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Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025
This week: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!
Lily Osler
Writer, Trekkie, incompetent knitter. Managing Editor at Episodes.
sabrina carpenter
In Sabrina Carpenter’s world, camp is the opposite of heteropessimism
Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like Sabrina Carpenter's discography.
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 25 - 31 2025
This week: Sabrina Carpenter, '90s Trek, and two great video essays.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown August 18 - 24 2025
This week: folk horror, not-so-scary monsters, and giant moths. In three different projects!
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 11 - 17 2025
This week: Eddington, Alien: Earth, and Strange New Worlds fanservice
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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.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 28 - August 3 2025
This week: The Naked Gun, a lovely new romance novel, and TWO Star Treks!
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 21 - 27 2025
This week: The terrific debut feature I Like Movies, The Batman, and Spock's wedding(??!)
TV
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds plays it safe. That’s a problem.
The only remaining Trek series features sparkling exteriors and a hollow core, writes Lily Osler.
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!
video games
On having a body in Hollow Knight
How video games like Hollow Knight make movement central to their storytelling, by Lily Osler.