TL;DR: One masterpiece, Michel Franco's New Order, a few very good movies (2-6), the rest was more or less average. Disclaimer: for the very first time since I started these lists, I have not watched a single entry in a movie theatre. My 2021 cinema viewing is, therefore, non existent.... Read more →
12/31/2021
12/20/2021
CHART: 2021_MY FAVORITE DOCS
Three masterpieces (#1, #2, #3), several interesting experiments, a few beautiful failures. Overall, a really good year. MIA DISCLAIMER: I have not seen, among others, HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG, THERE WILL BE NO MORE NIGHT, HOW TO OVERTHROW THE US GOVERNMENT (LEGALLY), FLEE, CARBON AND CAPTIVITY, AGENTS... Read more →
12/17/2021
CHART: 2021_MY FAVORITE TV STUFF OF THE YEAR
...Death, more death, even more death, some poverty porn, a dash of entitlement porn, a bit of pandemic porn, bleakness galore, and some hedge fund horror. As I reach senility, I find it increasingly hard to invest time and energy for tv. It's too much work. It's just not worth... Read more →
12/01/2021
CHART: 2021_MY FAVORITE PODCASTS OF THE YEAR (NOT RANKED) [UPDATED]
Caveh Zahedi. Credit: Chris Buck for The New York Times "One of the big flips that’s taking place in our time is the changeover from the eye to the ear. Most of us, having grown up in the visual world, are now suddenly confronted with the problems of living in... Read more →
12/26/2020
CHART: 2020_MY FAVORITE PODCASTS OF THE YEAR (NOT RANKED)
"I’ll admit that I have occasionally been gripped by false memories as a result of podcasts — been briefly sure that I’d seen a TV show I’d never watched, or convinced that it was a friend, not a professional producer, who told me some great anecdote. But on the whole,... Read more →