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Post by notrandyjackson on Feb 6, 2022 9:54:43 GMT -6
Attention: Calling All Submissions for the 2021 CZ YEAR-END POP CULTURE SURVEY!This is the tenth year we're doing this, so by now the rules should be well-known to the regulars here. That being said, here's a refresher. For the year 2021, I want to know what were your favorite works of pop culture. I would like you to rank your favorites from the year for the following categories: -Albums -Songs -Films -Podcasts -TV Episodes -TV Programs After you submit your lists, I will compose an aggregate lists of all our ballots in order to show which items were the most popular among the commentariat. This is intended as no more than a fun exercise, but one which could also spark some discussions. Now, here are the guidelines on what you can submit and how: For starters, each of the six categories I mentioned earlier should all be part of their own, separate lists. So, don't worry about comparing albums to movies, or whatever other combination you can think of. Everyone is allowed to create a list. When you complete your lists, please e-mail them to me. My e-mail address is mj1599@aol.com. You may also list them here in the comments, or send a message to me on Twitter @avclubcz along with the points for each of the items you selected. The deadline for submitting your lists is FEBRUARY 19, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PST. The maximum number of items you can rank for each category is 20. The minimum you need to include in a category for your rankings to be counted is 5. You have an average of 15 points to distribute for each item you rank. So if you rank 10 albums, you have 150 points to give out among those albums. Or, if you have 15 shows, then your spread is increased to 225 points. Also, the maximum number of points you can give to any one item is 30. The minimum is, of course, 1 (please do whole numbers; no half points). Please do not distribute points strategically. For instance, let's say you're confident SUCCESSION is going to be near the top of the list and you're concerned YELLOWJACKETS isn't going to finish high in the final polling. You like SUCCESSION more and you would rank it higher but you decide to give YELLOWJACKETS more points because you want it to place better. Again, please don't do that. Distribute your points purely on how much you like something. Also, make sure your lists are ranked. And make sure that as you go down your list, each subsequent show (or episode or whatever) has less points (or it can have the same - just make sure they don't have more) than the one above it. Within each category, the following criteria should be met: -TV Shows/Miniseries: A show must have either released at least 7 episodes to American audiences during the 2021 calendar year, or released at least 50% of its season in 2021. So, a show like I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE counts as it aired six episodes but all of it premiered during the calendar year. Also, this category includes the Peter Jackson documentary series THE BEATLES: GET BACK due to it being released like a three-part miniseries. Now, due to the increasing presence of content available online, we are allowing web series to be included in this category. However, the series must a) have episode lengths of at-least 11 minutes and b) air episodes on a well-known streaming platform that's available in the United States (this includes YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Vimeo, HBO NOW, Britbox, Disney Plus, Facebook Watch, and well...probably anything else that you can think of). -TV Episodes: Must have premiered for American audiences (whether on-the-air or on an Internet streaming platform) between January 1st, 2021 and December 31st, 2021. One-off specials (such as BO BURNHAM: INSIDE) are also eligible for this category. -Albums: Must have been released between January 1st, 2021 and December 31st, 2021. This category does not include any 2021 albums that were leaked in 2020. -Songs: Preferably, I would like for you to only add songs that were released on or after January 1, 2021. However, I will be flexible in this category by saying that you could add a 2020 song onto your list as well, if that song was more well-known and prominent in the zeitgeist in 2021 than in 2020. For example: Dua Lipa's "Levitating" was released back in October 2020, but didn't top music charts until the summer of 2021. That being said, we will NOT count a song if it already appeared in the top 20 of our 2020 poll, such as the Glass Animals song "Heat Waves." -Films: Must have been commercially released in North America sometime during the 2021 calendar year. This includes films which were first released in January and February 2021 as part of the unusual, prolonged Oscar season like JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH. Movies which were commercially released in 2021 but had their world premiere in 2020 are also eligible, unless they finished in the top 20 of our 2020 year-end poll (such as MINARI or THE FATHER). If you watched a film through either the festival circuit or a private screening and that film will not be commercially released in North America until 2022 (like Joachim Trier's THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD or Celine Sciamma's PETITE MAMAN), then that film cannot be included. Short films, made-for-TV movies and films that premiered for North American audiences on a streaming service are also allowed in this category. -Podcasts: Must have released at least six episodes between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. The podcast must have also been intended for radio or streaming audiences only. Podcasts that are just audio clips of stuff from others mediums like television shows (such as the Pardon the Interruption podcast or The Rachel Maddow Show) are not eligible. For a more closer look into how the final lists turn out, here's a link to all the 2020 rankings that were revealed back in February: avclubcommunists.freeforums.net/thread/432/2020-year-end-culture-surveyAs always, I'm hoping for some strong participation in this year's survey. So, feel free to catch up on the items you may have missed and send in your rankings before the deadline.
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Post by notrandyjackson on Mar 3, 2022 23:42:35 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks For the Best Podcasts of 2021
Blank Check becomes the first podcast to finish #1 for the second time, having previously placed atop our first-ever podcast rankings back in 2018.
