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Jan
21
A group of women sit in a movie theater, spellbound by what's on screen. We see the projector's light in the background.

Episodes Tuesday Rundown Jan. 13-20 2025

6 min read
Jan
17
Adrien Brody stares down at something. He has a cigarette in his mouth. Sparks from a welder fly in front of him.

In "defense" of the second half of The Brutalist

12 min read
Jan
13
The covers for One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig both feature a woman in a red cloak.

Episodes Monday Rundown Jan. 6-12 2025

8 min read
Jan
08
In this still from the Lion King remake, various animals make their way to Pride Rock in the early morning.

Notes from Pride Rock

An esteemed British naturalist observes a series of events most curious.
8 min read
Jan
06
The two protagonists of Nickel Boys look up at their reflection, smiling as they look at themselves.

Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025

Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
8 min read
Jan
03
Bob Dylan plays something on an acoustic guitar as Pete Seeger listens on the sideline.

A Complete Unknown complicates the biopic antagonist

7 min read
Dec
27
Roz the robot and her many woodland creature friends stand in the ashes of a forest fire.

The Wild Robot and Flow present oddly hopeful post-apocalypses

6 min read
Dec
20
Michael Caine (in nightcap) joins several Muppets on the Muppet Christmas Carol set.

December mailbag!

12 min read
Dec
13
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Wicked. They lean close together to look in a mirror.

How the Wicked film brings the book's queerness back into the spotlight

8 min read
Dec
03
Anthony Andrews (all in white, holding a bear) and Jeremy Irons star in the BBC miniseries version of Brideshead Revisited.

LGBTQ+ people are not going back

This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
7 min read