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99. Film: The Mitchells vs the Machines

Animation soared in 2021, and Sony Pictures Animation out-dazzled even Disney and Pixar with
this uproarious, visually staggering techno-caper in which a dysfunctional family become Earth’s
last hope against a robot revolt. Read the full review.

98. Theatre: Anna X

The Crown's Emma Corrin dazzled as high-society fraudster Anna Delvey, making her West End
stage debut in Joseph Charlton’s on the money play about modern identity at the Harold Pinter
Theatre. Read the full review.

97. Classical: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The new Chief Conductor of the RLPO Domingo Hindoyan proved his mettle by leading the best
performance of Stravinsky’s Octet I’ve ever heard, plus the world premiere of Dani Howard’s
terrific new Trombone Concerto, which later went on to win a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.

96. Art: Life Between Islands

Featuring 46 artists across four generations, many of them brilliant, Tate Britain director Alex
Farquharson’s serious and challenging survey of Caribbean-British art from the Fifties to today
proved to be timely, important and, crucially, level-headed. Read the full review.

95. Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed stunned in this deeply moving and insightful drama about a rock drummer suffering
from hearing loss, which brilliantly utilised silence and sound to immerse the audience in its
protagonist’s quietening world. Read the full review.

94. Pop: Billie Eilish: Happier than Ever

The teenage superstar's sad, delicate, defiant second album saw her tackle abuses of power in
relationships, her lyrics pungent, her vocals layered in shimmering harmonies. Read the full
review.

93. Podcasts: Welcome to Your Fantasy

You never knew you needed to know the history of the Chippendales, but you do: this smart and
witty podcast encompasses desire, murder, organised crime, sex and masculinity, cheesy 80s
posing, and a lot of beefy, oiled-up muscles. Read the full review.

92. Opera: Bluebeard's Castle

Bartok’s gloomy opera reduced to chamber forces and reworked by Daisy Evans for Theatre of
Sound as a picture of Bluebeard’s wife’s dementia, set in a small chapel in London’s West
End. Read the full review.

91. Television: Friends: The Reunion