Best of 2020

The Impossible I’m Thinking of Ending Things Is the Perfect Movie for These Destabilizing Times

Justin Chang

Dec 26, 2020 9:01 AM

It’s Not Just That We Didn’t Get to Watch Movies This Year. It’s That We Didn’t Get to Talk About Them!

Dana Stevens

Dec 26, 2020 5:59 AM

The Best Songs of 2020, in One Playlist

Carl Wilson

Dec 24, 2020 5:40 AM

The Best Video Games We Played This Year (We Had Time for Lots of Them)

Benjamin Frisch, Karen Han, Melissa Kaplan, Seung Park, and Daniel Schroeder

Dec 23, 2020 11:00 AM

America Spent 2020 Retreating Into the Sounds of the Past

Chris Molanphy

Dec 19, 2020 5:30 AM

The Albums That Gave Me Visions of Life After the Pandemic

Brittany Spanos

Dec 18, 2020 9:40 AM

The Story of Music in 2020 Took Place Online

Carl Wilson

Dec 18, 2020 5:40 AM

Too Much TV Is Still Not Enough

Willa Paskin

Dec 18, 2020 5:37 AM

The Albums That Found Unexpected Resonance in Lockdown

Lindsay Zoladz

Dec 18, 2020 1:02 PM

What Is Television, Anyway?

Emily VanDerWerff

Dec 17, 2020 12:00 PM

Utopia Might Have Been a Bad Show. 2020 Made It Intolerable.

Inkoo Kang

Dec 17, 2020 5:40 AM

Now Streaming: The Culture Gabfest Live

Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner

Dec 16, 2020 7:45 PM

The Boys Made My Head Explode

Kathryn VanArendonk

Dec 16, 2020 12:00 PM

The Best Audiobooks of 2020

Laura Miller

Dec 16, 2020 5:45 AM

Can the TV Shows That Speak to This Moment Survive It?

Willa Paskin

Dec 16, 2020 5:40 AM

Mrs. America Proved That Women’s History Is My History

Emily VanDerWerff

Dec 15, 2020 12:20 PM

The Best Movies of 2020

Dana Stevens

Dec 15, 2020 5:50 AM

90 Day Fiancé Will Hook You Like a Bad Drug

Inkoo Kang

Dec 15, 2020 5:40 AM

The Good Lord Bird Was Funny and Violent and Sad

Kathryn VanArendonk

Dec 14, 2020 2:23 PM

Democracy Became a Procedural Thriller

Willa Paskin

Dec 14, 2020 10:11 AM

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