1) Blank Check with Griffin & David: 74 points (3 mentions, two #1 selections)
2) TrueAnon: 56 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
3) How Did This Get Made?: 43 points (3 mentions)
4) Comedy Bang! Bang!: 42 points (3 mentions)
5) In Our Time: 41 points (2 mentions)
6) The Next Picture Show: 40 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
7) Dead Times: 38 points (2 mentions)
8) Cum Town: 36 points (2 mentions)
9) Doughboys: 30 points (one #1 selection)
9) Podcast: The Ride: 30 points
9) Voices of Wrestling: 30 points (one #1 selection)
12) Mississippi Goddamn: The Ballad of Billey Joe: 28 points (one #1 selection)
13) Chapo Trap House: 27 points (2 mentions)
14) Blowback: 26 points (one #1 selection)
14) Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend: 26 points
16) Dead Eyes: 25 points
16) Wrestling Observer Radio: 25 points
18) Projexploitation: 24 points
19) Too Long, Didn't Watch: 23 points
20) The Jim Cornette Experience: 22 points
20) You Must Remember This: 22 points
22) Kill James Bond: 21 points (one #1 selection)
22) Louder Than a Riot: 21 points
24) 3 Songs Podcast: 20 points
24) PodQuiz: 20 points
24) Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds: 20 points
24) The A.V. Club Presents Film Club: 20 points
24) The Big Picture: 20 points
24) The Fix with Todd Martin: 20 points
30) Filmspotting: 19 points (2 mentions)
30) Citations Needed: 19 points
32) 9/12: 18 points
32) This American Life: 18 points
32) Wrestling War Zone: 18 points
35) Joevember to Remember: 17 points
35) Revolutions: 17 points
37) Dom and Andre in the Morning: 16 points
38) And Introducing (We Pod Econo): 15 points
38) Arsecast: 15 points
38) Cocaine & Rhinestones: 15 points
38) Football Cliches: 15 points
38) My Brother, My Brother, and Me: 15 points (2 mentions)
38) The Arsenal Vision Post-Match Podcast: 15 points
38) The Attitude Era Podcast: 15 points
38) Weekly Manga Recap: 15 points
38) Word of Mouth: 15 points
38) WTF with Marc Maron: 15 points
48) Pop Mom: 14 points
48) Well There's Your Problem: 14 points
50) Unspooled: 13 points
51) 30 for 30: 12 points
51) Pop Culture Happy Hour: 12 points
53) Office Ladies: 11 points
53) The Bryan and Vinny Show: 11 points
53) The Year That Was: 11 points
53) The Yes! Movement: 11 points
57) 99% Invincible: 10 points
57) Charmed Hard With a Vengeance: 10 points
57) Good One: A Podcast About Jokes: 10 points
57) Judge John Hodgman: 10 points
57) Once Upon a Time...at Bennington College: 10 points
57) Parkstop Podcast: 10 points
57) Set Piece Menu Football Podcast: 10 points
57) Speak Now: 10 points
57) Talking Politics: 10 points
57) The Side Hustle Show: 10 points
57) This Duckberg Life: 10 points
68) 9021NoSo: 9 points
68) Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast: 9 points
68) Now Entering the Rumble: 9 points
68) Slow Burn: 9 points
68) The Ruthlessly Aggressive Podcast: 9 points
68) TNA Never Dies: 9 points
74) The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast: 8 points
75) Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru: 7 points
75) Meltdown: 7 points
77) Newcomers: 6 points
78) For Scores: 5 points
78) Greendale Human Podcasters: 5 points
78) Song by Song: 5 points
78) The Adventure Zone: 5 points
78) The Tennis Podcast: 5 points
78) Waypoint Radio: 5 points
84) Fighting in the War Room: 4 points
85) The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael: 3 points
List contributors: Not The Real Randy Jackson, Tereglith, Mao Zedong, Seed of Bismuth, Ege Bamyasi, Unregistered Guy Named Eric, SG Standard, jmunney, bongoes
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Post by notrandyjackson on Mar 3, 2022 23:43:41 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best TV Episodes and Specials of 2021
Thanks to being in one additional entry, How to with John Wilson was able to surpass Succession in a close battle for our favorite episode of the year. Proof once again on how voting can make a difference.
1) How to with John Wilson: "How to Appreciate Wine": 82 points (4 mentions, one #1 selection)
2) Succession: "All the Bells Say": 69 points (3 mentions)
3) The Beatles: Get Back: "Part 3: Days 17-22": 53 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
4) What We Do in the Shadows: "The Escape": 50 points (2 mentions)
5) What We Do in the Shadows: "The Wellness Center": 46 points (2 mentions)
6) Mythic Quest: "Peter": 37 points (2 mentions)
6) Only Murders in the Building: "The Boy in 6B": 37 points (5 mentions)
8) Pose: "Series Finale": 32 points (2 mentions)
9) Bo Burnham: Inside: 30 points (one #1 selection)
9) Mythic Quest: "Backstory": 30 points
9) Squid Game: "Hell": 30 points
9) Squid Game: "One Lucky Day": 30 points
9) WandaVision: "Previously On": 30 points (one #1 selection)
14) Evil: "S Is for Silence": 29 points (one #1 selection)
15) Search Party: "The Infinite Loop": 28 points
16) Scenes From a Marriage: "The Vale of Tears": 27 points
17) Girls5eva: "Catskills": 26 points (2 mentions)
