
Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James


One minor adjustment has led to an awards show dominated by sweeps and buzz


TV has gotten so much better than film at reflecting the America we live in.

Jackie and Loving do right by their real-life subjects by narrowing their focus.
The season finale will have a lot of ground to cover at this rate.

Some of the best films at this year’s TIFF are determined to explore a frequently ignored subject.

It also embraces how much you want to see Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling kiss.

Elle and Una want to be about how women deal with rape. But they’re both made by men.

Filmic recreations of the day have only grown more explicit and brazen with time.


Tig Notaro stars in a show that takes too long to get where it was always going but has lots of fun along the way.
Amy Adams is a national treasure. Two upcoming films show why.