video games
Stardew Valley bachelors and bachelorettes, ranked
Plus: An impassioned defense of Haley.
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.
dune 2
Dune: Part 2 and (trans)gender prophecies
Why is Dune 2 so speaking to the dolls? Let's find out!
Mailbag
March mailbag!
This month: Nail colors inspired by animated films and writing believable dialogue.
andor
Andor Fridays: Episode 12, "Rix Road"
In which it's time for a funeral
movies
My top 21 movies of 2023
It was a great year for movies. Here are a bunch that made it so.
25 minutes on
25 minutes on... Lisa Frankenstein
andor
Andor Fridays (on Saturday): Episode 11, "Daughter of Ferrix"
In which we consider one of the show's more daring storytelling gambits.
Mailbag
February mailbag!
This month: What are Emily's thoughts on all the Oscar contenders? Also: Emily tries to remember what she meant by a thing she wrote several years ago.
TV
New Girl and the art of the will they/won't they
What we can learn about love stories fictional and real from an unfairly maligned TV couple.
andor
Andor Fridays: Episode 10, "One Way Out"
In which we discuss BIG IMPORTANT SPEECHES
movies
Forever 2014
What we get mad about when we get mad about Barbie's Oscar snubs
movies
How Edward Yang's Yi Yi helps you keep track of over a dozen major characters
The 2000 masterpiece perfectly juggles an enormous number of characters.