17) I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: "They said that to me at dinner": 26 points (one #1 selection)
17) Loki: "Journey Into Wisdom": 26 points (2 mentions)
20) AEW Full Gear: 25 points
20) Loki: "For All Time, Always": 25 points (2 mentions)
20) Only Murders in the Building: "Open and Shut": 25 points
20) Mythic Quest: "Everlight": 25 points (2 mentions)
20) Scenes From a Marriage: "Poli": 25 points (one #1 selection)
20) WandaVision: "Don't Touch That Dial": 25 points (2 mentions)
26) Riverdale: "Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox": 24 points
27) The Good Fight: "Previously on...": 23 points
28) F Is For Family: "Bye Bye, Frankie": 21 points
28) I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: "They have a cake shop there Susan where the cakes just look stunning": 21 points
28) Ted Lasso: "No Weddings and a Funeral": 21 points
28) The Underground Railroad: "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter": 21 points
32) Cruel Summer: "A Secret of My Own": 20 points
32) Hawkeye: "Ronin": 20 points
32) Loki: "Lamentis" 20 points
32) Squid Game: "Gganbu": 20 points
32) The Baby-Sitters Club: "Claudia and the Sad Goodbye": 20 points
32) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: "Power Broker": 20 points
32) The History of the Atlanta Falcons: "Part 4 - The Dirty Birds": 20 points
32) The Sex Lives of College Girls: "Parents Weekend": 20 points
32) What If...?: "What If...T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?": 20 points (2 mentions)
42) NFL on CBS: "Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints (Nickelodeon Broadcast)": 18 points
42) WandaVision: "Breaking the Fourth Wall": 18 points (2 mentions)
44) F Is For Family: "Screw Ups": 16 points
44) MacGruber: "The Scientist": 16 points
44) Saturday Morning All Star Hits!: "Tape 7: DANGER": 16 points
47) A.P. Bio: "The Harvard Pen": 15 points
47) Arcane: "The Base Violence Necessary for Change": 15 points
47) Hacks: "Falling": 15 points
47) Invincible: "We Need to Talk": 15 points
47) Mare of Easttown: "Illusions": 15 points
47) Mythic Quest: "Everlight": 15 points
47) PEN15: "Yuki": 15 points
47) Pose: "Something Old, Something New": 15 points
47) Pose: "Take Me to Church": 15 points
47) Reservation Dogs: "California Dreamin'": 15 points
47) Station Eleven: "The Severn City Airport": 15 points
47) Ted Lasso: "Do the Right-Est Thing": 15 points
59) Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Watermelon": 14 points
60) American Dad!: "Stan & Francine & Stan & Francine & Radika": 13 points
61) Rick and Morty: "A Rickconvenient Mort": 12 points
61) Solar Opposites: "A Very Solar Holiday Opposites Special": 12 points
61) Solar Opposites: "The Emergency Urbanizer": 12 points
61) The White Lotus: "Mysterious Monkeys": 12 points
65) Dickinson: "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?": 11 points
66) AEW Rampage: "The First Dance": 10 points
66) Black Monday: "ONE!": 10 points
66) Losing Alice: "The Scene": 10 points
66) Maid: "Sky Blue": 10 points
66) Marvel Studios: Assembled: "The Making of 'Loki'": 10 points (2 mentions)
66) Stath Lets Flats: "A Literally Earlier Year": 10 points
66) Ted Lasso: "Beard After Hours": 10 points
66) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: "Truth": 10 points
66) What We Do in the Shadows: "The Casino" 10 points
75) PEN15: "Jacuzzi": 9 points
76) Bob's Burgers: "Driving Big Dummy": 8 points
76) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain": 8 points
76) Succession: "Too Much Birthday": 8 points
79) American Dad!: "Family Time": 7 points
79) For All Mankind: "The Grey": 7 points
81) Heels: "Double Turn": 6 points
81) Invincible: "Where I Really Come From": 6 points
81) Rick and Morty: "Mort Dinner Rick Andre": 6 points
81) Rick and Morty: "Mortyplicity": 6 points
81) Saved by the Bell: "Wrestling with the Future": 6 points
81) Schmigadoon!: "Tribulation": 6 points
81) The Expanse: "Nemesis Games": 6 points
88) Cowboy Bebop: "Darkside Tango": 5 points
88) David Makes Man: "Trouble the Water": 5 points
88) Hawkeye: "So This Is Christmas": 5 points
88) It's a Sin: "Episode 5": 5 points
88) Star Wars: The Bad Batch: "Return to Kamino": 5 points
88) Sweet Tooth: "When Pobba Met Birdie": 5 points
88) The Other Two: "Chase & Pat Are Killing It": 5 points
95) Evil: "E Is for Elevator": 4 points
95) Hacks: "New Eyes": 4 points
95) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Gang Replaces Dee with a Monkey": 4 points
The tastemakers: Ruck Cohlchez, Loki1001, Polar Bears, jmunney, Mao Zedong, Kristen, SG Standard,
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Post by notrandyjackson on Mar 3, 2022 23:44:49 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best Albums of 2021
For the first time since 2014, the top three in our albums poll were each separated by five points or less. The DJ and music producer Madilb (who previously appeared on our year-end top ten in 2019 with his Freddie Gibbs collaboration "Bandana") has his solo release "Sound Ancestors" finish on top, just ahead of Olivia Rodrigo's debut album.
