movies
In "defense" of the second half of The Brutalist
Just who is this movie about anyway?
books
Episodes Monday Rundown Jan. 6-12 2025
Including: Hard Truths, a Polly Klaas book, and Ethel Cain
movies
Notes from Pride Rock
An esteemed British naturalist observes a series of events most curious.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025
Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
movies
A Complete Unknown complicates the biopic antagonist
Is Bob Dylan the antagonist of his own biopic? Maybe!
movies
The Wild Robot and Flow present oddly hopeful post-apocalypses
What does the world look like after humans? Two animated films have some ideas.
mailbag
December mailbag!
What's the difference between a New Year's movie and a Christmas movie? Also: the Muppets AND The Polar Express.
movies
How the Wicked film brings the book's queerness back into the spotlight
It's all about the talking goat.
queer
LGBTQ+ people are not going back
This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
discussion
What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?
My answer isn't Wicked, but only because I haven't seen it yet.
movies
2024: The year in trans cinema (made by cis people)
In a year rich with films made by trans people, a trans movie made by cis people scoops up all the hype.
movies
Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art
I promise this is a compliment! (Sort of.)