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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Former Critic at Large

    Latest articles by Emily St. James

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    New on streaming in March 2017: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and HBO’s best optionsNew on streaming in March 2017: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and HBO’s best options
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    A harrowing documentary, a movie where Kevin Spacey is reincarnated as a talking cat, and everything in between.

    By Genevieve Koski, Emily St. James and 4 more
    Culture
    The Oscars’ unprecedented Moonlight/La La Land Best Picture mix-up, explainedThe Oscars’ unprecedented Moonlight/La La Land Best Picture mix-up, explained
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    An envelope screw-up made Oscar history — and vindicated Marisa Tomei. (Seriously.)

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    5 winners and 3 losers from the most bizarre Oscars ever5 winners and 3 losers from the most bizarre Oscars ever
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    A mostly sedate ceremony ended with the biggest, most unprecedented mix-up in Academy Award history.

    By Emily St. James and Alissa Wilkinson
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    La La Land, which lost Best Picture in a surprise upset, is surprisingly contentious for a frothy musicalLa La Land, which lost Best Picture in a surprise upset, is surprisingly contentious for a frothy musical
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    Melancholy, bands in trucks, and underwritten women: Goodbye to the Academy Awards’ big winner.

    By Emily St. James, Alissa Wilkinson and 2 more
    Culture
    This year’s most relieved Oscar winner might be the guy who took 21 times to winThis year’s most relieved Oscar winner might be the guy who took 21 times to win
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    Kevin O’Connell was the living human with the most nominations without a win. Not anymore.

    By Emily St. James
    Oscars 2017: the most confusing categories, explained
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    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    Who’s going to win at the Oscars? We have predictions in all 24 categories.Who’s going to win at the Oscars? We have predictions in all 24 categories.
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    Most of the big categories are snoozes, but Best Actor is a close race

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    Amazon’s Patriot is a messy, bloated antihero drama I couldn’t stop watchingAmazon’s Patriot is a messy, bloated antihero drama I couldn’t stop watching
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    This generic show, stocked with clichés, doubles as a sneaky, dark satire of American capitalism

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    The complete ranking of this year’s Oscar-nominated filmsThe complete ranking of this year’s Oscar-nominated films
    Culture

    Yes, even 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

    By Genevieve Koski, Emily St. James and 2 more
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    The Oscars’ voting process awards bland moviesThe Oscars’ voting process awards bland movies
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    It gets complicated.

    By Estelle Caswell and Emily St. James

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