Saltburn. The titular North England estate where most of the film takes place. Made up of wood-paneled walls, regal English libraries, and a labyrinthine garden maze, Saltburn is much more than the beautiful backdrop for a story about Oliver Quick…

Carole King’s voice booms out of the speakers. The theme song that I don’t know all the words to (yet) fills the house. If you’re out on the road… The title card — Gilmore girls — lays over a grainy shot of quaint New England town, fades quickly into what is clearly an Autumn tree.

Ahhh, here we are again. It’s my favorite time of the year: the roundup of the 10 best things I watched in 2022 has come at last. This is the fourth annual list, and every year I look forward to reviewing all the different things I’ve watched and recalling my experiences with the art.

For months now, I’ve been telling myself that I need to drag myself to therapy. The only problem is: I’m too arrogant to get myself there. I’m plagued and stopped by thoughts like, “Well, what’s a therapist gonna tell me about my problems that I don’t already know?” Or, “I just need to meditate more.” Or, “I’ll get through it on my own.”

Cousin, we finally have a fresh, interesting world to dive into. People to be scared of, people to root for, people to comfort. People to get to know. And they’re all in a shabby Chicago sandwich shop.

It’s roughly 8pm on a Friday night. Chad and I are laying lazily on the couch, digesting the vegan chorizo bowls we had for dinner and mindlessly scrolling through our phones. I wonder, for just a minute, about what’s captivated him; I wonder, for just a minute, if he’s thinking the same thing about me...

I watched the first episode of Euphoria a few months after the entire first season aired. It was 2019, and I had some friends over. My friends are usually hard-pressed to find and recommend something that I haven’t already watched…

Every year, I rank the top films and TV shows I watched. I tend to look back at my life this way. I can recall the season the mood I was in the night or week I was watching something. It was Fall, and the orange Halloween pumpkin lights were on while that played…