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.
One of the most fateful things to happen to me in my career happened because I misheard someone. When The A.V. Club extended the offer to me to join their freelance TV critic crew (which at that point was pretty small), I hopped on the phone with then-editor Keith
Let's make it snappy this week, because I'm on the road, and all I want to talk to you about is how good Sunday in the Park with George is. But you don't care about that! You care about your questions being answered! Jordan
I'm traveling this week on business, which always leads to fewer newsletters. But I wanted to take the opportunity to alert you to my new podcast, I Think You're Interesting. Each week, I'll talk to somebody from the world of arts and entertainment. Some
What's this? Another Friday mailbag? Let's open up the ol' mailbag and answer some of the mail we found in the mailbag! James asks: It feels to me like sitcoms hit America in waves -- there are stretches of time where we have multiple great
Tonight, my wife, who is not a fan of Best Picture frontrunner La La Land, suggested that she felt Emma Stone was a big part of her inability to connect with the film. Though she is demonstrably wrong on this count (EMMA STONE IS GREAT IN LA LA LAND, AND
Over the weekend, my wife and I dove deep into upcoming episodes for one of our favorite TV shows. In the next handful of hours, the series is going to try some things that are seriously ambitious and impressive, even for a show I already found generally ambitious and impressive.
Welcome to Friday mailbag, where every week, I answer your questions as best I can. Some weeks, I will do so very poorly. This week, I aim to do so well. Kim, welcome to the program! What do you think about the advice column industry? Do you think it offers
A couple of years ago, I got into a big argument with a friend and fellow critic over what I thought was a pretty obvious question: Does Girls mean for us to take Hannah seriously when she says "I might be the voice of my generation" in the
In the last seven or eight months, it's become very popular to pitch Vox Culture for freelance articles, despite the fact that we don't have the sort of budget or editorial team we'd love to have to commission every pitch we love, let alone
Do you remember Zoobooks? Maybe you don't. I occasionally come across people who are vaguely familiar with the term, but only rarely do I come across people who actually subscribed to them. I did, however, for most of my childhood, and they gave me an endless series of
Hey, we've got a correction: When I said in Monday's newsletter with no equivocation that Master of None wouldn't be eligible for the Emmys this year, it turns out that's not true! I can't yet confirm if the show will
One of the big debates we're having in the TV world right now is how many episodes is too many episodes. More and more networks are going to 10 episodes, with a few hanging on at 12 or 13. And the broadcast networks continue to make as many