rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 10 - 16 2025
Including: Yellowjackets, Chappell Roan, and lesbian witches. (These are all the same thing.)
Episodes 6.0
Submit your March mailbag questions!
It's that time again.
criticism
Who is criticism for?
Not me, that's for sure!
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 3 - 9 2025
This week: a wonderful Canadian film, a heterosexual romance, and a creepy YouTube channel.
tall girl
Woe to the tall girl. (The tall girl is me.)
Or: I transitioned, and all I got was this lousy height dysphoria.
horror
Empty horror: A recent string of films underlines the weariness of American life (repost)
The Empty Man and The Smiley Face Killers explore a world that is devoid of meaning and utterly hopeless.
books
Woodworking is here! Come see me on my book tour!
Did you know I wrote a novel???? I don't know if I've mentioned it before.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown February 24 - March 2 2025
This week: Paddington in Peru and the Oscars
movies
Nickel Boys, No Other Land, and how to put a memory onscreen
How two very different movies capture the way we remember horrible things.
rundown
Episodes Monday rundown February 17 - 23 2025
Emily takes her kid to a movie. Also: Hitchcock, trans robots, and killer monkeys.
movies
2024 Best Picture nominees ranked, from first to worst
Number 10 might not surprise you.
woodworking
Your novel-writing questions answered
By someone who has (almost) published one novel.