It is too late to say Happy New Year, so it is definitely too late for a post about my favorite pop culture of 2023. And yet, that’s exactly what I’m doing, partly because I’m a hypocrite (aka human), but mostly because I started compiling this post in December with the intention of sending it out at the beginning of January, and didn’t want to have it just sitting around in my drafts forever.
I have a proper, normal post coming soon, but for now, here are the movies, songs and TV shows I enjoyed last year.
MOVIES
Count directed by Kwon Hyeok-jae
Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan
Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig
Asteroid City directed by Wes Anderson
The Boy and the Heron directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola
Eileen directed by William Oldroyd
May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story directed by Holland Randolph Gallagher
Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki
MUSIC
I am guilty of not listening to new music nearly as much as I listen to music I’ve liked for years, but here are a handful of songs from 2023 that, off the top of my head, I played and replayed throughout the year.
Peso Pluma + BZRAP session #55
The Hillbillies - Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
On The Street - j-hope feat. J. Cole
All My Life - Lil Durk feat. J. Cole
Niña Bonita - Feid feat. Sean Paul
TV SHOWS
Rap Sh!t (HBO)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Beef (Netflix)
Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
The Bear (Hulu)
Point Break (Netflix)
Hard Knocks (HBO)
*Yes, I’m aware HBO is now MAX
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