1) Madlib, Sound Ancestors: 59 points (3 mentions)
2) Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR: 56 points (3 mentions)
3) Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra, Promises: 55 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
4) Little Simz, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert: 45 points (2 mentions)
5) Adele, 30: 42 points (2 mentions)
6) Hans Zimmer, Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 40 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
7) Kanye West, Donda: 39 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
8) black midi, Cavalcade: 38 points (2 mentions)
9) Low, HEY WHAT: 37 points (3 mentions)
10) L'Rain, Fatigue: 36 points (2 mentions)
11) Siddhartha Khosla, Only Murders in the Building (Original Score): 35 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
12) Bo Burnham, Inside (The Songs): 30 points (one #1 selection)
12) Christophe Beck, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robin Lopez, WandaVision (Original Soundtrack Album): 30 points (2 mentions)
12) Ramin Djiwadai, Eternals: 30 points (2 mentions)
12) Royal Bloods, Typhoons: 30 points (one #1 selection)
16) Wolf Alice, Blue Weekend: 29 points (2 mentions)
17) Silk Sonic, An Evening with Silk Sonic: 28 points (2 mentions)
17) tUnE-yArDs, sketchy: 28 points
19) Sofia Kourtesis, Fresia Magdalena EP: 27 points (one #1 selection)
20) Mdou Moctar, Afrique Victime: 26 points (3 mentions)
21) Cassandra Jenkins, An Overview on Phenomenal Nature: 25 points (one #1 selection)
21) Deerhoof, Actually, You Can: 25 points
21) Modest Mouse, The Golden Casket: 25 points
21) Natalie Holt, Loki (Original Soundtrack): 25 points
21) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Carnage: 25 points
21) Tomaga, Intimate Immensity: 25 points
27) Julien Baker, Little Oblivions: 24 points
27) Tirzah, Colourgrade: 24 points
29) 파란노을 (Parannoul), To See the Next Part of the Dream: 20 points
29) Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever: 20 points
29) Lingua Ignota, SINNER GET READY: 20 points
29) Phew, New Decade: 20 points
29) Remi Wolf, Juno: 20 points
29) Richard Dawson & Circle, Henki: 20 points
29) Sparks, Annette (Cannes Edition - Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 20 points
29) Spellling, The Turning Wheel: 20 points
37) Dave, We're All Alone In This Together: 19 points
37) Jazmine Sullivan, Heaux Tales: 19 points (2 mentions)
37) Lil Nas X, Montero: 19 points (3 mentions)
40) St. Vincent, Daddy's Home: 17 points
41) Weezer, Van Weezer: 16 points
42) Bruce Springsteen and East Street Band, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert: 15 points
42) Chai, Wink: 15 points
42) Concretism: Teliffusion: 15 points
42) Genesis Owusu, Smiling with No Teeth: 15 points
42) Girls5eva, Girls5eva (Music from the Peacock Original Series): 15 points
42) Henry Jackman, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Original Soundtrack): 15 points
42) Japanese Breakfast, Jubliee: 15 points
42) John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle: 15 points
42) Lil Ugly Mane, volcanic bird enemy and the voiced concern: 15 points
42) Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Superwolves: 15 points
42) Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8: 15 points
42) Rostam, Changephobia, 15 points
42) Seatbelts, COWBOY BEBOP: 15 points (2 mentions)
42) Snapped Ankles, Forest of Your Problems: 15 points
42) Todd Snider, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder: 15 points
42) Various Artists, Sacred Soul of North Carolina: 15 points (one #1 selection)
58) Halsey, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power: 14 points
58) Various Artists, West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 14 points
60) Idles, CRAWLER: 13 points
60) The Weather Station, Ignorance: 13 points
62) CHVRCHES, Screen Violence: 12 points
62) Damon Albarn, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows: 12 points
62) Mach-Hommy, Pray for Haiti: 12 points
65) Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt, Lucy & Aaron: 10 points
65) Andrew W.K., God Is Partying: 10 points
65) BRUIT ≤, The Machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again: 10 points
65) Dinosaur Jr., Sweep It Into Space: 10 points
65) Erika de Casier, Sensational: 10 points
65) Kary Kirby, Cool Dry Place: 10 points
65) Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future: 10 points
65) The Killers, Pressure Machine: 10 points
65) Tim Hecker, The North Water (Original Score): 10 points
65) Yola, Stand for Myself: 10 points
75) Dry Cleaning, New Long Leg: 9 points
75) Vince Staples, Vince Staples: 9 points
77) Wiki, Half God: 7 points
78) Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de Augustine, A Beginner's Mind: 6 points
78) The Pretty Reckless, Death by Rock and Roll: 6 points
80) Daniel Bachman, Axacan: 5 points
80) Daniel Hart, The Green Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 5 points
80) Flying Lotus, Yasuke: 5 points
80) Marissa Nadler, The Path of the Clouds: 5 points
80) Mogwai, As the Love Continues: 5 points
80) Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Bam: 5 points
86) Courtney Barnett, Things Take Time, Take Time: 4 points
87) Black Country, New Road, For the first time: 3 points
88) Sting, The Bridge: 2 points
89) Prince, Welcome 2 America: 1 point
A tip of the cap to: Ege Bamyasi, Not The Real Randy Jackson, jmunney, Mao Zedong, SG Standard, Kristen, Polar Bears, Loki1001, Stephen77
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Post by notrandyjackson on Mar 3, 2022 23:45:49 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best Films of 2021
Denis Villeneuve picks up his first #1 spot in the poll after his three previous films merely made the top-ten.
