Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James
“Before the MGM brass flew in, Kubrick said, ‘Get this much money and buy all the classical music you can find downtown.’”
In “The Great Patriotic War,” every character makes a choice they probably can’t take back.
Something for every taste, from bonkers social issue comedies and creepy horror to the return of beloved cartoon superheroes.
Alexis Bledel shines in the season’s second episode, “Unwomen.”
Everybody’s favorite dystopian drama is still bracing, increasingly noticeable warts and all.
How the performer became an entertainer as omnipresent as oxygen.
And why he shouldn’t.
Long live the robot revolution!
HBO’s sci-fi opus doubles down on gorgeous nonsense, (mostly) for the better.
In the dark, twisty soap, Shonda Rhimes dramatized our political era almost perfectly.