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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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.
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.
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.
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.
What I'm Watching: A Quiet Place 3, The Sympathizer, Babes, and More
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
What I'm Watching: Twisters, The Umbrella Academy, Unsolved Mysteries, and More
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
What I'm Watching: Longlegs, Civil War, Your Fat Friend, and More
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
What I'm Watching: House of the Dragon, The Bear, Hit Man, and More
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
What I'm Watching On Vacation
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
What I'm Watching: Godzilla Minus One, Travel Season, Spacey Unmasked, and More
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
What I'm Watching: Interview With the Vampire, Baby Reindeer, Bridgerton, and More
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
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What I'm Watching: Challengers, Hacks, Dead Boy Detectives, and More
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)
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What I'm Watching: The Jinx, Late Night With the Devil, Watcher's New Streamer, And More
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
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What I'm Watching: Fallout, Quiet on Set, Conan on Hot Ones, and More
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
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What I'm Watching: Immaculate, Irish Wish, 911, and More
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
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What I'm Watching: Shogun, Girls5eva, The Program, and More
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
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Repost: We're Going Ghost
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
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What I'm Watching: 3 Body Problem, Drive-Away Dolls, Shallow Grave on 35mm, and More
On four movies, a show, a comic, and my Letterboxd top 4.
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What I'm Watching: Love Lies Bleeding, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, All of Us Strangers, and More
A supersized newsletter featuring seven movies, three books, two TV shows, two podcasts, two zines, and my impending return to (paid) writing.
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What I'm Watching: Masters of the Air, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and More
On four shows, a podcast, a graphic novel, and a gay vampire movie you haven't seen.
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What I'm Watching: Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Abbott Elementary, Five Nights at Freddy's, and More
On six shows, five movies, a podcast, and an essay.
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What I'm Watching: A Real Pain, Poor Things, American Fiction, and More
On six movies, three shows, two podcasts, and a new time zone.
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What I'm Watching: American Nightmare, the Emmys, classic Star Trek, and More
On four great reads, three TV series, two-ish movies, and yet another award show.