1) DUNE (dir: Denis Villeneuve): 203 points (9 mentions, three #1 selections)
2) The Green Knight (dir: David Lowery): 175 points (9 mentions, one #1 selection)
3) The French Dispatch (dir: Wes Anderson): 163 points (9 mentions, one #1 selection)
4) Licorice Pizza (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson): 154 points (6 mentions, four #1 selections)
5) West Side Story (dir: Steven Spielberg): 135 points (7 mentions)
6) The Power of the Dog (dir: Jane Campion): 130 points (7 mentions, one #1 selection)
7) The Matrix Resurrections (dir: Lana Wachowski): 122 points (8 mentions)
8) Spider-Man: No Way Home (dir: Jon Watts): 100 points (5 mentions)
9) Drive My Car (dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi): 97 points (5 mentions, one #1 selection)
10) The Card Counter (dir: Paul Schrader): 95 points (5 mentions)
11) Annette (dir: Leos Carax): 86 points (6 mentions, one #1 selection)
12) Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (dir: Radu Jude): 85 points (4 mentions)
13) Eternals (dir: Chloe Zhao): 82 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
14) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (dir: Destin Daniel Cretton): 80 points (7 mentions, one #1 selection)
15) Pig (dir: Michael Samoski): 78 points (5 mentions)
16) Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (dir: Josh Greenbaum): 75 points (4 mentions, one #1 selection)
17) Luca (dir: Enrico Casarosa): 69 points (4 mentions)
18) The Mitchells vs. the Machines (dir: Michael Rianda): 65 points (3 mentions)
19) The Suicide Squad (dir: James Gunn): 62 points (6 mentions)
20) The Tragedy of Macbeth (dir: Joel Coen): 60 points (6 mentions)
21) Memoria (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul): 59 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
22) Encanto (dir: Jared Bush, Byron Howard): 57 points (5 mentions)
23) Shiva Baby (dir: Emma Seligman): 56 points (3 mentions)
24) Old (dir: M. Night Shymalan): 55 points (4 mentions)
25) Parallel Mothers (dir: Pedro Almodovar): 54 points (4 mentions)
26) Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (dir: Questlove): 53 points (3 mentions)
27) C'Mon C'Mon (dir: Mike Mills): 50 points (4 mentions)
28) Cruella (dir: Craig Gillespie): 49 points (3 mentions)
29) This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (dir: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese): 47 points (3 mentions)
30) Red Rocket (dir: Sean Baker): 44 points (2 mentions)
31) Judas and the Black Messiah (dir: Shaka King): 42 points (3 mentions)
32) Malignant (dir: James Wan): 38 points (2 mentions)
33) Flee (dir: Jonas Poher Rasmussen): 37 points (2 mentions)
34) Undine (dir: Christian Petzold): 33 points (3 mentions)
34) Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi): 33 points (2 mentions)
36) Benedetta (dir: Paul Verhoeven): 32 points (3 mentions)
36) Godzilla vs. Kong (dir: Adam Wingard): 32 points (2 mentions)
38) Don't Look Up (dir: Adam McKay): 30 points
38) Free Guy (dir: Shawn Levy): 30 points (2 mentions)
38) No Time to Die (dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga): 30 points (3 mentions)
41) Bad Trip (dir: Kitao Sakurai): 29 points (2 mentions)
42) Days (dir: Tsai Ming-liang): 26 points
42) House of Gucci (dir: Ridley Scott): 26 points (2 mentions)
44) Black Widow (dir: Cate Shortland): 25 points (3 mentions)
44) Jungle Cruise (dir: Jaume Collet-Sera): 25 points
44) Nightmare Alley (dir: Guillermo del Toro): 25 points (2 mentions)
44) The Lost Daughter (dir: Maggie Gyllenhaal): 25 points (2 mentions)
48) Passing (dir: Rebecca Hall): 24 points (2 mentions)
49) Bergman Island (dir: Mia Hansen-Løve: 22 points (2 mentions)
49) The Hand of God (dir: Paolo Sorrentino): 22 points (2 mentions)
49) The Last Duel (dir: Ridley Scott): 22 points (3 mentions)
52) No Sudden Move (dir: Steven Soderbergh): 21 points (3 mentions)
53) A Hero (dir: Asghar Farhadi): 20 points
53) Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (dir: R.J. Cutler): 20 points
53) In the Heights (dir: Jon M. Chu): 20 points (2 mentions)
53) Limbo (dir: Ben Sharrock): 20 points
53) Quo Vadis, Aida? (dir: Jasmila Žbanić): 20 points (2 mentions)
53) Raya and the Last Dragon (dir: Carlos Lopez Estrada, Don Hall): 20 points (4 mentions)
53) The Rescue (dir: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi): 20 points
53) The Velvet Underground (dir: Todd Haynes): 20 points
61) Zola (dir: Jamiczka Bravo): 19 points (3 mentions)
62) Night of the Kings (dir: Philippe Lacôte): 17 points
62) The Sparks Brothers (dir: Edgar Wright): 17 points
64) Attica (dir: Traci A. Curry, Stanley Nelson, Jr.): 16 points
64) Siberia (dir: Abel Ferrara): 16 points
66) About Endlessness (dir: Roy Andersson): 15 points
66) Censor (Dir: Prano Bailey-Bond): 15 points
66) Mass (dir: Fran Kranz): 15 points
66) Spencer (dir: Pablo Larraín): 15 points
66) Titane (dir: Julia Ducournau): 15 points (2 mentions)
71) Ron's Gone Wrong (dir: Sarah Smith, J.P. Vine): 12 points (2 mentions)
72) All Light, Everywhere (dir: Theo Anthony): 11 points
72) King Richard (dir: Reinaldo Marcus Green): 11 points
74) Beans (dir: Tracey Deer): 10 points
74) F9 (dir: Justin Lin): 10 points
74) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (dir: Jason Reitman): 10 points
74) Sing 2 (dir: Garth Jennings): 10 points
78) Beckett (dir: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino): 8 points
78) The Woman Who Ran (dir: Hong Sang-soo): 8 points
80) Lamb (dir: Valdimar Jóhannsson): 7 points
80) Last Night in Soho (dir: Edgar Wright): 7 points
80) The Disciple (dir: Chaitanya Tamhane): 7 points
83) Copshop (dir: Joe Carnahan): 6 points
83) The Humans (dir: Stephen Karam): 6 points
85) A Quiet Place 2 (dir: John Krasinski): 5 points
85) Antlers (dir: Scott Cooper): 5 points
85) Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (dir: Johannes Roberts): 5 points
85) Those Who Wish Me Dead (dir: Taylor Sheridan): 5 points
85) Wrath of Man (dir: Guy Ritchie): 5 points
90) A Glitch in the Matrix (dir: Rodney Ascher): 4 points
91) Reminiscence (dir: Lisa Joy): 3 points
91) The Tomorrow War (dir: Chris McKay): 3 points
91) Zeros and Ones (dir: Abel Ferrara): 3 points
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Post by notrandyjackson on Mar 4, 2022 0:02:59 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best TV Shows of 2021
A very close battle at the top, with less than ten points separating the number one through number four programs. In the end, it was a sketch comedy that finished atop the poll for the first time ever.
