HBO Films’ The Final Year — playing in theaters now; hitting a boob-tube near you later — charts the diplomatic efforts of four key members in the Obama administration’s foreign policy team over the course of 2017, their final year in office.
My Favorite Albums of 2017
I listened to 178 new albums in 2017.
This Week in Music (January 26 – February 1, Part 2): Above & Beyond’s COMMON GROUND
It’s rather fitting that Above & Beyond’s Common Ground and Migos’ Culture II were released on the same day; both albums exemplify the consistent, borderline repetitive greatness of each group.
This Week in Music (January 26 – February 1, Part 1): Migooooooos’ CULTURE II
Since both albums released this week are too good to be clumped together into a usual “This Week in Music” piece, I shall tackle each individually. First up: Culture II, the sequel to Migooooooooos’ 2017 breakthrough:
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DEN OF THIEVES (Christian Gudegast)
5 Strong in 12 STRONG
During the terminally forgettable stretches of 12 Strong, the only persistent saving grace is the ensemble, five of whom deserve individual shout-outs in the same vein as my recent Murder on the Orient Express piece:
12 STRONG (Nicolai Fuglsig)
You’ve almost positively absolutely definitely totally in all probability seen 12 Strong before, but that still doesn’t make it ever less than enjoyable to watch.
LOVER FOR A DAY (Philippe Garrel)
Every scene in Lover for a Day presents itself as a cinematically-constructed reflection on the nature of love and relationships.
A CHRONICLE OF THE MADNESS OF SMALL WORLDS (NYTW)
Criticizing the work of notoriously esoteric writer Mac Wellman for being too incomprehensible may sound like I’m missing the point entirely.
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HOW TO BE A ROCK CRITIC (Public Theater)
Critics almost always write about art; art is almost never about critics.
