A Scream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: "Obsession" and "Backrooms"
Two up-from-YouTube directors upend the studio system -- but can the revolution last? And are the movies any good?
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Watch List Digest 9/4/26
Last Gasp of the Summer edition
What to Watch: "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma"
Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder go on a voyage of personal discovery in Jane Schoenbrun's new movie, and it's a hell of a ride.
In Review: "Coyote vs Acme," "The Dog Stars," "Peter Asher"
Plus a few words on two icons we've lost this week.
Book Review: "How to Prepare for the Past"
A phantasmagoric rock memoir from a man who apparently was everywhere. Plus: Billy Collins parodies Mary Oliver (or does he?) and some Criterion Channel picks.