Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James
“Tina comes in, looks up at the screen, pitches the joke that goes in, and leaves.”
The frustrating new movie at least allows Steven Spielberg a chance to pay homage to friends living and dead.
From Hill Street Blues to Cop Rock, the iconic producer found new ways to tell stories on television.
Five interlocking conflicts that add up to one big argument about the sitcom’s new season.
“We had to be judicious. You had to find those moments that were big and not use it in every episode.”
“Dead Hand” sets up so many great conflicts for the series’ last 10 episodes.
You should watch the series’ first season since 1997 — even if you hate Donald Trump.
The best drama series of its era ends as it lived — insisting “US versus USSR” is an elaborate shell game.
The miniseries reimagines Dan Simmons’s Arctic-bound novel — based on a true story — as a long, slow descent into hell.
The show insists every so often that its characters are richly complex, fully realized human beings. Sure.