mailbag
February mailbag!
This month: What are Emily's thoughts on all the Oscar contenders? Also: Emily tries to remember what she meant by a thing she wrote several years ago.
TV
New Girl and the art of the will they/won't they
What we can learn about love stories fictional and real from an unfairly maligned TV couple.
andor
Andor Fridays: Episode 10, "One Way Out"
In which we discuss BIG IMPORTANT SPEECHES
movies
Forever 2014
What we get mad about when we get mad about Barbie's Oscar snubs
movies
How Edward Yang's Yi Yi helps you keep track of over a dozen major characters
The 2000 masterpiece perfectly juggles an enormous number of characters.
andor
Andor Fridays: Episode 9, "Nobody's Listening"
In which I sing the praises of Diego Luna
writing
How I create (hopefully) memorable characters
Hint: It involves more than one character.
mailbag
January mailbag!
This month: Why are video-game adaptations so hard? Also: How to get feedback.
movies
Toward a definition of "Egg Cinema"
How movies made by seeming cis people sometimes end up super trans.
andor
Andor Fridays: Episode 8, "Narkina 5"
Cassian goes to prison, and Emily shares her theories on storytelling (again).
TV
The Simpsons and our long 1990s hangover
"Marge Vs. the Monorail" is maybe the best TV episode ever made... and a paean to neoliberalism.
newsletter
Episodes in 2024
Here's what's coming in the new year!