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

Shows from Game of Thrones to Fleabag explain the planet, the country, and television in the 2010s.


And it’s not just five variations on “What happens next?!”


The most important books of the decade, according to Vox staff.

Thoughts on ChristmasCon, Hallmark, and the eternal war over Christmas past.


“This show is queer as fuck. Queer and trans as fuck.” What’s not to love?


From Parasite to The Morning Show, it’s looking like another strange year at the weirdest awards show.


“A God Walks Into Abar” is the kind of deeply romantic, mind-bending TV episode Damon Lindelof lives to make.


Has Watchmen not quite been working for you these past few weeks? Maybe it just needed more Regina King.


The show uncovers the history of one mysterious superhero in an episode that explores American racism.


Elizabeth Olsen plays a young widow in this thoughtful and loving series about navigating grief.