The Best Television Performers of 2008

More than anything, though, I wish all those political pundits would take some time off, to rest and let their vocal cords recuperate. That truly would make for a happy new year.

                                      
Television
    
        As Charged - Top 10 TV Guilty Pleasures of 2008
    
PopMatters Staff

        11 Jan 2009
    
Film
    
        Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008
    
PopMatters Staff

        11 Jan 2009
    
Television
    
        True Blood
    
Cynthia Fuchs

        06 Sep 2008

Recent

Reviews

Black Snake Moan (2007)

Samuel L. Jackson's new Southern-fried movie is all about the blues.

Film

The PopMatters 'Short Ends & Leader' Spring Film Preview

In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

Bill Gibron

Reviews

Collapse Expand Reviews

BROWSE ALL ALBUM REVIEWS

Features

Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Singles

Old British Films, Boring? Pshaw!

Collapse Expand Features

PM Picks

Collapse Expand Pm Picks

The Best Television Performers of 2008

More than anything, though, I wish all those political pundits would take some time off, to rest and let their vocal cords recuperate. That truly would make for a happy new year.

As Charged - Top 10 TV Guilty Pleasures of 2008

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

True Blood

Black Snake Moan (2007)

Samuel L. Jackson's new Southern-fried movie is all about the blues.

The PopMatters 'Short Ends & Leader' Spring Film Preview

In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

Sondre Lerche Rewards 'Patience' with Clever and Sophisticated Indie Pop

Carey Mercer's New Band Soft Plastics Score Big with Debut '5 Dreams'

The Durutti Column's 'Vini Reilly' Is the Post-Punk's Band's Definitive Statement

Teddy Thompson Sings About Love on 'Heartbreaker Please'

Indie Folk's Mt. Joy Believe That Love Will 'Rearrange Us'

Cordelia Strube's 'Misconduct of the Heart' Palpitates with Dysfunction

2011's 'A Different Compilation' and 2014 Album 'The Way' Are a Fitting Full Stop to Buzzcocks Past

Elysia Crampton Creates an Unsettlingly Immersive Experience with 'Ocorara 2010'

Ruben Fleischer's 'Venom' Has No Bite

What Will Come? COVID-19 and the Politics of Economic Depression

Little Protests Everywhere

Old British Films, Boring? Pshaw!

Reaching For the Vibe: Sonic Boom Fears for the Planet on 'All Things Being Equal'

"Without Us? There's No Music": An Interview With Raul Midón

Weird and Sweet, Riotous and Hushed: The Beatles' 'The White Album'