Resident Evil
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!
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.
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September mailbag! (preview)
A little preview of this month's mailbag!
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September mailbag!
This month: the Criterion Closet, a live-action Infinite Jest adaptation, and what we'd do if *we* ran the Emmys.
Infinite Jest
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Eight
Is Infinite Jest why we got prestige TV? Honestly, maybe!
it's a wonderful life
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
Ponies
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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Beth March Returns from the Dead
Preorder Emily's next novel! Save big money! Now!
Plus: The e-book of Woodworking is on sale too? Remember Woodworking?
Episodes Book Club
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Seven
This week: the enthralling and the exhausting kind of become one singular thing.
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Atlanta saw America more clearly than nearly any TV show of its era (preview)
A preview of this week's premium Wednesday newsletter!
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Atlanta saw America more clearly than nearly any TV show of its era
Watching the show's first season in 2026 is an exercise in seeing just how far Hollywood "progressivism" has fallen across a decade.
Monday Digest
Is Coyote vs. ACME the perfect movie for the moment?
Also: Paranormal Activity on stage, the Furious finale, and a good comic about a cat.