Housekeeping
Call It a Mid-Season Break
On taking a breather.
Valerie Ettenhofer
TV critic and writer with words at Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, IGN, The Playlist, Nonfics, Certified Forgotten, and the Hey, What Are You Watching? newsletter. Critics Choice and GALECA member.
Newsletters
Watching Our Way Through It: January in Review
Quick takes on Severance season 2, Star Trek: Section 31, six Oscar nominees, and more.
Essays
Some Notes To Self: How To Try When Everything Sucks
What can we do when the whole world is on fire? I originally jotted this down as a note on my phone to share on Instagram. I wrote it largely for myself and my close friends, but I'm publishing a half-polished draft here in case it helps anyone
Lists
My Favorites of the Year: 2024 Edition
On the year that was.
Paid Member Posts
What I'm Watching: Nosferatu, No Other Land, A Complete Unknown, and More
Plus: Conclave, Christmas classics revisited, /Film's best shows of the year, and what the It Ends With Us news means for, well, us. Here’s a quick rundown of everything I’ve watched, read, and written about lately: The shows: * I caught up with English Teacher, FX’s
Newsletters
What I'm Watching: Saturday Night, Heretic, Juror #2, and More
Plus: Rebel Ridge, The Order, my first Real Housewives run-in, an unexpected podcast obsession, and the movie Jeff Bezos probably doesn't want you to see.
Housekeeping
Cheers To 2025: Cheaper Memberships, One Month Free, and A Quick Survey
The shape of things to come.
Newsletters
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.
Newsletters
What I'm Watching: Anora, Blitz, Doctor Odyssey, and More
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.
Newsletters
What I'm Watching: Salem's Lot, Agatha All Along, The Penguin, and More
Plus: a Legion appreciation post, two new true crime pods, love for 1995's Babe, and more.
Newsletters
What I'm Watching: Will & Harper, Under The Bridge, A New Sopranos Documentary, and More
Plus: rewatch thoughts on Harlan County, USA, Beetlejuice, and Tickled + an update on my Dear America read-a-thon.
Newsletters
What I'm Watching: Trap, The Rings of Power, Only Murders in the Building, and More
Plus: A Streetcar Named Desire, a Stephen King readthrough podcast, and the historical fiction kids' books I can't put down this week.