Jul
19
Monday mailbag! (July 2021 edition)
What shows should have been Emmy-nominated this year? And which monster should Emily marry?
13 min read
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Jul
16
Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Ten: The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion" and "Chapter Eleven: The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"
In which it's too early for the series to end
6 min read
Jul
15
What are you going to watch this weekend? (July 15 edition)
A weekly comment thread
1 min read
Jul
14
What's the matter with teen TV shows today?
Too many shows try to make sweeping generalizations about Gen-Z. But Netflix's Never Have I Ever gets it right.
9 min read
Jul
12
I broke my phone before my vacation. You won't believe what happened next.
The answer: I didn't have a phone on my vacation.
7 min read
Jul
08
What are you going to watch this weekend? (July 8 edition)
A weekly comment thread
1 min read
Jul
07
Little Shop of Horrors: a movie musical where every frame is worth studying
As its 35th anniversary approaches, it's time to examine the many successes of Little Shop of Horrors.
7 min read
Jul
05
The HBO America trilogy
Another half-baked schema for thinking about television from Emily VanDerWerff
8 min read
Jul
02
Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Seven: The Runaway," "Chapter Eight: The Puppetmaster," and "Chapter Nine: Nightmares and Daydreams"
In which we gird ourselves for the end
7 min read
Jul
01
The (not so) hidden dangers of Instagram face
And what we can do to push back against them
7 min read