Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Latest articles by Emily St. James
Six new sports will be at the Tokyo Olympics — the most since 1920.
The concept became associated with retail in the 20th century, but it was invented at a summer camp. Probably.
We Keep the Dead Close explores a murder at Harvard and the stories we tell about crime.
No art is original. So why do we get so worried about artists paying homage to their influences?
Twitter had a field day with Isabel Fall’s sci-fi story “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter.” Now, the author is speaking out.
At 20 years old, the Fast & Furious movies are bigger than ever.
With In Treatment and Couples Therapy, TV therapy took on everything from videoconferencing software to existential dread.
Season four was more accidentally timely than ever.
AppleTV+’s Mythic Quest is one of TV’s sneakiest comedies, funny and tragic all at once.
The show’s take on 2020 was extremely weird — and surprisingly moving.