May
12
Episodes: Stay woke
I didn't realize I was a feminist; I just was one. Of course, getting to the point where
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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
10
Episodes: Nightswimming
The summer after my high school graduation, I did whatever I could to slip loose of the bonds that had
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May
07
Episodes: The Corrections
So a couple of years ago, I made a typo. It wasn't the world's worst typo
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May
05
Episodes: In defense of the 22-episode season
Let me submit a proposition to you: the problem with the 22-episode season isn't the number of episodes;
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May
03
Episodes: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and why "of its time" rarely has meaning
At the recent TCM Classic Film Festival (which I talked about in the last newsletter), I ended up taking in
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Apr
30
Episodes: The defrag
I actually completely forgot I requested press credentials for the TCM Classic Movie Festival. (I'm also just now
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Apr
28
Episodes: How you can fake your way through a writing career
When I interviewed him recently in connection to The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh said something that struck me as true
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Apr
27
Episodes: "The Prom With Me"
When I left my office today, it was out the back way, and I almost immediately ran into a teenager
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Apr
21
Episodes: On publicists
The thing that happens when you're a critic is people accuse you of being biased. The most recent
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Apr
19
Episodes: The forgotten legacy of the travelogue show
There's been a lot of criticism of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead this season. Some of
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