Even Better

My 101 Favorite Movie Performances of the 21st Century So Far

(that weren't on The Ringer's list)

Sep 4 • 

Elliott Duea

1

August 2025

Bugs and Music and Music and Bugs

A chat with No Joy mastermind Jasamine White-Gluz about her stellar new record 'Bugland' and the tiny friends who inspired it

Aug 7 • 

Elliott Duea

July 2025

Even Better Asks: Who Are You?

Or: what makes your music taste, yours?

Jul 18 • 

Shawn Cooke

 and 

Elliott Duea

4

April 2025

3 & 30: Billy Madison

For the latest 30 for 30 pick, the Even Better boys go back to school

Apr 17 • 

Elliott Duea

 and 

Shawn Cooke

1

3 & 30: Michelle Yeoh, Oklou, and Pinball

Plus: San Diego post-hardcore, erotic cinema, and Nicolas Winding Refn

Apr 14 • 

Shawn Cooke

 and 

Elliott Duea

1

March 2025

The Latest: Mickey 17 & In the Lost Lands

Elliott reviews the latest flicks from Bong Joon-ho and Paul W.S. Anderson

Mar 11 • 

Elliott Duea

2

February 2025

Welcome to the 2024 Betters

For the second year, days before the Oscars, we look back on the year in movies and present our own, Better awards.

Feb 28 • 

Elliott Duea

, 

Shawn Cooke

, and 

Michael Brooks

5

3 & 30: Stevie, Samurai, and Traitors

Plus: more chilly stuff from Nicholas Ray and The Clientele

Feb 6 • 

Elliott Duea

 and 

Shawn Cooke

2

1

January 2025

Even Better Asks: David Lynch

We remember our favorite moments from the modern master

Jan 30 • 

Elliott Duea

 and 

Shawn Cooke

3

In Dreams, I Walk With You

A tribute to David Lynch: My favorite artist, and maybe yours too

Jan 17 • 

Elliott Duea

8

101 Things I Enjoyed in 2024

Shawn dusts off an old series, right as year-end list season heats up

Jan 8 • 

Shawn Cooke

6

4

December 2024

Our favorite (older) movies of the year

We share our lists of the favorite films we watched for the first time in 2024

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Elliott Duea

 and 

Shawn Cooke

3