In a year marked by lethargy, THR’s arts and culture critic was drawn to energizing work, including a poignant voting rights documentary, an introspective comedy special and a legendary Broadway revival.
If 2020 was marked by promises, then 2022 was defined by their ghosts. How many of those pledges went unfulfilled? How many commitments were quietly abandoned? Lethargy settled in as we continued to live in unprecedented times: Corporate profits increased while individual pockets and sanities contracted, scientists and activists rang even louder alarms about our current climate emergency, police budgets ballooned while those for public services shrank.
Amid these multiple crises, the art that seized my attention this year celebrated community and reminded me of humanity’s strengths more than its failures. I took comfort in films, television shows, albums and exhibitions that glorified love and imagination, that embraced the difficult work of honest self-expression and highlighted the uplifting ways people come together to build both what they need and what they want. Here they are, in alphabetical order.
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