair – Alibi
9 Frances Barber and Pet Shop Boys – Ich bin Musik
10 S U R V I V E – Starcourt
11 Normani – Motivation
12 Billie Eilish – bad guy (Barry Harris Remix)
13 The Knocks – No Requests
14 Kevin McHale – Help Me Now
15 Bleachers – I Miss The Last Days of Disco
16 Aly and AJ – Church
17 Estiva – Trip
18 Bananarama – Tonight
19 Dido – Give You Up (Niko The Kid Remix)
20 Sofee – Thursday Night



TV

1 Los Espookys
2 Now Apocalypse
3 John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch
4 The Other Two/What We Do In the Shadows
5 Pose
6 Watchmen
7 I Think You Should Leave/Sherman’s Showcase
8 Russian Doll
9 A Black Lady Sketch Show
10 Fosse/Verdon
11 The Righteous Gemstones
12 Wellington Paranormal
13 The Mandalorian
14 The Terror
15 American Horror Story: 1984
16 My Favorite Shapes
17 Good Omens
18 Stranger Things
19 Too Old To Die Young
20 The Orville/Star Trek: Discovery


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ON TV

Sandra BERNHARD/”Sometimes It Snows in April” - Pose
Bradley COOPER/Lady GAGA/”The Shallow” - The 2019 Academy Awards
“Drop It Low (for Jesus)” - Sherman’s Showcase
Billie EILISH/”bad guy” - Saturday Night Live
“Grandma’s Got a Boyfriend” - John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch
“Plain Plate of Noodles” - John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch
MJ RODRIGUEZ & George SALAZAR/”Suddenly Seymour” - The Late Late Show with James Corden
“Thursday Night” - Sherman’s Showcase


Podcasts (in alphabetical order)

Attack of the Queerwolf
Bad Gays
Bait
Homophilia
How Did This Get Made?
Keep It
Linoleum Knife
Nightmare University
Pure Cinema
Shock Waves
Tales from Beyond The Pale
The Underculture




DISAPPOINTMENTS LIST (NOTE: NOT WORST FILMS, JUST DISAPPOINTMENTS)

1 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2 Joker
3 Les Miserables
4 I’m Just Fucking With You
5 The Dead Don’t Die

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07 January 2019

2018 SUPERLATIVES


2018 Superlatives

I love to hierarchize, but numbers are just that. If this were an actual awards ceremony with sconces and drinks and centerpieces and quality eats, it would be the best TV ever. Where such a thing exists, I've linked to my review of the specific film at hand.



FILM

01 ANNIHILATION/THE ENDLESS/SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE
Protean shifts as evolutionary breakthrough. We adapt. We rework. We fragment. We reassemble. We live.

02 LAZZARO FELICE/PADDINGTON 2
Parables of the kind. Teachable moments for a world that needs it.

An invitation to dance. The stage as cosmic therapy. The danger behind the mask. A grotesque and comforting refuge from established power structures. Powerful works of liberation.

Dialogues across time. The Then and The Now not so absolute. Timeless works, extending through modernity and beyond.

05 COLA DE MONO/HEREDITARY/A STAR IS BORN/THUNDER ROAD/TUMBBAD
Family ties as chains, or lifelines. Any of these films would work as Greek tragedies. Big emotions all mixed together; the specific becomes the universal.

06 BLACK PANTHER/FATAL PULSE/THE FAVOURITE/ZERZURA
Visionary alternate histories. Other paths telling surpressed stories and forbidden tales. Inspired and effective works.

07 A BREAD FACTORY/FIRST REFORMED/VOX LUX
Where we’re at and how we got there.

08 MANDY/YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE/WIDOWS
Exquisite deconstructions of the genres we love, focusing past frippery to the boundless emotions within. Deeply haunting efforts which slip past the defenses of modern life and strike deep into the parts that feel, hidden deep within the soul.

