My Cat's Top Ten TV Treats of 2022

 

Stranger Things

Set in the 1980s - roller skating, Kate Bush, love the recreation of the ear

The Afterparty

A lot of fun, using various genres, to tell the story of a murder from various perspectives

Russian Doll

Brilliant again. 

Only Murders in the Building

Love the scenes in New York, engaging characters

The Marvellous Mrs Maisel

Set in New York, funny, inspiring characters

Slow Horses

Surprising.  Gary Oldman is superb.  Great plot.

Dopesick

Brilliant drama about the opiod crisis in America.  Michael Keaton is impressive. 

The Great

Hilarious

Staged

David Tenant and Michael Sheen are hilarious

Five Days at Memorial

Drama based on a true story of a hospital, abandoned by authorities, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans

Favourite TV of 2022

 After wasting countless hours staring at my tv screen, I'm eminently qualified to rate my favourite shows of the year. 

1. Severance

2. Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power 

3. The Sandman

4. Stranger Things

5. The White Lotus

6. Slow Horses

7. Irma Vep

8. From

9. For All Mankind

10. Archive 81

And just missing out on the top ten:

The Outlaws

Five Days in Memorial

House of the Dragon

The Peripheral

Wednesday

The Staircase

My Top Ten Movies of the Year

In reverse order: 

10. The Road Dance - moving Scottish historical drama, set a century ago

9. Bodies Bodies Bodies - clever murder whodunnit, slightly ahead of Glass Onion

8. Farewell Mr Haffmann - German WWII drama about betrayal and loyalty

7. The Northman - Viking epic

6. Emily - Brontë's life story

5. Top Gun Maverick - despite Tom Cruise

4. The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour - poignant Aussie comedy, set in a garage in suburbia

3. The Banshees of Inisherin - loses marks for the fate of the donkey 

2. Living - Bill Nighy in 1950s British bureaucracy

1. Liquorice Pizza - I must rewatch this 70s coming of age drama/comedy set in LA

And my honourable mentions in random order:

Benedetta

The Grey Man

Thor Love and Thunder

Bullet Train

Psycho

Frenzy

Bassandream

See How They Run

My Cat's Top Ten Movies of 2022

As is the end-of-year tradition, here are my cat's favourite films of the past 12 months. Note that this list used to be compiled to be submitted to the SBS Movie Show (with David and Margaret), as part of their viewers' top ten list. But with the demise of that show, the list lives on.

The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour – unexpected Australian joy 

Bullet Train – hilarious action The King’s Men – excellent fun scenes with Rasputin and goats

Everything Everywhere All at Once – unexpected but excellent performance from Jamie-Lee Curtis, funny, complex

The Banshees of Inisherin – hilarious, tragic, beautiful scenery

Amsterdam – loved the first half, second half not so much, as the story doesn’t maintain the same level of interest, but great casting

White Noise – hilarious, stream of consciousness 

Belli Ciao – hilarious Italian film 

Kompromat – brilliantly suspenseful

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – Nicholas Cage at his hilarious finest

Lost Illusions – great story, costumes, period piece, and  satirical commentary on the media that is as true today as it was for the era depicted

And some honourable mentions:

Fire of Love – documentary on a couple studying volcanos, romantic, visually brilliant

Spencer  - under-rated

The Drover’s Wife – feminist take on Australia’s colonial, racist past

Freaks Out – funny and surprising

Navalny – compelling documentary 

Emily – moody period piece