movies
How Materialists pays homage to - and inverts - The Apartment
Celine Song's new "romcom" shares a lot of DNA with Billy Wilder's classic dramedy.
Latest
firebuds
A deep dive into the dark madness at the heart of Disney+'s Firebuds
Does this show take place in the Cars universe before the fall? Discuss.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 30 - July 6 2025
This week: F1, Sunshine, and a new-ish trans YA novel.
movies
Five Indiana Jones reboots, pitched
And not a one of them stars Chris Pratt!
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 23 -29 2025
This week: Emily bends it like Beckham and checks out new music from Haim and Lorde.
movies
28 Years Later imagines a strange and beautiful apocalypse
The zombie sequel offers up a post-human world bursting with color.
video games
On having a body in Hollow Knight
How video games like Hollow Knight make movement central to their storytelling, by Lily Osler.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 16 - 22 2025
This week: Emily watches Clueless on a plane and goes to THE THEATRE.
movies
Final Destination: Bloodlines and the great American death cult
Why a franchise about how you can't cheat death is what we need right now.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 9 - 15 2025
This weeK: Death! The end of the Cold War! And Bob Dylan!
mailbag
June mailbag
What IS the Song of the Summer, exactly? Also: Emily talks all manner of fictional wedding.
music
All my favorite indie bands of the 2000s, re-reviewed for today
Sure, Emily loved Arcade Fire, Death Cab, and The Shins in 2005, but how does she feel NOW?