1) I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE WITH TIM ROBINSON (Netflix): 161 points (9 mentions, two #1 selections)
2) Succession (HBO): 156 points (7 mentions, two #1 selections)
3) What We Do in the Shadows (FX): 155 points (7 mentions)
4) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu): 152 points (8 mentions, one #1 selection)
5) Loki (Disney+): 133 points (7 mentions)
6) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+): 116 points (6 mentions, two #1 selections)
7) WandaVision (Disney+): 107 points (7 mentions, one #1 selection)
8) Joe Pera Talks With You (Adult Swim): 94 points (4 mentions, two #1 selections)
9) The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video): 90 points (5 mentions, one #1 selection)
10) The White Lotus (HBO): 81 points (7 mentions)
11) Invincible (Amazon Prime Video): 80 points (4 mentions)
12) Ted Lasso (Apple TV +): 75 points (7 mentions)
13) Hacks (HBO MAX): 72 points (4 mentions)
14) How to with John Wilson (HBO): 71 points (4 mentions)
15) Hawkeye (Disney+): 64 points (6 mentions)
16) Mythic Quest (Apple TV +): 61 points (4 mentions)
17) Painting with John (HBO): 56 points (3 mentions)
18) Saturday Morning All-Star Hits! (Netflix): 55 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
19) Squid Game (Netflix): 48 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
20) Scenes From a Marriage (HBO): 46 points (3 mentions)
21) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock): 45 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
22) Rick and Morty (Adult Swim): 44 points (3 mentions)
23) Girls5eva (Peacock): 38 points (3 mentions)
24) Sweet Tooth (Netflix): 37 points (2 mentions)
24) Yellowjackets (Showtime): 37 points (2 mentions)
26) Star Wars: Visions (Disney+): 35 points (3 mentions)
26) The Good Fight (Paramount+): 35 points (2 mentions)
28) Pose (FX): 33 points (2 mentions)
28) Station Eleven (HBO MAX): 33 points (3 mentions)
30) Holey Moley (ABC): 32 points (2 mentions)
30) The Great (Hulu): 32 points (2 mentions)
32) Maid (Netflix): 31 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
33) PEN15 (Hulu): 27 points (2 mentions)
34) Search Party (HBO MAX): 26 points
35) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+): 25 points (4 mentions)
35) The North Water (AMC+): 25 points
37) A.P. Bio (Peacock): 24 points (2 mentions)
37) Heels (Starz): 24 points (2 mentions)
39) F Is for Family (Netflix): 22 points
39) MacGruber (Peacock): 22 points
39) Resident Alien (SyFy): 22 points
39) The Other Two (HBO MAX): 22 points (2 mentions)
43) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO): 20 points (2 mentions)
43) Ghosts (HBO MAX): 20 points
43) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu): 20 points
43) Saved by the Bell (Peacock): 20 points
43) Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney+): 20 points (2 mentions)
43) Svengoolie (MeTV): 20 points
43) Wellington Paranormal (The CW): 20 points (2 mentions)
50) AEW Dynamite (TNT): 17 points
50) The History of the Atlanta Falcons (Secret Base on YouTube): 17 points
52) Black Monday (Showtime): 16 points
52) Solar Opposites (Hulu): 16 points
54) 1971: The Year Music Changed Everything (Apple TV +): 15 points
54) Arcane (Netflix): 15 points
54) City of Ghosts (Netflix): 15 points
54) Cowboy Bebop (Netflix): 15 points (2 mentions)
54) Cruel Summer (Freeform): 15 points
54) Foundation (Apple TV +): 15 points (2 mentions)
54) Marvel's What If...? (Disney+): 15 points (2 mentions)
54) The Great British Bake-Off (Netflix): 15 points
62) Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN): 14 points
63) The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO MAX): 13 points
64) Evil (Paramount+): 11 points
65) Bob's Burgers (FOX): 10 points
65) Can't Get You Out of My Head (BBC iPlayer): 10 points
65) Hit-Monkey (Hulu): 10 points
65) Mare of Easttown (HBO): 10 points
65) Marvel Studios Assembled (Disney+): 10 points
65) Saturday Night Live (NBC): 10 points
65) Stargirl (The CW): 10 points
65) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC): 10 points
73) Dickinson (Apple TV +): 9 points
73) The Expanse (Amazon Prime Video): 9 points
75) Never Have I Ever (Netflix): 8 points
75) Starstruck (HBO MAX): 8 points
75) The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (Disney+): 8 points
78) Animaniacs (Hulu): 7 points
78) Home Economics (ABC): 7 points
78) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FXX): 7 points
78) Tacoma FD (TruTV): 7 points
78) The Witcher (Netflix): 7 points
83) Disenchantment (Netflix): 5 points
83) Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Netflix): 5 points
83) McCartney 3,2,1 (Hulu): 5 points
83) Shadow and Bone (Netflix): 5 points
83) Stath Lets Flats (HBO MAX): 5 points
88) American Dad! (TBS): 4 points
88) Frogger (Peacock): 4 points
88) Schmigadoon! (Apple TV +): 4 points
91) For All Mankind (Apple TV +): 3 points
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Post by notrandyjackson on Mar 4, 2022 0:03:37 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best Songs of 2021
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez might become the very first married couple to EGOT, but Olivia Rodrigo placed first in a CZ music poll before they did, and that's honestly way more impressive.
