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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Former Critic at Large

    Latest articles by Emily St. James

    Culture
    6 winners and 5 losers from the virtual Emmy Awards6 winners and 5 losers from the virtual Emmy Awards
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    Winners: Schitt’s Creek and HBO! Losers: Netflix and The Good Place!

    By Emily St. James and Allegra Frank
    Culture
    How chaotic will 2020’s virtual Emmys be? Picture 130 video feeds. At once.How chaotic will 2020’s virtual Emmys be? Picture 130 video feeds. At once.
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    The 72nd annual awards are coming to you live ... from the stars’ homes.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    One Good Thing: Spiritfarer is an adorable video game about life and deathOne Good Thing: Spiritfarer is an adorable video game about life and death
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    It’s a little like The Sims on a boat, except your Sims are animals who’ve recently died.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    One Good Thing: A Danish drama perfect for political devotees, now on NetflixOne Good Thing: A Danish drama perfect for political devotees, now on Netflix
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    Borgen is like an Aaron Sorkin show that acknowledges the problems with centrism.

    By Emily St. James
    Beyond Mulan: The queerest films in the Disney canon
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    Disney films have always resonated with queer and trans audiences. Here are the gayest films in the canon.

    By Aja Romano, Alex Abad-Santos and 1 more
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    One Good Thing: Stephen Colbert is looser, funnier, and angrier in quarantineOne Good Thing: Stephen Colbert is looser, funnier, and angrier in quarantine
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    Only Colbert can work through a “Your internet connection is unstable” warning popping up during a Zoom interview.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    One Good Thing: I’m obsessed with the latest Phoebe Bridgers albumOne Good Thing: I’m obsessed with the latest Phoebe Bridgers album
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    Punisher, Bridgers’s sophomore release, sounds like driving up the coast when the world is on fire.

    By Emily St. James
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    The eerie prescience of HBO’s WatchmenThe eerie prescience of HBO’s Watchmen
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    Director Stephen Williams on the many real-world resonances of the HBO miniseries, from police violence to masks.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    How to make TV’s funniest show during a pandemicHow to make TV’s funniest show during a pandemic
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    The producers of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows talk vampires, Covid-19, and Zoom writers’ rooms.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    The bland, boring visuals of the Republican National ConventionThe bland, boring visuals of the Republican National Convention
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    The aesthetics of the 2020 RNC are a disaster.

    By Emily St. James