episode fifty five of our podcast is now available for your listening pleasure at the usual locations:

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2022 IN REVIEW 

YES JEFF, it’s that time of year once again! steph and apryl look back at 2022 and their favourite picks of film, tv, music and books. we kept it as spoiler-free as possible so everyone can enjoy!

what were your top picks of 2022? shoot us a message on twitter, facebook or instagram or you can also email us your thoughts/feelings/feedback: thethirstpod@gmail.com

Our lists are as follows:

FILM:

apryl’s top 10:

1. the worst person in the world (dir. joachim trier)
2. aftersun (dir. charlotte wells)
3. the souvenir part two (dir. joanna hogg)
4. bergman island (dir. mia hansen-love)
5. licorice pizza (dir. paul thomas anderson)
6. jackass forever (dir. jeff tremaine)
7. bones and all (dir. luca guadagnino)
8. the northman (dir. robert eggers)
9. top gun: maverick (dir. joseph kosinski)
10. triangle of sadness (dir. ruben ostlund)

honorable mentions:

banshees of inisherin (dir. martin mcdonaugh), nope (dir. jordan peele), glass onion (dir. rian johnson), catherine called birdy (dir. lena dunham), everything everywhere all at once (dir. daniels), nitram (dir. justin kurzel), kimi (dir. steven soderbergh), white noise (dir. noah baumbach),

steph’s top 10:

10. The Eternal Daughter

9. Licorice Pizza

8. Resurrection

7. Triangle of Sadness

6. Barbarian

5. Nope

4. The Worst Person in the World

3. The Northman

2. Aftersun

1.Bones and All

Notable mentions: Banshees of Inisherin, Prey, Nitram, The Black Phone, You Won’t Be Alone, The Innocents, Crimes of the Future, Glass Onion, Everything Everywhere All At Once,  Do Revenge, Jackass Forever

TV:

apryl’s top 10:

1. the bear
2. the traitors
3. we own this city
4. yellowjackets
5. industry (season 2)
6. barry (season 3)
7. white lotus (season 2)
8. stranger things 4
9. girls 5eva (season 2)
10. russian doll (season 2)

honorable mentions:

the rehearsal, starstruck (season 2), how to with john wilson (season 1 & 2)

steph’s top 10:

10. The Midnight Club, season one (Netflix)

9. The Essex Serpent (Apple TV)

8. Cabinet of Curiosities, season one (Netflix)

7. Interview with the Vampire, season one (no UK broadcaster yet)

6. Stranger Things, season four (Netflix)

5. Derry Girls, season three (Channel 4)

4. The White Lotus, season two (Sky and Now TV)

3. Station Eleven (Starzplay, Prime)

2. The Bear, season one (Disney+)

1. Dark Winds, season one (no UK broadcaster yet)

Notable mentions: Yellowjackets (included in 2021 round up!), Shining Girls, Euphoria, Severance, Russian Doll, One of Us is Lying

MUSIC

apryl’s top 10:

1. fontaines dc- ‘skinty fia’
2. mitski- ‘laurel hell’
3. big thief- ‘dragon new warm mountain i believe in you’
4. harry styles- ‘harry’s house’
5. tomberlin- ‘i don’t know who needs to hear this’
6. alex g- ‘god save the animals’
7. real lies- ‘lad ash’
8. sza- ‘sos’
9. angel olsen- ‘big time’
10. high vis- ‘blending’

honourable mentions:

black country, new road- ‘ants from up there’, drug church- ‘hygiene’, old fire- ‘voids’, taylor swift- ‘midnights’, beyonce- ‘renaissance’, just mustard- ‘heart under’, steve lacy’- ‘gemini rights’, los bitchos- ‘let the festivities begin’, soak- ‘if i never know you like this again’, charli xcx- ‘crash’.

steph’s top 10:

10. Muna, self titled

9. Wet Leg, self titled

8. Mitski, ‘Laurel Hell’

7. Viagra Boys, ‘Cave World’

6. Ethel Cain, ‘Preacher’s Daughter

5. Maggie Rogers, ‘Surrender’

4. Boy Harsher, ‘The Runner’

3. SZA, ‘SOS’

2. Angel Olsen, ‘Big Time’

1. Harry Styles, ‘Harry’s House’

Notable mentions: 

• Alex G, ‘God Save the Animals’
• Steve Lacy, ‘Gemini Rights’
• Kehlani, ‘Blue Water Road’
• VR Sex, ‘Rough Dimension’
• Zola Jesus, ‘Arkhon’
• Soft Kill, ‘Canary Yellow’
• Alexisonfire, ‘Otherness’
• Charlie xcx ‘Crash’

BOOKS

apryl’s best reads:

1. a swim in a pond in the rain by george saunders (2021)
2. sell out by dan ozzi (2021)
3. comedy comedy comedy by bob odenkirk (audio)
4. this time tomorrow by emma straub
5. cursed bunny by bora chung (2021)
6. my phantoms by gwendoline riley (2021)
7. the sarah book by scott mcclanahan (2015)
8. the trip to echo springs by olivia laing (2013)
9. boxer by ryan pinkard

steph’s favourite reads:

1. ‘Orpheus Builds a Girl’, Heather Parry

2. ‘Cursed Bunny’, Bora Chung

3. ‘Hex’, Jenni Fagan

4. ‘It Came From the Closet’, edited by Joe Vallese

5. ‘Our Wives Under the Sea’, Julia Armfield

6. ‘The Raptures’, Jan Carson

7. ‘Water Shall Refuse Them’, Lucie McKnight-Hardy8. ‘The Trees’, Pervical Everett

Notable mentions not published in 2022:

• ‘On Writing: A Memoir on Craft’, Stephen King (2000)
• ‘Shy’, Max Porter
• ‘Now She is Witch’, Kirsty Logan
• ‘Darling Days: A Memoir’, io Tillett-Wright (2016)
• ‘Chasing the Boogeyman’, Richard Chizmar (2021)