On Twin Peaks, the world ended long ago. Now, we live in the ashes.

This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full and descend.

The New York Times top 100 TV shows and the always slippery TV canon

In: Exit Party, Forgotten Island. Out: the idea that it should be easy to build a TV canon!!

Resident Evil's world doesn't care about you

The best cosmic horror in years? In a video game movie directed by Zach Cregger? It's more likely than you think

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Nine

Lily and Emily consider the impossible: might Infinite Jest be... self-involved?

Beyond Bedford Falls: 15 other fictional small towns we'd love to live in

Including towns full of cartoon ducks, free health care, and monstrous vampires who provide low, low housing costs

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil made the game's fans mad. Good.

Widow's Bay is a comedy?! (Yes.) Pan's Labyrinth is good?! (Yes.) Plus: Meet Derek!

September mailbag! (preview)

A little preview of this month's mailbag!

September mailbag!

This month: the Criterion Closet, a live-action Infinite Jest adaptation, and what we'd do if *we* ran the Emmys.

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Eight

Is Infinite Jest why we got prestige TV? Honestly, maybe!

What It's A Wonderful Life's George and Mary Bailey can say to us here in 2026

The fun things Emily and Lauren Theisen learned when working on their new It's a Wonderful Life book

Peacock's Ponies and when streaming enters crunch time

Plus: Damien McCarthy's horror movies, Some Like It Hot, and true fashion.

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