1) OLIVIA RODRIGO, "good 4 u": 87 points (4 mentions, one #1 selection)
2) Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "Agatha All Along": 85 points (3 mentions, three #1 selections)
3) Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, "Like I Used To": 73 points (3 mentions)
4) Mdou Moctar, "Afrique Victime": 59 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
5) Teenage Joans, "Wine": 45 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
6) Charl XCX, "Good Ones": 41 points (3 mentions)
7) Alex Lahey, "Spike the Punch": 40 points (2 mentions)
7) Sparks, Adam Driver, and Marion Cotillard, "So May We Start" (ft. Simon Helberg): 40 points (2 mentions)
9) Billie Eilish, "happier than ever": 38 points (3 mentions)
10) girl in red, "Serotonin": 37 points (2 mentions)
11) The Captain America Drum Corps, "Star Spangled Man": 35 points (2 mentions)
12) Amyl and the Sniffers, "Hertz": 30 points
12) Lana Del Rey, "Blue Bannisters": 30 points (one #1 selection)
12) Phoebe Bridgers, "That Funny Feeling": 30 points (one #1 selection)
12) tUnE-yArDs, "Hypnotized": 30 points (one #1 selection)
12) Various Artists, "America (West Side Story 2021 OST)": 30 points
12) West Leg, "Chaise Lounge": 30 points (one #1 selection)
18) MUNA, "Silk Chiffron" (ft. Phoebe Bridgers): 29 points (2 mentions)
18) Olivia Rodrigo, "brutal": 29 points (2 mentions)
18) Royal Blood, "Oblivion": 29 points
21) Bia, "Whole Lotta Money" (ft. Nicki Minaj): 28 points
21) Evie Irie, "The Idea of You": 28 points
21) Jungle, "Keep Moving": 28 points
21) L'Rain, "Find It": 28 points (2 mentions)
21) Modest Mouse, "We Are Between": 28 points
21) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, "White Elephant": 28 points
21) Peach PRC, "Josh": 28 points
28) King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizzard, "Pleura": 27 points
28) Lana Del Rey, "Sweet Carolina": 27 points
30) Lil Nas X, "Industry Baby" (ft. Jack Harlow): 26 points (2 mentions)
30) Madlib, "Road of the Lonely Ones": 26 points (2 mentions)
32) Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, "The Wild Kindness" (ft. Cassie Berman): 25 points (one #1 selection)
32) Cassandra Jenkins, "Hard Drive": 25 points
32) Genesis Owusu, "Gold Chains": 25 points
32) Halsey, "I am not a woman, I'm a god": 25 points (2 mentions)
32) Lingua Ignota, "PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE": 25 points
32) Mitski, "Working for the Knife": 25 points
32) Robert Levon Been, "Mercy of Man" (ft. S.G. Goodman): 25 points
32) SZA, "Good Days": 25 points
32) X Ambassadors, "Adrenaline": 25 points
41) Ari Lennox, "Pressure": 23 points
41) Sofia Kourtesis, "By Your Side": 23 points
43) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, "Albuquerque": 22 points
43) Peggy Gou, "I Go": 22 points
43) Royal Blood, "Typhoons": 22 points
43) The War on Drugs, "I Don't Live Here Anymore" (ft. Lucius): 22 points (2 mentions)
47) Deerhoof, "Scarcity Is Manufactured": 20 points
47) Gordi & Alex Lahey, "Dino's": 20 points
47) Hans Zimmer, "Armada": 20 points
47) Low, "The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off)": 20 points
47) Richard Dawson & Circle, "Cooksonia": 20 points
47) Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "A Newlywed Couple": 20 points (2 mentions)
47) Sara Bareilles, "I'm Afraid": 20 points
47) Snapped Ankles, "The Evidence": 20 points
55) Kanye West, "Off the Grid": 19 points
55) Spacey Jane, "Lots of Nothing": 19 points
55) TWICE, "The Feels": 19 points
58) Bizarrap & L'Gante, "Bzrp Music Sessions, vol. 38": 18 points
58) Lana Del Rey, "For Free": 18 points
58) Tori Kelly, "What Happens Next": 18 points
61) Bizarrap & Snow Tha Product, "Bzrp Music Sessions, vol. 39": 17 points
61) Cat Power, "Pa Pa Power": 17 points
63) Cdot Honcho, "Demon Time": 16 points
63) May-A, "Central Station": 16 points
63) Royal Blood, "Limbo": 16 points
66) Concretism, "Orthicon Halo": 15 points
66) Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, "Movement 6": 15 points
66) Grouper, "Kelso (Blue Sky)": 15 points
66) Katy Kirby, "Cool Dry Place": 15 points
66) Lana Del Rey, "White Dress": 15 points
66) Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, "Make Worry for Me": 15 points
66) Parannoul, "White Ceiling": 15 points