Deeply political hearts expressing themselves with maximum visual pleasure. Swoonworthy acheivements.

10 THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS/LA FLOR/SEQUENCE BREAK/TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES
Genre-based autocritique got no better than these.


ACTRESS

Yalitza Aparicio, ROMA
Toni Collette, HEREDITARY
Lana Condor, TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE
Viola Davis, WIDOWS
Trine Dyrholm, NICO 1988
Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE
Helena Howard, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Cate Jones, MICKEY REECE’S ALIEN
Nicole Kidman, DESTROYER
Lady Gaga, A STAR IS BORN
Melissa McCarthy, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Eva Melander, BORDER
Jeanne Voisin, JEANNETTE: THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC


ACTOR

Nicolas Cage, MANDY
Jim Cummings, THUNDER ROAD
Ben Dickey, BLAZE
Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED
Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Adriano Tardiolo, LAZZARO FELICE


SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Raffey Cassidy, VOX LUX
Aline & Elise Charles, JEANNETTE: THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC
Elizabeth Debicki, WIDOWS
Cynthia Erivo, WIDOWS
Mia Goth, SUSPIRIA
Jennifer Jason Leigh, ANNIHILATION
Millicent Simmonds, A QUIET PLACE
Anya Taylor-Joy, THOROUGHBREDS
Tessa Thompson, ANNIHILATION
Michelle Yeoh, CRAZY RICH ASIANS


SUPPORTING ACTOR

Adam Driver, BlackKklansman
Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Michael B. Jordan, BLACK PANTHER
Akshay Kumar, 2.0
Cedric Antonio Kyles, FIRST REFORMED
Antonio Marziale, ALEX STRANGELOVE
Jesse Plemons, GAME NIGHT
Na-Kel Smith, mid-90s
Alex Wolff, HEREDITARY


DIRECTOR

Ali Abbasi, BORDER
Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE
Ryan Coogler, BLACK PANTHER
Panos Cosmatos, MANDY
Alex Gardner, ANNIHILATION
Josephine Decker, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Coralie Fargeat, REVENGE
Luca Guadagnino, SUSPIRIA
Kore-eda Hirokazu, SHOPLIFTERS
Karyn Kusama, DESTROYER
Yorgos Lanthimos, THE FAVOURITE
Steve McQueen, WIDOWS
Damon Packard, FATAL PULSE/NIGHT PULSE/UNTITLED YUPPIE FEAR THRILLER
Lynne Ramsay, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Alice Rohrwacher, LAZZARO FELICE
Shankar, 2.0


CINEMATOGRAPHY

Lol Crawley, VOX LUX
Guillaume Deffontaines, JEANNETTE: THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC
Julie Kirkwood, DESTROYER
Ben Loeb, MANDY
Hélène Louvart, LAZZARO FELICE
Aaron Moorhead, THE ENDLESS
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, SUSPIRIA
Brian Sowell, SEQUENCE BREAK
Thomas Townend, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE


EDITING

Harrison Atkins/Josephine Decker/Elizabeth Rao, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Andy Canny, UPGRADE
Bob Murawski/Orson Welles, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND
Joe Walker, WIDOWS


ANIMATED FILM

ISLE OF DOGS
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE
TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES


ORIGINAL SCORE

Geoff Barrow/Ben Salisbury, ANNIHILATION
Keegan DeWitt, GEMINI
Jonny Greenwood, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Van Hughes, SEQUENCE BREAK
Jóhann Jóhannsson, MANDY
Anna Meredith, EIGHTH GRADE
Thom Yorke, SUSPIRIA


DOCUMENTARY

AMAZING GRACE
BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY
KUSAMA INFINITY
MARIA BY CALLAS
McQUEEN
MINDING THE GAP
THE ROAD MOVIE


3D

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
THE MEG
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS
2.0


