2021 Rewind

In a mystifying year, we found hope in these fifteen filmmakers. Their art has our backs.

With this list, you can watch great movies and support strides towards gender equity while you do it. What could be better than that?

Time-loops, clones, a King Shark, and a big green knight are just some of the things you’ll find on our annual spotlight on the year’s speculative fiction films.

Hundreds of shows aired in 2021. Here, TV critic Valerie Ettenhofer picks 15 of the best ones.

From seasoned professionals getting their long-overdue recognition to newcomers who were plucked from obscurity through pure chance, here are 15 performers who signaled a bright horizon for cinema this year.

Join us as we count down the 15 best movie scores from 2021, which was a surprisingly good year for movie music.

If you’re still trying to process the fact that 2021 is coming to a close, you’re not alone. Watch some great TV while you think about it, with our list of the year’s best scenes.

Some of the year’s best horror movies are bloody, others are funny, and a lucky few manage to deliver both.

We rank the best animated movies of 2021, celebrating the usual suspects as well as some unsung gems. From Pixar to Neon, it was a wild one.