Love seeing a little bit of love for Rectify! I had no idea what this show was until recently and then blew through it all in two days, can't wait for season two. This piece does a great job of distilling what makes it so special for those who still haven't checked it out:

Rectify deserves way more love. This piece does a great job at highlighting what makes it so special: http://ahorizontalmyth.word…

This is one of the craziest movies I've seen. Wrote more about it here:

Though Spring Breakers has gotten a lot of hype (and somewhat justifiably), I also loved "Only the Young," a quieter take on youth culture. Both well worth watching, wrote about them a bit here:

Found this to be a pretty nice and thoughtful piece on his death, and the healing power of the movie theater:

This list is pretty solid, but some of the placements weren't quite where I'd have them. Shows like Treme and Luck I feel like never get their full or proper due. This list is the closest I've come to fully agreeing with one:

This list is pretty solid, but some of the placements weren't quite where I'd have them. Shows like Treme and Luck I feel like never get their full or proper due. This list is the closest I've come to fully agreeing with one:

Having loved the Holiday Undercover series, I wrote this piece on some of the best unheralded holiday songs.

Having loved the Undercover Holiday series, wrote this article in praise of some of the best unorthodox holiday tunes. The Andrew WK Silent Night gets mentioned.

It's easy to lay out the worst, but here was a great list of the biggest DISAPPOINTMENTS. I really wanted to love some of these, but they just weren't happening for me.

It's easy to lay out the worst, but here was a great list of the biggest DISAPPOINTMENTS. I really wanted to love some of these, but they just weren't happening for me.

Getting in the festivus-spirit early with an airing of music-related grievances for 2012.

Getting in the festivus-spirit early with an airing of music-related grievances for 2012.

Getting in the festivus-spirit early with an airing of music-related grievances for 2012.

Getting in the festivus-spirit early with an airing of music-related grievances for 2012.

We're doing a film-related one of these on Friday, but for anyone interested here's our festivus-ready airing of music-related grievances for 2012.

We're doing a film-related one of these on Friday, but for anyone interested here's our festivus-ready airing of music-related grievances for 2012.

Haven't yet had a chance to see the film, but this article (spoiler-free) certainly doesn't have me excited. Does a great job of digging into why the frame story is a bit of a lazy crutch for the filmmakers.

Haven't yet had a chance to see the film, but this article (spoiler-free) certainly doesn't have me excited. Does a great job of digging into why the frame story is a bit of a lazy crutch for the filmmakers.

The television nominees seem a little bit off, but to some degree I think it's because there are fewer and fewer truly great shows. This article does a great job of discussing what's gone semi-wrong since the so-called "golden age" of dramas, and what they need to do to make something really special again.