May
17
Monday Mailbag! (May 2021 edition)
Will Netflix ever release a scripted show weekly? And what movies should be plays?
11 min read
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.
May
14
Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Fourteen: City of Walls and Secrets" and "Chapter Fifteen: The Tales of Ba Sing Se"
In which Aang thwarts authoritarianism by buying a zoo
8 min read
May
13
What are you going to watch this weekend? (May 13 edition)
A weekly comment thread
1 min read
May
10
Mother's Day
On Little House on the Prairie; Detransition, Baby; and all of the ways we become our own mothers
13 min read
May
07
Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Twelve: The Serpent's Pass" and "Chapter Thirteen: The Drill"
In which we talk about how this show handles spectacle
8 min read
May
03
What might be the weirdest ever attempt to save a TV show in trouble
The strange saga of Tattinger's
9 min read
Apr
30
Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Ten: The Library" and "Chapter Eleven: The Desert"
In which everything goes wrong
7 min read
Apr
26
Bleeding all over the table
What do we bring of ourselves to tabletop games?
12 min read
Apr
23
Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Seven: Zuko Alone," "Chapter Eight: The Chase," and "Chapter Nine: Bitter Work"
In which the show matures
9 min read
Apr
21
Paterson, Neurodivergence, and the Poetry of Routine
Writer C.M. Crockford on how Jim Jarmusch's 2016 film captures the rhythms of a life lived on a daily schedule
6 min read