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


“Titanic is the hugest success, and it’s because it’s totally queer,” says the French filmmaker.

The trouble with finding my true self in the beauty aisles.


Edie Falco’s surprisingly ambitious new CBS show got her thinking about cops, queer identities, and LA.


This French film about two women who fall in love in the 1770s is a beautiful romance and a heartbreaking love story.


It’s a brilliant series that contains what might be Dern’s finest performance.


Winners: Parasite! Non-American directors! Eminem! Losers: Netflix and 1917.


Why the 2020 Oscars should have had a host.




This year’s race seems likely to come down to two wildly different movies.


The long and torturous awards season creates an unnecessarily limited vision of what an Oscar movie is.