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


Barack Obama is Parks and Recreation, and other presidential administration/TV mash-ups.


The book’s hot-button premise could only be handled by a trans novelist.


How you feel about the ending likely depends on what genre you think the movie is in.


Two critics spiral on how much they love Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb Trilogy.


The 10-episode miniseries tells the story of a teacher-student affair — and the trauma it causes.


Cable news couldn’t get me inside a Capitol under siege. But Twitch could.


It couldn’t have hurt!


It’s a great choice for your first binge-watch of the year.

“Your to-do list, some days, it has just the one thing on it: Stay alive. And if you can do that, it’s a successful day.”

2020 was a hard, hard year. Here are the stories of people who lived through it.