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One Battle After Another is about this moment in history. And every other time too.
All of the things that make the film timely really mark its timelessness, writes Emily St. James.
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 22 - 28 2025
This week: Freaky Tales doesn't entirely work, but it's fun, and a lot of Nazis die in it. So that's something!
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 15 - 22 2025
This week: The Long Walk, The Craft, and an alien with a mechanical penis.
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025
This week: Two classic visions of the Midwest, a true-crime doc, and the Strange New Worlds finale.
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September mailbag
This month: Why doesn't Emily have Netflix? And what IS psychological horror anyway?
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025
This week: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 25 - 31 2025
This week: Sabrina Carpenter, '90s Trek, and two great video essays.
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 18 - 24 2025
This week: folk horror, not-so-scary monsters, and giant moths. In three different projects!
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August mailbag
This month: Greta Gerwig's How I Met Your Dad, The Addams Family, and bad advice.
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 11 - 17 2025
This week: Eddington, Alien: Earth, and Strange New Worlds fanservice
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What Weapons is "about"
Zach Cregger's excellent and very funny new horror film hides a dark and lonely core.
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 4 - 10 2025
This week: Princess Mononoke! Weapons! A much larger number of lepers than usual for this feature.