The films on our list prove that modern culture is currently obsessed with nostalgia, the very lifeblood of cinema.
Size isn’t just a matter of square footage when it comes to the games that have awed us this year.
These 12 incredible films show us utopias, dystopias, distant planets, and our own Earth destroyed.
Sin! Booty-shaking! Sexy lingerie! Gambling! Home-wrecking dames! Gents who won’t take no for an answer!
The best film scenes of 2021 prove that the comfort of certainty was at least easy to come by at the movies.
The best music videos of 2021 tackle the themes and concerns of the day with imagination, humor, and skill.
Finding the crux of a Pedro Almodóvar film is not unlike asking how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
The 10 albums on this list provide a dynamic sense of movement and grooves.
In 2021, hip-hop continued to be as plentiful as it was multifarious.
This year proved, as always, that one of the most reliable pleasures of cinema-going is great acting.
Del Toro’s heart beats louder when he allows himself to play, dreaming his own dreams and respecting his heroes enough to sully them.
These 10 titles suggest that a new golden age for the horror genre could be on the way.
To celebrate the release of Alicia Keys’s Keys, we’ve ranked all eight of the singer’s studio albums.
There’s comfort to be found in the predictably steady pulse of a given week’s home video releases.
These daring films show that cinema is evolving into a form that’s more personal and eccentric than ever.
These are the individual ballots that determined the site’s Top 50 Films of 2021.
These 20 shows thwarted our expectations and forced us to recalibrate what we thought TV could be.
The best songs of 2021 prove that old distinctions are continuing to evaporate at a rapid and liberating pace.
The best albums of 2021 prove that, despite all the chaos in the world, music’s pulse is stronger than ever.
The best video games of 2021 prove, if nothing else, that necessity is the mother of invention.