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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
Nov
29
Cynthia Erivo, made up in all green, stars as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande (in all pink) plays Galinda.

What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?

4 min read
Nov
22
Karla Sofia Gascon stars as Emilia Pérez. This photo is a close-up of her looking at something nearby.

2024: The year in trans cinema (made by cis people)

12 min read
Nov
08
Robin Wright and Tom Hanks stand in a 1970s-ish living room. They both look subtly, creepily younger.

Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art

6 min read