John’s 10 favorite TV characters at the moment

TV list: Here are my 10 favorite characters from the last year of television, from networks to cable to streaming, counting down from 10 to 1.

Every David Mamet film, ranked (except ‘The Water Engine’)

Movie rankings: Mamet has given us a new appreciation for the way men talk, outlined the keys to long cons, and provided historical insight.

Book list: John picks the 20 elite “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” novels out of the nearly 100 spinoff books published since 1997.

2020 preview: Here are 10 films and 10 television shows I’m looking forward to in the new year.

2019 movies: Superheroes continued to dominate in 2019, but we also got prime slices of action, comedy, history and horror.

2019 television: 2019 saw the continued dominance of streaming services and the rise to prominence of standalone miniseries.

2010s in review: These were the 30 biggest trends in movies, television, books, music and pop culture in the 2010s.

2010s in review: In chronological order, these were my 20 favorite movies of the 2010s.

2010s in review: In chronological order, these were our 20 favorite TV shows of the 2010s.

2010s in review: These were my 20 favorite songs of the 2010s (with a limit of one song per album), in chronological order.