Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James
Frontline’s exhausted recap of the past decade (or so) finds two very different countries with the same borders.
PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger touches on the network’s storied past, its future — and its shaky present.
A Trump presidency has Americans at one another’s throats. Thank goodness for Black-ish.
It’s Breaking Bad, if Breaking Bad had aired on CBS — but that’s not a complaint, necessarily.
The show remains as smart, savvy, and blockheaded as ever.
It’s one of the best films yet about how the country forgot its recent wars — and those who fought them.
It’s the lowest-rated show ever renewed by a broadcast network.
The new miniseries is conceptually audacious but not all that interesting in the end.
“If I’m cutting things I like, it means everything that’s in is something I liked even more.”
La La Land wins big, as do British people on TV. The losers include one Jimmy Fallon.