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A Supersized What I'm Watching: The Substance, The Diplomat, Queer, Cross, and More
Plus: way too many serial killers, six podcast reviews, Industry, The First Omen, the second Dune, and ten books to help us survive 2025.
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Plus: Peacock’s Hysteria, I Saw The TV Glow, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the Booker Prize shortlist, and the final season of What We Do in the Shadows.
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Plus: a Legion appreciation post, two new true crime pods, love for 1995's Babe, and more.
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Plus: rewatch thoughts on Harlan County, USA, Beetlejuice, and Tickled + an update on my Dear America read-a-thon.
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Plus: A Streetcar Named Desire, a Stephen King readthrough podcast, and the historical fiction kids' books I can't put down this week.
Plus: the end of Evil, a new Laci Peterson doc, ranking every season of Superstore, and an unexpected Dexter riff. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I’ve been watching, reading, and writing about: The shows: * The existentially supernatural Paramount+ procedural Evil finally signed off this week after four
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Plus: Arrow Video's streaming service, Apple TV's Manhunt, and Eric Bogosian's plays. Here’s a rundown of everything I’ve been watching, reading, and writing about lately: The shows: * Since the Trump assassination attempt, I’ve become interested in assassination stories as a prism
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Plus: Beverly Hills, 90210, That ‘90s Show, cinematic horror games, and must-read comics. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I’ve been watching, reading, and writing about lately: The shows: * I was sad to hear about the passing of Shannen Doherty this week, especially since I’ve been catching
Plus: Ripley, Anyone But You, a horror movie about Amish country, Paddington (finally), this year’s Dorian TV Awards nominees, and more. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I’ve been watching, reading, and writing about recently: The shows: * As a casual but enamored fan, my final verdict on
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I'm out of office, and into The Price is Right. I’ve been visiting family and other loved ones in America and Canada for the past two weeks. Here’s what I’ve been watching, reading, and listening to along the way: The shows: * I’ve been chasing
The view from the top of what was once Peak TV.
Plus: Anthony Bourdain's travel shows, a pre-Code thriller, a schedule change, and two of the best books I've read all year. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I’ve been watching, reading, and writing about lately. You can also check out my most recent paywalled
Also: The final season of Evil, some planets of some apes, a podcast about the best-worst reality show of the aughts, and more. Here’s a (sort of) quick rundown of everything I’ve watched, read, and written about lately. Please read to the end for a note on the
Plus: new Doctor Who, Luca Guadagnino's back catalogue, ranking every season of The Wire, and more. Here’s a quick rundown on everything I’ve watched, read, and wrote about lately: The shows: * God, I adore Hacks. The HBO show about a stubborn elder stand-up comic (Jean Smart)
Plus: Kong: Skull Island, The Stepford Wives remake, a Dead Boy Detectives primer, a new TV review from me, and more. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I watched, read, and wrote about this past week: The shows: * Nearly a decade ago, I was one of millions of people
Plus: Wendy and Lucy, The Red Balloon, a long-lost silent movie, ghosts in the British Museum, and more. Here’s a quick rundown on everything I watched, read, and wrote about this week: The shows: * Conan O’Brien’s utterly unhinged episode of Hot Ones really is a thing to
Plus: Cunk on Earth, Leave the World Behind, a blasphemous French play, an underrated Twilight Zone episode, and more. Here’s a quick rundown on everything I watched, read, and wrote about this week: The shows: * I tried to watch Cunk on Earth while my partner was sleeping and ended
Plus: a Film Twitter favorite, a Guillermo del Toro creature feature, a Spielberg deep cut, a Pulitzer-winning podcast, and the Dune popcorn bucket. Here’s a not-so-quick rundown on everything I’ve watched, read, and written about in the past two weeks: The shows: * It never ceases to amaze me
I'm finally leaving Substack. Note: this post originally appeared on Substack on March 19, 2024. I’m finally leaving Substack, and I hope you’ll come with me. Why are you leaving? Late last year, news broke that Substack was allowing Nazi newsletters to earn money on its
On four movies, a show, a comic, and my Letterboxd top 4.
A supersized newsletter featuring seven movies, three books, two TV shows, two podcasts, two zines, and my impending return to (paid) writing.
On four shows, a podcast, a graphic novel, and a gay vampire movie you haven't seen.
On six shows, five movies, a podcast, and an essay.