movies
Immaculate and horror's increasingly brazen death cults
Why are horror movies so obsessed with cults trying to end the world? Well........
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hannibal
Repost: On Hannibal Lecter, transness, and creation through annihilation
What does it mean to change your body?
TV
Fargo Season 5 and the morality of fictional universes
How the FX series deals with the long tendrils of the antihero drama
video games
Stardew Valley bachelors and bachelorettes, ranked
Plus: An impassioned defense of Haley.
dune 2
Dune: Part 2 and (trans)gender prophecies
Why is Dune 2 so speaking to the dolls? Let's find out!
mailbag
March mailbag!
This month: Nail colors inspired by animated films and writing believable dialogue.
andor
Andor Fridays: Episode 12, "Rix Road"
In which it's time for a funeral
movies
My top 21 movies of 2023
It was a great year for movies. Here are a bunch that made it so.
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25 minutes on... Lisa Frankenstein
andor
Andor Fridays (on Saturday): Episode 11, "Daughter of Ferrix"
In which we consider one of the show's more daring storytelling gambits.
mailbag
February mailbag!
This month: What are Emily's thoughts on all the Oscar contenders? Also: Emily tries to remember what she meant by a thing she wrote several years ago.
TV
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.