Mailbag
March mailbag!
In this month's mailbag: sitcom remakes, ranked-choice voting takes, and a whole lotta Oscars!
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Journalism is failing at its chief duty. Why do we keep asking art to take its place?
There's a place for endless nuance and character development. It's not in articles about the president.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 9–15 2026
This week: the Oscars, The Phoenecian Scheme, and some fascinating life circumstances.
one battle after another
This year's Best Picture nominees, ranked
Emily and Lily go through the hits and skips (well, mostly hits) of this year's race for the top Oscar.
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If we ran the Oscars: 9 movies from 2025 that deserved nominations
The Academy may not have appreciated them, but YOU can!
Mailbag
January mailbag!
This month: Oscars, Oscars, Oscars! Plus, meditative TV, tarot as a storytelling device, and more.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown February 24 - March 2 2025
This week: Paddington in Peru and the Oscars
movies
2024 Best Picture nominees ranked, from first to worst
Number 10 might not surprise you.
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Nobody has seen the movies
What do we mean when we make this complaint about the Oscar Best Picture nominees?
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.
movies
Forever 2014
What we get mad about when we get mad about Barbie's Oscar snubs
The only time the Oscars ended early
At least on TV