26 Episodes
Atlanta saw America more clearly than nearly any TV show of its era
Watching the show's first season in 2026 is an exercise in seeing just how far Hollywood "progressivism" has fallen across a decade.
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Monday Digest
Is Coyote vs. ACME the perfect movie for the moment?
Also: Paranormal Activity on stage, the Furious finale, and a good comic about a cat.
movies
The Invite, Obsession, and the runaway success of movies for straight people to argue about
Who is responsible for your own unhappiness? The answer may disappoint you.
Episodes Book Club
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Six
We're talking irony, sincerity, and, of course, Randy Lenz.
it's a wonderful life
The memories of a deadly pandemic hidden in one of America's most beloved films
Art about pandemics and plagues rarely gets made after the fact. Yet here's the Spanish flu in It's a Wonderful Life.
Monday Digest
Dolly Parton never met a song she couldn't make her own
Also: A trip to the Minnesota State Fair, The End of Oak Street, and America's reigning Garfield princess
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tim Curry's major scenes in Rocky Horror, ranked by their potential to awaken something deep inside of you
Or in me, specifically.
Episodes Book Club
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Five
Is careful observation the same thing as love? Lily and Emily investigate.
26 Episodes
It's The Leftovers' afterlife. We're just living in it.
Over a decade after its debut, HBO's cult series about an ambiguous apocalypse only grows more prescient.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown August 17–23 2026
This week: Furious, further Camp Miasma thoughts, and, most importantly, TRAINS.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, or learning to love your own horniness
Jane Schoenbrun's new film is about a very common trans experience. And a very common human experience too.
Infinite Jest
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Four
It's Eschaton time!! (Oh, and also David Foster Wallace predicts Trump.)