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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Los Angeles
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.
Jan
06
The two protagonists of Nickel Boys look up at their reflection, smiling as they look at themselves.

Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025

Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
8 min read
Jan
03
Bob Dylan plays something on an acoustic guitar as Pete Seeger listens on the sideline.

A Complete Unknown complicates the biopic antagonist

7 min read
Dec
27
Roz the robot and her many woodland creature friends stand in the ashes of a forest fire.

The Wild Robot and Flow present oddly hopeful post-apocalypses

6 min read
Dec
20
Michael Caine (in nightcap) joins several Muppets on the Muppet Christmas Carol set.

December mailbag!

12 min read
Dec
18
A small, plastic hot dog in a bun, covered in mustard, rests among pine branches. It has a little loop atop it for hangi

How to make hot dogs

My recipe blogging cis self confronts the darkness at the heart of the multiverse.
18 min read
Dec
16

Submit your December mailbag questions!

1 min read
Dec
13
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Wicked. They lean close together to look in a mirror.

How the Wicked film brings the book's queerness back into the spotlight

8 min read
Dec
06
Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, stands in the middle of greenery in a shirt over a red bra. She wears a ball cap and

My 11 favorite songs of 2024

11 min read
Dec
03
Anthony Andrews (all in white, holding a bear) and Jeremy Irons star in the BBC miniseries version of Brideshead Revisited.

LGBTQ+ people are not going back

This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
7 min read
Nov
29
Cynthia Erivo, made up in all green, stars as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande (in all pink) plays Galinda.

What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?

4 min read