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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 13h

In this week's free newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on Longlegs, J-horror, and what American horror film could gain from telling more stories about the past usurping the present

American film could use a little more J-horror in it

American horror looking to break clichés should borrow some ideas from Japanese horror films, writes Lily Osler.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 2d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 2d

In this week's Monday Rundown: a bunch of movies from 1946, Paul Tremblay's best, and DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES THE YEARLING TO SHOW UP IN THE YEARLING? A LONG TIME!!!

Episodes Monday Rundown October 6 - 12 2025

This week: A bunch of movies from 1946, Paul Tremblay's best, and DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES THE YEARLING TO SHOW UP IN THE YEARLING? A LONG TIME!!!

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 5d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 5d

In this week's premium newsletter, @emilystjams.bsky.social examines what David Osit's new documentary Predators says about the complex legacy of "To Catch a Predator" and the comforting illusion of control.

A brilliant new documentary puts "To Catch a Predator" under the microscope

David Osit's Predators examines not just the show but the culture that produced it, Emily St. James writes.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 9d

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Episodes by Emily St. James

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 9d

In this week's Monday Rundown: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025

This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

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Episodes by Emily St. James

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 12d

In this week's Friday newsletter: on One Battle After Another, Superman, and the possibility of change in a world where cycles feel eternal

One Battle After Another is about this moment in history. And every other time too.

All of the things that make the film timely really mark its timelessness, writes Emily St. James.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 13d

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In this week's free newsletter, @emilystjams.bsky.social argues that the appeal reactionaries find in AI slop nostalgia isn't about what's present in these videos, but what's missing from them

You don't miss your childhood. You miss not being angry.

Emily St. James on AI nostalgia, fascism, and our longing for less technology.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 16d

In this week's Monday Rundown: Freaky Tales doesn't entirely work, but it's fun, and a lot of Nazis die in it. So that's something!

Episodes Monday Rundown September 22 - 28 2025

This week: Freaky Tales doesn't entirely work, but it's fun, and a lot of Nazis die in it. So that's something!

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 19d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 19d

In this week's Friday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on how Silksong's beauty and difficulty are inextricably connected. episodes.ghost.io/silksong-rev...

Silksong hates you because it wants to teach you to dance

A game already notorious for its difficulty finds art and beauty amid destruction, Lily Osler writes.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 21d

In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: a new staffer at Episodes, and an invitation to help us write the next chapter of the newsletter!

Meet Episodes' new managing editor

Plus: Tell us what sorts of things you'd love to see in the newsletter.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 23d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 23d

In this week's Monday Rundown: The Long Walk, The Craft, and an alien with a mechanical penis.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 15 - 22 2025

This week: The Long Walk, The Craft, and an alien with a mechanical penis.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 26d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 26d

In this week's Friday newsletter: on The Yogurt Shop Murders, true crime, and memory.

This HBO documentary is one of the best true-crime series ever made

The Yogurt Shop Murders focuses less on the case and more on the people involved, writes Emily St. James.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 28d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 28d

In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on seed art, Fargo, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the state of Minnesota episodes.ghost.io/minnesota-st...