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What I'm Watching: Shōgun, Girls5eva, The Program, and More
Plus: a Film Twitter favorite, a Guillermo del Toro creature feature, a Spielberg deep cut, a Pulitzer-winning podcast, and the Dune popcorn bucket.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
We're Going Ghost
I'm finally leaving Substack.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
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What I'm Watching: 3 Body Problem, Drive-Away Dolls, Shallow Grave on 35mm, and More
On four movies, a show, a comic, and my Letterboxd top 4.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
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What I'm Watching: Love Lies Bleeding, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, All of Us Strangers, and More
A supersized newsletter featuring seven movies, three books, two TV shows, two podcasts, two zines, and my impending return to (paid) writing.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
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February 2024

January 2024

What I'm Watching: A Real Pain, Poor Things, American Fiction, and More
On six movies, three shows, two podcasts, and a new time zone.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
What I'm Watching: American Nightmare, the Emmys, classic Star Trek, and More
On four great reads, three TV series, two-ish movies, and yet another award show.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
What I'm Watching: Pokémon Concierge, Wonka, True Detective: Night Country, and More
On six movies, five shows, four articles, two podcasts, two books, and one new year.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
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December 2023

My Favorites of the Year: 2023 Edition
On my favorite movies, shows, books, comics, podcasts, songs, and projects of the year.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
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What I'm Watching: Priscilla, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, When Evil Lurks, and More
On nine movies, seven shows, three articles, and the future of this Substack.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
What I'm Watching: The Color Purple, Zone of Interest, Skinamarink, and More
On some of the year's very best movies -- and a corny Christmas movie about a time-traveling knight.
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Valerie Ettenhofer
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