This year, my Best Of 2021 list takes the form of a few pairs or trios: Weird Fun: WandaVision, Loki (both Disney+), and Doom Patrol (HBO Max) WandaVision was a superb televisual turn for the MCU. Admittedly a gift for Read more…
Some thoughts on the feature-length films I’ve seen this year so far at the Wisconsin Film Fest. I’ll update as I see more. Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary is an animated tale of Calamity Jane’s childhood. A painterly Read more…
As the year wraps up, here’s my own list of things I liked the most on television this year.
As I sit here on June 3 on my lovely porch and hear little more than birdsong, and yet every voyage onto the Internet brings images and sounds of an America on fire with protests over yet more murders of Read more…
Before we start, some caveats: (1) these are my favorites, not “the best” necessarily – I didn’t see everything, not everything is my cup of tea, and these are just what I really liked and responded to; (2) I took Read more…
I can’t resist the opportunity to create a list, so here are my top shows of the year. Note, though, that it’s a record of my own personal favorites and preferences, not a declaration of Ultimate Value. If I listed Read more…
Continuing with my lists of media that “made me” (follow links for videogames and television) I now turn to movies. 1. The Star Wars trilogy There is nowhere else this list or story could begin than in a galaxy far, Read more…
I’ve posted my list of television that made me, but as I reflected upon there, after Sesame Street, not much else had a huge impact on me till the mid-90s. By contrast, I grew up with video games, the medium Read more…
What are the television shows that “made” you? Not those that are necessarily the best, nor even the ones you like the most, but the ones that played key roles in your development, that were there at important times for Read more…
Earlier, I posted comments on some of my favorite Peabody winners and finalists this year. In this post, I want to note some other revelations, discoveries, and continuing passions that the judging brought my way. (Before doing so, I feel Read more…