Ho-ho-ho, it’s the holidays, and here at fSobriety HQ we’ve prepped a mighty seasonal feast for your ears! With Alan missing in action on a secret Xmas mission, a la John McClane, it’s up to Craig and James to present at length their gift-wrapped top picks from all the best popular culture that 2021 had to offer. Expect much nerd-tastic analyses, shameless punning, and increasingly inebriated segues to get you in a festive mood. And when we say festive, we’re not messing around – this holly-jolly banquet is so generous, we’ve had to split it into two courses! In this first part, our hosts dive deep into 2021’s televisual and cinematic bounties, with a second course of music and book reviews to follow in the coming days! Even the normally cantankerous resident A.I, the HamilTron, agrees – it’s truly the most wonderful time of year!

 TIMINGS:

00:00:00 – A seasonal message from Alan
00:00:40 – Holidays with the HamilTron (part 1)
00:01:40 – fEstive greetings
00:05:36 – fSobrieTV: James & Craig’s top TV picks of 2021
01:38:18 – The HamilTron’s top TV pick of 2021
01:38:59 – Holidays with the HamilTron (Part 2)
01:41:10 – fCinebriety: James & Craig’s top movie picks of 2021

Prano Bailey-Bond on Censor:
https://youtu.be/NiX9YkHiK0g

Julia Ducournau “explains” things about Titane:
https://youtu.be/EgKVrC-Lq3I

Craig & James’ epic WandaVision confrontation:
https://tinyurl.com/vjtf2zr4

Unspooling the History of the 'Video Nasty' Controversy by Kim Newman:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/history-british-video-nasties

La Llorona: The Legend of the Wailing Woman (History Today):
https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/wailing-woman

Steve McQueen & James Rogan discuss Uprising:
https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/uprising

Steven Kostanski on Psycho Goreman:
https://youtu.be/8YXXO4VL1fA

Philippe Lacôte on Night of the Kings, West African Culture & Mystical Storytelling
https://youtu.be/zP3QHaPXuRw

Red Letter Media on Midnight Mass:
https://youtu.be/Uhi-YAkz2vk

Red Letter Media on the Dunes:
https://youtu.be/4ClY9yo7-9o

All music referenced on our podcast can be found on the fSobriety Jukebox playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jAIayDqTBbdWEl339DEST?si=15ee072827644102