66) Phew, "Doing Nothing": 15 points
66) Remi Wolf, "Guerrilla": 15 points
66) RUFUS DU SOL, "Alive": 15 points
66) Sebastian Yatra, "Dos Oruguitas": 15 points
66) Sly Withers, "Breakfast": 15 points
66) Songs of Kemet, "Black" (ft. Joshua Idehen): 15 points
66) Taylor Swift, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)": 15 points
66) Tomaga, "Mompfie Has to Pay": 15 points
66) Yours Truly, "Walk Over My Grave.": 15 points
82) Burial, "Dark Gethsemane": 14 points
82) Lil Nas X, "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)": 14 points
82) Tirzah, "Send Me": 14 points
85) Doja Cat, "Kiss Me More" (ft. SZA): 13 points (2 mentions)
85) Little Simz, "Introvert": 13 points (2 mentions)
85) Mandy, Indiana, "Bottle Episode": 13 points
88) Aly & AJ, "Listen!!!": 12 points
88) Bo Burnham, "All Eyes on Me": 12 points
88) City Girls, "Twerkulator": 12 points
88) Jonny Greenwood, "Licorice Pizza": 12 points
92) Valerie June, "Why the Bright Stars Glow": 11 points
92) Lana Del Rey, "Dealer": 11 points
92) Sigrid, "Mirror": 11 points
95) Barkaa, "King Brown": 10 points
95) Black Country, New Road, "Concorde": 10 points
95) Carlos Vives, "Colombia, Mi Encanto": 10 points
95) Dinosaur, Jr., "I Ran Away": 10 points
95) Girls5eva, "The Splingee": 10 points
95) Headie One, "Ain't It Different" (ft. AJ Tracey & Stormzy): 10 points
95) illuminati hotties, "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA": 10 points
95) Japanese Breakfast, "Paprika": 10 points
95) Leonard Bernstein, Ansel Elgort & Rachel Zegler, "Tonight (West Side Story 2021 OST)" 10 points
95) Lucy Dacus, "Triple Dog Dare": 10 points
95) Maggie Lindemann, "Crash and Burn": 10 points
95) Mitski, "Heat Lightning": 10 points
95) Neil Young & Crazy Horse, "Don't Forget Love": 10 points
95) Nick Cave & Warren Eliis, "Carnage": 10 points
95) Porter Robinson, "Musician": 10 points
95) Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "Let's Keep It Going": 10 points
95) Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "WandaVision!": 10 points
95) Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "We Got Something Cooking": 10 points
95) Seatbelts, "TANK! Flix Mix": 10 points
95) Spellling, "Boys at School": 10 points
95) Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, "AHHHH!": 10 points
95) Ziggy Romano, "Little Things" (ft. Paul Kelly): 10 points
117) Cleo Sol, "23": 9 points
117) Farruko, "Pepas": 9 points
117) Shannon Lay, "Rare to Wake": 9 points
117) St. Vincent, "...At the Holiday Party": 9 points
117) twenty one pilots, "The Outside": 9 points
122) Lana Del Rey, "Breaking Up Slowly" (ft. Nikki Lane): 8 points
122) The Wombats, "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You": 8 points
124) Baby Keem, "family ties" (ft. Kendrick Lamar): 7 points
124) Mitski, "The Only Heartbreaker": 7 points
124) Olivia Rodrigo, "deja vu": 7 points
124) Parquet Courts, "Walking at a Downtown Pace": 7 points
128) Phoebe Bridgers, "Day After Tomorrow": 6 points
129) Ball Park Music, "Sunscreen": 5 points
129) Guided By Voices, "Dance of Gurus": 5 points
129) Juçara Marçal, "Vi de Relance a Coroa": 5 points
129) Phoebe Bridgers, "Nothing Else Matters": 5 points
129) Ramin Djawdi, "Across the Oceans of Time": 5 points
129) Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd, "Moth to a Flame": 5 points
129) Tindersticks, "Man Alone (Can't Stop the Fadin')": 5 points
129) Various Artists, "The Family Madrigal (Encanto OST)": 5 points
129) Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, "Gateway to the North": 5 points
129) Willow, "t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l" (ft. Travis Barker): 5 points
139) Angel Olsen, "Eyes Without a Face": 4 points
139) Meg Thee Stallion, "Thot Shit": 4 points
139) Silk Sonic, "Smokin' Out the Window": 4 points
142) CHVRCHES, "He Said, She Said": 3 points
142) Hooligan Hefs, Sunset Bros. & SCNDL, "Take Off": 3 points
142) Islands, "(We Like To) Do It With the Lights On": 3 points
142) Kanye West, "Jesus Lord": 3 points
142) Lizzo, "Rumors" (ft. Cardi B): 3 points
147) Meg Myers, "The Underground": 2 points
147) Motaigne, "Now (In Space)": 2 points
149) The Wombats, "Method To the Madness": 1 point
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