PRODUCTION DESIGN

Jahmin Assa, mid-90s
Amparo Baeza, COLA DE MONO
Hannah Beachler, BLACK PANTHER
Eugenio Caballero, ROMA
Nelson Coates, CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Mark Digby, ANNIHILATION
Tracy Dishman, GEMINI
Emita Frigato, LAZZARO FELICE
DeAnne Millais, SEQUENCE BREAK
Grant Montgomery, GHOST STORIES
Hubert Pouille, MANDY
Jennifer Spence, THE NUN
Inbal Weinberg, SUSPIRIA
Grace Yun, HEREDITARY


ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE
Josephine Decker/Donna DiNovelli, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Craig Johnson, ALEX STRANGELOVE
Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Alice Rohrwacher, LAZZARO FELICE
Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED
Leigh Whannell, UPGRADE


ADAPTED SCRIPT

Justin Benson, THE ENDLESS
Peter Chiarelli/Adele Lim, CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Jon Croker/Simon Farnaby/Paul King, PADDINGTON 2
Jim Cummings, THUNDER ROAD
Bruno Dumont, JEANNETTE: THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC
Jeremy Dyson/Andy Nyman, GHOST STORIES
Alex Gardner, ANNIHILATION
Nicole Holofcener/Jeff Whitty, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?


VISUAL EFFECTS

ANNIHILATION
AQUAMAN
BLACK PANTHER
THE ENDLESS
PADDINGTON 2
2.0


COSTUMES

Ruth E. Carter, BLACK PANTHER
Alice Eyssartier, MANDY
Keri Langerman, VOX LUX
McKenzie McAllister, MICKEY REECE’S ALIEN
Giulia Piersanti, SUSPIRIA
Sandy Powell, THE FAVOURITE
uncredited, COLA DE MONO
uncredited, DIRTY COMPUTER
Mary E. Vogt, CRAZY RICH ASIANS


25 FAVORITE SCENES OF THE YEAR

01 Everything from The Lighthouse through the end of the film, ANNIHILATION
02 CBS News Interviews Gay Callas fans, MARIA BY CALLAS
03 Opening Scene, THUNDER ROAD
04 “The Shallow,” A STAR IS BORN
05 “Dance This Mess Around,” ALEX STRANGELOVE
06 Mme Gervaise, JEANNETTE: THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC
07 Final Recording Session, LA FLOR: EPISODE II
08 Bathroom Freakout, MANDY
09 Olga in the Mirror Room, SUSPIRIA
10 Flooded Wedding, CRAZY RICH ASIANS
11 Teen Titans Time Travel, TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES
12 Grief Support Group, HEREDITARY
13 Ending Tracking Shot and Montage, BLACKkKLANSMAN
14 Smilin’ Dave and The Rope, THE ENDLESS
15 “I’ve Never Been To Me,” YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
16 Nicole Kidman delivers Amphibious Kung Fu Beatdown, AQUAMAN
17 Crane Shot on Lenox, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
18 Roadside Attack, 2.0
19 “A Place Called Slaughter Race,” RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
20 Grace and Robbie on the phone, GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
21 Cheddar Goblin, MANDY
22 Shifting Perspectives, TERRIFIED (ATERRADOS)
23 “Wrapped Up” Vigil Version, VOX LUX
24 A Secret Revealed, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
25 Dance Party, THE FAVOURITE



