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Mar
06
Godzilla rises against a backdrop of forested hills and cloudy sky. He looks mad, but he always looks mad.

My top 21 movies of 2023

It was a great year for movies. Here are a bunch that made it so.
13 min read
Mar
01
Lisa pops up at school in a stylish black dress, belt, and sunglasses. She looks amazing.

25 minutes on... Lisa Frankenstein

7 min read
Feb
24
Cassian stares in a melancholy mood as the sun rises behind him.

Andor Fridays (on Saturday): Episode 11, "Daughter of Ferrix"

8 min read
Feb
16
Greta Lee and Teo Yoo stare soulfully into each other's eyes on a subway in Past Lives.

February mailbag!

7 min read
Feb
14
Jess, in a monochrome dress, sits in the lap of Nick, in a red shirt.

New Girl and the art of the will they/won't they

What we can learn about love stories fictional and real from an unfairly maligned TV couple.
11 min read
Feb
09
Kino Loy delivers an inspirational speech directly into the microphone, shot in tight close-up.

Andor Fridays: Episode 10, "One Way Out"

8 min read
Feb
07
Barbie, beautiful and blonde and dressed in pink, looks into a mirror that doesn't have glass in it.

Forever 2014

What we get mad about when we get mad about Barbie's Oscar snubs
18 min read
Feb
02
A girl talks to a man. They're both dressed in formalwear. The man leans on an upside-down photo of a couple.

How Edward Yang's Yi Yi helps you keep track of over a dozen major characters

6 min read
Jan
28
Cassian and Kino Loy stand at attention, hands behind their heads, in the hallway of the prison.

Andor Fridays: Episode 9, "Nobody's Listening"

7 min read
Jan
24
Steve Carell plays Michael Scott in The Office. He's sitting at his desk!

How I create (hopefully) memorable characters

Hint: It involves more than one character.
6 min read