Lily Osler - Episodes (Page 5)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Two people crouch in the wilderness, one old, one young. They stare at the sky in horror.

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Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025

This week: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!

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.

The cover of Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend features her leaning by a man's crotch as he holds her blonde hair like a leash.

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Episodes Monday Rundown August 25 - 31 2025

This week: Sabrina Carpenter, '90s Trek, and two great video essays.

A white, blonde woman with blue eyes, clad all in white, wearing a crown of sticks, leans toward camera in close-up.

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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