SONGS OF 2018

01 Janelle Monáe – Make Me Feel
02 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – The Shallow
03 Holy Ghost! - Anxious (A Tom Moulton Mix)
04 Robyn – Send to Robin Immediately
05 Rostam - In a River
06 Billy Porter and MJ Rodriguez and Our Lady J - Home
07 Jake Shears – Sad Song Backwards
08 “Celeste” - Wrapped Up
09 St. Vincent – Fast Slow Disco
10 Estiva - Bloom
11 John Grant – Preppy Boy
12 Carly Rae Jepsen – Party for One (Otto Benson Remix)
13 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Body Move
14 Robyn – Missing You
15 Thom Yorke - Suspirium
16 Carpenter/Carpenter/Dawes – The Shape Hunts Allyson
17 Namika featuring Black M – Je Ne Parle Pas Français (Beatgees Remix)
18 Jonny Greenwood – Tree Synthesisers
19 Tracey Thorn – Dancefloor (Pearson and Lindblad Italomix)
20 Dario G - Cry
21 Pusha T – The Games We Play
22 Juliana Hatfield – Suspended in Time
23 Phantoms featuring Vanessa Hudgens – Lay With Me (VIP Remix)
24 Kylie Minogue - Dancing
25 Mø and Jack Antonoff – Never Fall In Love
26 Celine Dion – Ashes (Dark Intensity Remix)
27 Troye Sivan – Bloom
28 Azealia Banks – Anna Wintour
29 Stasney Mav - Bullet
30 Jay Rock - Win
31 Jake Shears – Mississippi Delta (I’m Your Man)
32 Ariana Grande - Breathin’
33 Lil’ Xan’s Dad – I’m Your Dad
34 Thom Yorke – Has Ended
35 Joe Crepúsculo – Todo Lo Bello Es Gratis
36 Ice Cube – Arrest The President
37 Rufus Wainwright – Ziggy (Un Garçon Pas Comme Les Autres)
38 Punx Soundcheck – House Arrest
39 Bleachers – Keeping a Secret
40 Bhad Bhabie – Famous

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ALBUMS OF 2018

01 Janelle Monáe/Dirty Computer
02 Robyn/Honey
03 John Grant/Love is Magic
04 Jake Shears
05 Tracey Thorn/Record
06 Pusha T/Daytona
07 Me’Shell NdegéOcello/Ventriloquism
08 Jóhann Jóhansson/Mandy
09 CupcaKke/Ephorize
10 Cardi B/Invasion of Privacy


TV OF 2018

01 Talk Show The Game Show
02 Pose
03 Nailed It!
04 Big Mouth
05 Legion
06 The Haunting of Hill House
07 Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Gauntlet
08 Channel Zero: The Dream Door
09 Disenchantment/G.L.O.W.
10 The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
11 At Home with Amy Sedaris/The Shivering Truth
12 Claws
13 Star Trek: Discovery/The Orville
14 Deadwax
15 Nightflyers


PODCASTS OF 2018 (Alphabetically)

Attack of the Queerwolf
The Boogie Monster
Gaylords of Darkness
Homophilia
How Did This Get Made?
Just the Discs
Keep It!
Linoleum Knife (and its sibling series LKTV, Linoleum Knife + Fork, and Linoleum Nights)
Pure Cinema Podcast
Shock Waves
The Sour Hour
The Todd Glass Show
Unspooled


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02 January 2017

THE VERY BEST OF 2016

“Consumed with worry.”
An epitaph for 2016. A prophecy for 2017.






BEST SONGS:
01 Prince – Moonbeam Levels
02 All Hail The Silence – The Alarm
03 Carly Rae Jepsen – Cry
04 Beyonce – Sorry
05 Ladyhawke – Wild Things
06 Sia – Waving Goodbye
07 Rihanna – Love on the Brain
08 Pet Shop Boys – The Pop Kids
09 Kevin Abstract – Runner
10 Solange – Don’t Wish Me Well
11 Kelly Clarkson – It’s Quiet Uptown
12 Brendan MacLean – Never Enough
13 Childish Gambino – Redbone
14 Shooter Jennings – Love Kills
15 Beyonce & The Dixie Chicks – Daddy Lessons (Live)
16 Plumb – Smoke (Dave Aude Remix)
17 Celine Dion – Encore un Soir
18 Tan – Telephone Tan
19 S.W.I.M. featuring Natasha Giannaraki – Anazatisi (Never Find It)
20 Puro Instinct – Peccavi
21 Britney Spears – Make Me
22 Kanye West – Fade
23 The Weeknd – I Feel It Coming
24 Lady Gaga – Diamond Heart
25 Julian Winding – The Demon Dance
26 Giorgio Moroder featuring Karen Harding – Good For Me
27 Brendan MacLean – Tectonic
28 The Lonely Island featuring Emma Stone – Turn Up The Beef
29 Book of Love – All Girl Band
30 Kiiara - Gold



