Lily Osler - Episodes (Page 4)

Yorgos Lanthimos

In Bugonia, power always says "please"

Yorgos Lanthimos' latest movie is a psychedelic nightmare about the ways the powerful use social niceties to pacify their own consciences, writes Lily Osler.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown October 27–November 2 2025

This week: KPop Demon Hunters, del Toro's Frankenstein, and two different Paranormal Activities

halloween

14 under-the-radar tales to freak you out this Halloween

Including movies, books, podcasts, and asking your friends to tell you a scary story.

An enormous wicker man stands on a hilltop, surrounded by four smaller figures, all real humans bearing torches.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown October 20-26 2025

This week: The Wicker Man, the new Last Dinner Party album, and so much found-footage horror

Rose Byrne, hair straggly and face glum, stands outside a hotel, clutching a bottle of wine and a baby monitor.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown October 13 - 19 2025

This week: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, some horror classics, and Rilo Kiley in concert.

A vintage Halloween card features a black cat pulling a jack-o-lantern in a straw hat in a cart. The words read "For a Merry Halloween."

Mailbag

October mailbag!

This month: Which classic Hollywood director could have crushed a found-footage movie? Also: It's spooky season!

A girl crawls out of a television, long dark hair draped down so you cannot see her face.

movies

American film could use a little more J-horror in it

American horror looking to break clichés should borrow some ideas from Japanese horror films, writes Lily Osler.

Two people sit on an enormous, seemingly endless staircase, buttressed by giant statues, in an extreme wide shot.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown October 6 - 12 2025

This week: A bunch of movies from 1946, Paul Tremblay's best, and DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES THE YEARLING TO SHOW UP IN THE YEARLING? A LONG TIME!!!

Taylor Swift, lit with a green light, wears an enormous feathered contraption and grips her face. She's got a dark brunette wig on.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025

This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

A tiny being holding a small sword stands amid a beautiful green clearing.

video games

Silksong hates you because it wants to teach you to dance

A game already notorious for its difficulty finds art and beauty amid destruction, Lily Osler writes.

state fair

Need for seed: a quest for the real Minnesota at the state fair

The pop-culture depiction of the state is only sort of right, writes Lily Osler.

A white woman in a police uniform pulls a gun. Everything is snowy, and she is dressed very warmly.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025

This week: Two classic visions of the Midwest, a true-crime doc, and the Strange New Worlds finale.

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