oscars
Nobody has seen the movies
What do we mean when we make this complaint about the Oscar Best Picture nominees?
Emily St. James
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown: January 21-26 2025
Featuring Nosferatu, Tropic Thunder, and accidentally well-timed horror
mailbag
January mailbag
What does Emily think of Martin Scorsese? Of adapting her book? Of AI? Of DUCKS AND HORSES???
2025
How you are going to make it
And you are.
movies
Episodes Tuesday Rundown Jan. 13-20 2025
Episodes 6.0
Submit your January mailbag questions!
movies
In "defense" of the second half of The Brutalist
Just who is this movie about anyway?
books
Episodes Monday Rundown Jan. 6-12 2025
Including: Hard Truths, a Polly Klaas book, and Ethel Cain
open thread
What pop culture are you looking forward to in 2025?
I'm looking forward to Superman, a new Japanese Breakfast album, and (sigh) the next Avatar movie
movies
Notes from Pride Rock
An esteemed British naturalist observes a series of events most curious.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025
Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
movies
A Complete Unknown complicates the biopic antagonist
Is Bob Dylan the antagonist of his own biopic? Maybe!