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Episodes Monday Rundown August 4 - 10 2025
This week: Princess Mononoke! Weapons! A much larger number of lepers than usual for this feature.
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.
TV
Did Hank Hill vote for Trump?
And before you answer, ask yourself one thing: Why do we care?
books
What if it's supposed to be bad?
Artists make choices. What if those choices are intentionally off-putting?
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 28 - August 3 2025
This week: The Naked Gun, a lovely new romance novel, and TWO Star Treks!
superhero movies
Somebody save me
Superman and Thunderbolts get back to superhero basics: saving people from certain death.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 21 - 27 2025
This week: The terrific debut feature I Like Movies, The Batman, and Spock's wedding(??!)
movies
From the archives: The Times' 1933 review of King Kong: The 8th Wonder Of The World
Renowned stage critic Frankfort Whitaker goes ape for the latest musical spectacular.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 14 - 20 2025
This week: Red Rooms! Sorry, Baby! Donkey Kong! And we're recapping Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!
Episodes 6.0
July mailbag
This month: Art that surprisingly crossed over, great beaches, and superheroics!
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Episodes Monday Rundown July 7 - 13 2025
This week: Superman! Ron Howard! Chickens?
mailbag
Submit your July mailbag questions!
It's that time again!
movies
How Materialists pays homage to - and inverts - The Apartment
Celine Song's new "romcom" shares a lot of DNA with Billy Wilder's classic dramedy.