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Year In Culture

  1. best of 2023
    Our 78 Favorite Comedy Moments of 2023“Daddy.”
    By Vulture Staff
  2. year in culture
    Vulture’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2023Our most popular posts from a year marked by industry-shifting strikes and finally, a reason to cover sports.
    By Vulture Staff
  3. best of 2023
    Vulture’s 25 Most-Read TV Recaps of 2023The shows that generated the most readership—and comments.
    By Vulture Editors
  4. this week in late night
    15 Late-Night Moments You May Have Missed in 2023John Wilson was a toilet! John Oliver was a bird! The Late Late Show was extant!
    By Bethy Squires
  5. best of 2023
    The Year in CultureThe best shows, movies, albums, books, and more, as chosen by our critics.
    By Vulture Editors
  6. best of 2023
    The Best Anime Series of 2023Revisit the shows that supercharged the year with action, artistry, and robots.
    By Kambole Campbell
  7. best of 2023
    The Best Theater of 2023A play that’s not not about Fleetwood Mac, the return of Merrily and Purlie, and the agony of high-school test prep.
    By Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
  8. best of 2023
    Exhilarating Reactions to a Troubled WorldPlus Sondheim old and (for the final time) new.
    By Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
  9. best of 2023
    The Best New York Art Shows of 2023Queer cutouts, portable candies, and a retrospective of an American master.
    By Jerry Saltz
  10. best of 2023
    The Best Podcasts of 2023Despite a tough year for the industry, the podcast world remains vast in its pleasures.
    By Nicholas Quah
  11. best of 2023
    The Best Memoirs of 2023These 10 books explore what it means to be a person.
    By Arianna Rebolini
  12. best of 2023
    The Best Songs of 2023A year of revenge fantasies, odd interpolations, and psychedelic journeys.
    By Justin Curto and Alex Suskind
  13. best of 2023
    The Best Video Games of 2023The offbeat indies, consecrated remasters, and long-gestating sequels you need to play.
    By Luke Winkie
  14. best of 2023
    The Best Books of 2023Ten authors whose original ideas challenged our preconceived notions of the world.
    By Maris Kreizman
  15. best of 2023
    2023 Had an Era for EverythingOnline trends that marked the passage of time.
    By Kate Lindsay
  16. best of 2023
    A Year of Movie EndingsIn 2023, there were plenty of onscreen climaxes, but some of the industry’s most interesting denouements happened offscreen.
    By Bilge Ebiri and Alison Willmore
  17. best of 2023
    The Best Movies of 2023This year seemed to mark the end of a film era. Has another exploded out of the box already?
    By Bilge Ebiri and Alison Willmore
  18. vulture lists
    The Best Books of 2022Yes, this list features more than one book set in a postapocalyptic world, but have you looked around lately?
  19. into it
    2022 Was a Liminal SpaceBut the slap, pink sauce, and Bennifer 2.0 carried us through a transitional year.
    By Sam Sanders
  20. best of 2022
    The Best Animated TV Shows of 2022Let’s rewind time on a year of Primal, Undone, and Louder and Prouder.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  21. best of 2022
    The Best Anime Series of 2022From Chainsaw Man to the latest entry in the Mobile Suit Gundam maxiverse.
    By Kambole Campbell
  22. best of 2022
    The Year in CultureThe best shows, movies, albums, books, and more, as chosen by our critics.
    By Vulture Editors
  23. best of 2022
    The Best Animated Movies of 2022Beavis and Butt-Head returned, stop-motion roared, and anime rocked.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  24. best of 2022
    The Best Fantasy Novels of 2022From dark academia to mythological retellings to epic journeys, the best fantasy of the year comes in all shapes and sizes.
    By Emily Hughes
  25. best of 2022
    The Best Theater of 2022We’ll never return to whatever normal was, but there’s been lots to root for amid the flux.
    By Jackson McHenry
  26. best of 2022
    Did We Want Too Much From Movies in 2022?Our film critics continue to chase that feeling of being utterly obliterated by what they see onscreen.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién, Bilge Ebiri, and Alison Willmore
  27. best of 2022
    The Best Movies of 2022As the iron grip streaming held on our culture loosened this past year, the theatrical experience reestablished itself.
    By Bilge Ebiri and Alison Willmore
  28. best of 2022
    The Best New York Art Shows of 2022Gonzo quilting, Mayan sculpture, and one wild, egalitarian group show made this a great year to hit the galleries.
    By Jerry Saltz
  29. into it
    The Bear, Pachinko, and Reservation Dogs Took Risks in an IP-Driven TV LandscapeIn 2022, some of the best shows stood out by aiming for a sentimental sweet spot.
    By Sam Sanders
  30. best of 2022
    The Best Songs of 2022This year’s music provided a fleeting and desperately needed moment of salvation.
    By Justin Curto and Alex Suskind
  31. best of 2022
    The Best Albums of 2022The question of how to find peace hung heavily over the year’s most impactful records.
    By Craig Jenkins
  32. best of 2022
    The Best Podcasts of 2022Forget the celebrity brand extensions. The art of podcasting is still as vibrant as ever.
    By Nicholas Quah
  33. best of 2022
    The Best Comedy Specials of 2022The year’s best releases had some urgency behind their existence: capturing this thing at this moment.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  34. best of 2021
    The Year in CultureThe best shows, movies, albums, books, and more, as chosen by our critics.
    By Vulture Editors
  35. the quarries
    The First (And Dear God, It Better Be the Last) QuarriesIn which we award the most original, absurd, scrappy, and ingenious works that shaped our year in quarantine.
    By Vulture Editors
  36. the quarries
    Nothing Made Sense in 2020 — Unless You Were on the InternetThe culture of quarantine brain.
    By E. Alex Jung
  37. year in culture 2016
    What TV Did America Watch in 2016?Plus, the show that does surprisingly well with rich people.
    By Josef Adalian
  38. year in culture 2016
    2016: The Year of TV BubblesThere have always been TV niches — there are just more of them now.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  39. year in culture 2014
    The 20 Best Songs of 2014Tinashe! Taylor Swift! FKA Twigs! Katy Perry!
    By Lindsay Zoladz
  40. year in culture
    Vulture Poll: Your Song of the Year Is …Not “Call Me Maybe.”
    By Vulture Editors
  41. year in culture
    The Top Ten Music Videos of 2012Lana! Fiona! And Danny Brown, of course.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  42. year in culture
    Vulture Poll: Vote for Your Song of the YearCarly? Japandroids? Frank Ocean? The choice is yours.
    By Vulture Editors