BEST ALBUMS:



01 Beyonce/Lemonade
02 Solange/A Seat at the Table
03 Ladyhawke/Wild Things
04 Carly Rae Jepsen/E Mo Tion Side B
05 Brendan MacLean/Funbang1
06 Childish Gambino/“Awaken, My Love”
07 Shooter Jennings/Countach (For Giorgio)
08 Kevin Abstract/American Boyfriend
09 Pet Shop Boys/Super
10 Tan/Musik City
11 Jean-Michel Jarre/Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
12 Celine Dion/Encore un Soir
13 The Weeknd/Starboy
14 Tegan and Sara/Love You to Death
15 Azealia Banks/Slay-Z






BEST TV:
Channel Zero: Candle Cove, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Lady Dynamite, Not Safe, Other Space, Search Party, Stranger Things, Yuri on Ice



WORST FILMS:



01 PATRIOT'S DAY
02 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
03 DON'T BREATHE
04 SUICIDE SQUAD
05 EYES OF MY MOTHER
06 INCARNATE
07 SHUT IN
08 YOGA HOSERS
09 THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM
10 RATCHET AND CLANK






BEST DIRECTOR



Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Cemetery of Splendor)
Anna Biller (The Love Witch)
Robert Eggers (The VVitch)
Karyn Kusama (The Invitation)
Lucile Hadzihalilovic (Evolution)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)
Oz Perkins (I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House)
Joel Potrykus (The Alchemist Cookbook)
Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room)
Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier)
Paul Verhoeven (Elle)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)






BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY



David Birke (Elle)
Eric Heisserer (Arrival)
Jeong Seo-kyung and Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden)
Whit Stillman (Love and Friendship)



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY



Anthony Bagarozzi and Shane Black (The Nice Guys)
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (The Invitation)
Yorgos Lanthimos and Ephthymis Philippou (The Lobster)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Ephthymis Philippou and Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier)
Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias (Little Men)



BEST COSTUME DESIGN



Colleen Atwood (The Huntsman: Winter’s War)
Erin Benach (The Neon Demon)
Anna Biller (The Love Witch)
Sarah Blenkinsop (The Lobster)
Sonia Grande (Julieta)
Linda Muir (The VVitch)









BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN



Anna Biller (The Love Witch)
Doug Chiang and Neil Lamont (Rogue One)
Thomas S. Hammock (Blair Witch)
Craig Lathrop (The VVitch)
Lisa Soper (Clown)
Patrice Vermette (Arrival)



BEST 3D



Doctor Strange
Ghostbusters
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Legend of Tarzan
The Mermaid
The Secret Life of Pets



BEST EDITING



John Axelrad and Kayla Emter (Miles Ahead)
Christopher Barwell (Under The Shadow)
Julia Bloch (Green Room)
Job ter Burg (Elle)
Joan Sobel (Nocturnal Animals)
Joe Walker (Arrival)



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY



Natasha Braier (The Neon Demon)
Manuel Dacosse (Evolution)
Greig Fraser (Rogue One)
M. David Mullen (The Love Witch)
Jack Pettibone Riccobono and Shane Slattery-Quintanilla (The Seventh Fire)
Linus Sandgren (La-La Land)






BEST ORIGINAL SCORE



Mark Korven (The VVitch)
Mica Levi (Jackie)
Cliff Martinez (The Neon Demon)
Max Richter (Morgan)
Suzuki Keiichi (For The Plasma)
Adam Wingard (Blair Witch)



