November mailbag!
This month: Food! So many questions about food! Also, the Criterion Closet, stage plays, and Pluribus.
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Iron Lung is why I hope they never make a Hollow Knight movie
The joy of a lore-driven horror game is immense. It just might not be replicable in a movie.
The many legacies of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's best episode
A strange, austere hour remains unlike anything else in TV history
Heated Rivalry: Episode 5, "I'll Believe in Anything"
A really amazing episode gets Lily and Olivia chatting about trust, vulnerability, and foreign-language love confessions.
Episodes Monday Rundown February 2–8 2026
This week: the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and the epic highs and lows of horror cinema.