Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James
This kids’ show about hidden urban histories and child paranormal investigators is a delight.
Amid distance and estrangement and strain, some are happily replacing the clans they’re born into with chosen families.
Succession is telling stories about abuse even when it doesn’t seem like it is.
The new drama is the rare show “about trauma” that’s actually kind of about trauma.
Yellowstone is a ranch-set Succession, with murder, Kevin Costner, and red-state America’s blind spots.
This album embraces life’s contradictions, even when it’s difficult to do so.
The Roy siblings are deeply haunted by their upbringing. Succession keeps finding ways to show that.
Five reasons for the HBO drama’s massive footprint on the TV landscape.
Sci-fi author Becky Chambers explains how to build a better alien and how to imagine hopeful futures.
The new series, airing on Hulu, is trying to make the very 2002 premise of the comic it’s based on work in 2021.