BEST ORIGINAL SONG



Equal Rights (Popstar)
The Great Beyond (Sausage Party)
The Riddle of The Model (Sing Street)
Waving Goodbye (The Neon Demon)
Wiener-Dog (Wiener-Dog)
You’re Welcome (Moana)



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS



Arrival
Beyond The Gates
Blair Witch
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
The Mind’s Eye



BEST DOCUMENTARY



I Am Not Your Negro
No Home Movie
The Seventh Fire
13th
Tickled
Tony Conrad: Completely In The Present



BEST FILM WITHOUT A U.S. DISTRIBUTOR



All The Cities of The North
The Death of Louis XIV
Found Footage 3D
The Lure
Nocturama
What’s The Matter With Gerald?



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR



Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Tom Bennett (Love and Friendship)
Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!)
Joe Mangianello (Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday)
Kyle Mooney (Zoolander No. 2)
Makis Papadimitriou (Chevalier)






BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS



Olivia Colman (The Lobster)
Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)
Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)
Dakota Johnson (A Bigger Splash)
Janelle Monae (Moonlight)
Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys)



BEST ACTOR



Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea)
Colin Farrell (The Lobster)
Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys)
Ty Hickson (The Alchemist Cookbook)
Aharon Traitel (Tikkun)
Anton Yelchin (Green Room)



BEST ACTRESS



Sonia Braga (Aquarius)
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Sandra Huller (Toni Erdmann)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Narges Rashidi (Under The Shadow)
Emma Stone (La-La Land)
Anya Taylor-Joy (The VVitch)






BEST PICTURE
01 The Alchemist Cookbook/The Lobster
Deeply profound meditations on identity in the face of a society that just doesn’t make any sense. Rebellion from opposite ends. To win is a concept inevitably defined by those from whom power derives.
02 Arrival/La-La Land
As always, genre fare tells us exactly where the heart and soul wants to live. Better ways, sprung from the humanity that so often limits us.
03 Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday
The kindest, sweetest, most versatile love story of the year.
04 I Am Not Your Negro
One of the greatest American thinkers and critics speaking across time; visceral and wrenching and deeply painful. We haven’t learned a thing.
05 Aquarius/Cemetery of Splendour/The Nice Guys/The VVitch
The act of excavation. Inspecting the foundation. The places where conspiracies build, and restless spirits are drawn in. Every space is a mystery.
06 Clown/Tikkun
The social contract cannot abide monsters. Whether by grotesque action or mere contrary existence, a being which pushes out from within makes that which is established nervous and uneasy; ideology can never be a supportive caress. Deeply upsetting and uncompromising, political visions.
07 Elle/Lemonade/The Love Witch
We think we know a woman’s story by its trappings. By its means of presentation. But women’s stories are not so easily bound by facile first impressions. Further investigation is warranted. Multiple viewings yield untold rewards. There is so much more than a cursory glance can reveal.
08 Chevalier/Everybody Wants Some!!
Exceptional and kind films which deal with male socialization and patterns of interaction while never descending into macho foolishness.
09 Green Room
Human decency in an all-night battle to the death with highly-bureaucratized and weaponized racist bullshit. A business plan does not make an abhorrent ideology any more palatable or acceptable.
10 The Neon Demon
Sleek abstractions that careen the Grimmest fairy tale tropes, cautionary Hollywood excesses, and videogame structure off of one another. Playful and portentous, with a militant chromatic philosophy; when the color blue finally showed up for its close-up in the final scene, I gasped.









2017 FILMS I ANXIOUSLY AWAIT
ALIEN: COVENANT
THE BEGUILED
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
COLOSSAL
DARK NIGHT
GET OUT
A GHOST STORY
HIGH LIFE
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE
KEDI
LIFE
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
PREVENGE
(Re) ASSIGNMENT
ROXANNE ROXANNE
SEQUENCE BREAK
SILENCE
SUSPIRIA
WONDER WOMAN
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