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Sundance Reviews: Magazine Dreams, The Starling Girl, Cat Person, Slow, and Fancy Dance
On the five titles from the Sundance Film Festival that I watched from home this year.
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What I'm Watching: Poker Face, That '90s Show, Sparkler, and More
On five movies, five great reads, three shows, and two podcast episodes.
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What I'm Watching: The Last of Us, Sick, Queer for Fear, and More
On five shows, three movies, two books, one more comedy special, and a long-running franchise.
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What I'm Watching: M3GAN, Mayfair Witches, Velma, and More
On my first watches of the new year, for better and worse.
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What I'm Watching: RRR, Glass Onion, The Old Man, and More
On five movies, two shows, two books, a podcast, and a stand-up special.
Lists
My Favorites of the Year: 2022 Edition
On the movies, books, podcasts, and music that I loved this year.
Lists
This Year, Next Year
On some of the things I did in 2022, and a few I hope to do next.
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What I'm Watching: 1923, Tár, Cha Cha Real Smooth, and More
On twenty episodes, five TV shows, some movies, a book, and one great composer.
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What I'm Watching: Andor, Pachinko, 1883, and More
On five TV shows, two movies, and some nominees.
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What I'm Watching: Willow, The Fabelmans, Smile, and More
On three TV shows, six movies, and some billboards.
Essays
Some Sights & Sounds
On my enduring love of lists and the impossible honor of shaping the film canon.
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What I'm Watching: Derry Girls, The Menu, Women Talking, and More
Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Derry Girls, Channel 4 / Netflix Here’s what I watched this week, and what I thought about it. The shows: * After waiting ages for the third season of the wonderful Irish coming-of-age comedy Derry Girls, I purposely put off finishing the series for months because I dreaded saying