My pop culture week, your pop culture weekend - August 4 edition
August kicks off with the three of the most prominent women of our time: Taylor Swift, Leigh Bardugo, and Bluey.
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You Can See Everything is the best social horror movie of 2026 (preview)
A little taste of this week's premium newsletter!
You Can See Everything is the best social horror movie of 2026
Can a documentary be horror? Yes — and the genre needs it to move forward.
A French Village, Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6: "Black Market" and "Cold Spell"
On doing good things for selfish reasons and bad things for noble ones.
How Rod Serling invented modern television (more or less)
Alan Sepinwall on his new book, the scariest Twilight Zones, and the tragic hopefulness underpinning the series.