Please consider Aya Cash from You’re the Worst. Last chance to recognize one of the most important performances of the decade.

My Brilliant Friend, The Affair and You’re the Worst. I bet no one of them will actually get nominated but seing them cracking into this top 30 is already surprising and pleasant enough.

Delighted to see My Brilliant Friend on these ballots. I saw it many months ago and yet it keeps growing on me. Such an intelligent show.

The trailer wasn’t amazing, but I just have too much faith in Gray’s talent (I second @FairWeatherAffair in her comparison with Nolan’s) to even be the slightest worried about the film.

Except for the fact that they released much butter albums than Dirty Computer and Golden Hour!

I might have liked the finale more if I hadn’t watched (and loved so dearly) Hannibal. Because to me it felt as an inferior copy of it – the dynamics between Eve and Villanelle being far less nuanced than those between Will and Hannibal, the characters in themselves being much less interesting, and I could go on like that for a long time.
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Some that naturally come to my mind:
– Kid A, Radiohead
– Amnesiac, Radiohead
– In Rainbows, Radiohead
– Discover, Daft Punk
– Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
– Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
– My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasies, Kanye West
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Oh, I’ve seen so few of these films. Anyway, at the moment my Palme d’Or would be:

2010: Certified Copy
2011: Melancholia (but if a tie was possible, then I’d also award The Tree of Life)
2012: Holy Motors
2013: Inside Llewyn Davis
2014: Winter Sleep
2015: Mia Madre
2016: Toni Erdmann
2017: Good Time
2018: The Image Book

Haven’t had the chance of listening to it yet, but I have such high expectations. Sadly I don’t think It’ll receive any attention from the Grammy nor from this forum either.

I felt literally frozen inside while watching the finale, which I thought was great. Don’t know about its competitors, but it certainly deserves to win Drama Series.

I’m glad to say I did not dislike the finale.

Winner, Better Call Saul

Last episode was a disaster from a writing point of view – Icky pretty much said everything that needed to be said. It is discouraging to see such an important TV series end like that, even from a “no fan” point of view. Just discouraging.

The Wire > The Sopranos > Breaking Bad

To be more specific: The Wire > Twin Peaks > Mad Men > The Sopranos > The Americans > The Leftovers > Six Feet Under > Breaking Bad.

Please pay attention to Big Thief‘s last album, U.F.O.F. Great and extremely interesting record from one of the most original and fascinating “indie” (whatever that means anymore) groups of our time.

Last episode was beyond good and evil. Barry is taking the Atlanta route towards originality and boldness and I’m absolutely ready for it.

Without even thinking too much, Kanye West or Kendrick Lamar; they managed to keep the quality of their works extremely high (extraordinary, in some cases) while becoming more and more influential in public culture.

This season is shaping up to be just great. There’s a mysterious quality in this show that I’m not able to describe with words but it’s something I’ve never witnessed in tv. The whole story is shown from a somehow detached and distant point of view – that’s what the direction, the cinematography and all the other technical elements suggests me -,…[Read more]

The list has been revealed. Any thoughts?

Delighted to see Weyes Blood’s Titanic Rising getting the recognition it deserves. Such a satisfying album!