Review

Heated Rivalry's Closet and Mine

I'd forgotten what my former life was like. HBO's hit show reminded me.

Jan 2 • Jay Michaelson

My Favorite Music, Film, and TV of 2025

Including a playlist of refuge and transcendence

Dec 23, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Why a ‘Meditation Rabbi’ is Watching Horror Films

In 2025, catharsis takes a little more energy.

Aug 20, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Nick Drake is Just in Time

Beautiful, tragic music for a melancholy, tragic summer

Jul 29, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Andor and the Banality of Totalitarianism

The psychologies of complicity and resistance -- a parable for our times.

Apr 30, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Kinds of Kindness is a Great Film About the Psychological Roots of Fascism

Which I found perversely comforting.

Jul 9, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

Civil War is brilliant, but the bad guys are mostly offscreen

Yes, Americans are enraged. But what about the people and companies enraging them?

Apr 18, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

"Leave the World Behind" Filled Me with Dread

And not only of the end of the world.

Dec 20, 2023 • Jay Michaelson

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