J.R.McHale

> **Movies:**

> [Slow West](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slow_west_2015/) (Rotten Tomatoes Critics 88%), [Ex Machina](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ex_machina/) (Rotten Tomatoes Critics 91%), [Ida](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ida_2013/) (from 2014)(Rotten Tomatoes Critics 96%), [Locke](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/locke/) (from 2014)(Rotten Tomatoes Critics 91%), and [A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_girl_walks_home_alone_at_night/) (from 2014)(Rotten Tomatoes Critics 96%).

> **TV (in addition to Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Walking Dead, and The Americans):**

> [Wolf Hall](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wolf-hall/s01/) (Rotten Tomatoes Critics 100%), [Fortitude](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fortitude/s01/) (Rotten Tomatoes Critics 88%), [The Missing](http://www.avclub.com/review/missing-blends-character-piece-introspection-thril-211630) (uk series; season one)(A.V. Club: B), [Happy Valley](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/happy-valley/s01/) (uk series; season one)(Rotten Tomatoes Critics 100%), [Broadchurch](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/broadchurch/s02/) (uk series; season two)(Rotten Tomatoes Critics 90% season one and 85% season two), [Utopia](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2384811/) (uk series; seasons one and two; U.S. David Fincher/Gillian Flynn version currently in production), [Witnesses (Les Témoins)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witnesses_(TV_series)) (french series; season one), [Justified](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/justified/s06/) (Rotten Tomatoes Critics 100%), and [Better Call Saul](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/better-call-saul/s01/) (Rotten Tomatoes Critics 100%).

> **Music:**

> [Sufjan Stevens](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20218-carrie-lowell/) “Carrie & Lowell” (Pitchfork 9.3, Metacritic 90, AV Club A); [Torres](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20290-sprinter/) “Sprinter” (Pitchfork 8.0, Metacritic 81); [Courtney Barnett](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20268-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-and-sometimes-i-just-sit/) “Sometimes I Sit . . . “ (Pitchfork 8.6, Metacritic 88, AV Club A-); [Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20664-surf/) “Surf” (Pitchfork 8.3, Metacritic 87, AV Club A-); [Levon Vincent](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20276-levon-vincent/) [self titled] (Pitchfork 8.3, Metacritic 85); [Waxahatchee](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20437-ivy-tripp/) “Ivy Tripp” (Pitchfork 8.1, Metacritic 81, AV Club B+); [Twerps](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20140-range-anxiety/) “Range Anxiety” (Pitchfork 7.5, Metacritic 70); [Girlpool](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20465-before-the-world-was-big/) “Before the World Was Big” (Pitchfork 7.8, Metacritic 79); [The Bad Plus Joshua Redman](http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-bad-plus-joshua-redman/the-bad-plus) [self titled] (Metacritic 84); [Los Hijos De La Montana](http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2015/05/19/listen-to-sergio-mendozas-new-project-los-hijos-de-la-montana) [self titled]; [The Drink](http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18546/reviews/4148509) “Company” (from 2014); [Kamasi Washington](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20557-the-epic/) “The Epic” (Pitchfork 8.6); and [Screaming Females](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20197-rose-mountain/) “Rose Mountain” (Pitchfork 6.7, Metacritic 77, AV Club B+).