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Brian Barnett | Ribnax @brianbarnett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I don't know much about Xena, so I sat down with the delightful & incredibly talented @trudiegraham.bsky.social to learn about the long-beloved fantasy series Come for the Xena queer representation, stay for the Trudie ARCHERY ACCIDENT?! More on Skybox: skyboxcritics.com/2026/03/13/i...

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Into The Skybox Ep. 20 - I Watched Xena: Warrior Princess For The First Time In 2025 & Loved It (with Trudie Graham) | Skybox

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The events @trudiegraham.bsky.social set in motion are beginning to come to fruition. You think I can still get the letter opener?

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 20/03/2026

Wine tosses and saving throws: Why The Real Housewives of DnD is my favorite podcast by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "Unique settings are one of the best ways to introduce fresh meat to DnD." Read on:

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Wine tosses and saving throws: Why The Real Housewives of DnD is my favorite podcast

Shallow reality television and TTRPGs are a strange but compelling combination in this unique actual play show.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/03/2026

I watched Xena: Warrior Princess for the first time in 2025, and loved it by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "TV shows are like people; they don’t always put their best foot forward, and can grow on you in delightfully unforeseen ways." Read on:

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I watched Xena: Warrior Princess for the first time in 2025, and loved it

Does Xena: Warrior Princess hold up today? Hell yeah it does!

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Had so much fun with this. And thank you to the folks at Skybox for being great hosts as always. If you haven't checked out the site's Patreon, please do!

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Always good to have @trudiegraham.bsky.social back at Skybox doing Trudie things. Editing this made me go looking for Xena DVDs, and it is all her fault.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Yeah so Hamnet may have fucked me up slightly

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Should the next season of RHONY fall short, Bravo needs to do something drastic I fear... Bringing back a couple of original cast members would likely be disastrous, but still I yearn skyboxcritics.com/2026/01/09/t...

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The answer to The Real Housewives of New York's problems is obvious

Our writer suggests what can bring some juice back to Bravo's flagship reality series.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 09/01/2026

The answer to The Real Housewives of New York’s problems is obvious by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "The trouble for RHONY, and for any other Bravo show, is that no formula can work forever, especially as the world around it changes at lightning pace." Read on:

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The answer to The Real Housewives of New York's problems is obvious

Our writer suggests what can bring some juice back to Bravo's flagship reality series.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Went to a pilates class yesterday evening and that shit will kill you

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Will is a fantastic writer and editor, and also just a good friend to have in this cruel as fuck industry — if you have opportunities you won't regret getting in touch with him!

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

My latest for Skybox is about the only show that has me locked tf in right now. TV is back baby. Do not say a bad word about my girl Carol skyboxcritics.com/2025/12/16/t...

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Togetherness at a cost: Pluribus’ anti-hero and digital anxiety

A deep dive into Pluribus and how it captures the feeling of our post-pandemic world.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 16/12/2025

Togetherness at a cost: Pluribus’ anti-hero and digital anxiety by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "Complacency provides relief, and being cognizant of threats like climate change and generative AI often rewards you with disdain from those who want to pretend everything is fine." Read on:

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Togetherness at a cost: Pluribus’ anti-hero and digital anxiety

A deep dive into Pluribus and how it captures the feeling of our post-pandemic world.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 04/12/2025

SURPRISE! Today we launch a brand new FREE podcast! Welcome to "BEYOND THE SKYBOX," the single-topic show where we answer big questions, cover big topics, & get into it The first episode answers the question: "What are the best licensed games of all time?" www.patreon.com/posts/beyond...

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Beyond the Skybox - Ep. 1 - The Best Licensed Games | Skybox

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/11/2025

Into the Skybox returns with @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social in a chat with @brianbarnett.bsky.social about her recent article on Yakuza Kiwami 3. Subscribe to our Patreon if you haven't already and check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/into-s...

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Into the Skybox - Hamazaki Has To Goh (with Ashley Schofield) | Skybox

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Got this Duolingo ad and I need to know what resulted in the hairy arm, pink nail polish combo

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

An old bit from me about Halloween 2018's satisfying 3rd act role reversal: How a reforged Laurie literally sets her past ablaze — and in it, evil's eyes stare back through orange flames. None of the franchise's battles were as alive with meaning as this one! www.zavvi.com/blog/feature...

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Halloween: How Laurie Strode Became The Boogeyman

You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Not only did I find a horror movie called 'Shark Side of the Moon' on Plex, but it's some sort of assembly version. Tubi originals really are something, huh

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Wrote about the enduring allure of Michael Cristofer's Gia. From its strange documentary-like structure to the excavation of the model's meteoric rise and fall, it's one of the all time great biopics: skyboxcritics.com/2025/09/25/g...

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Gia retrospective: Too wild to live

A look back at Gia, a 1998 biopic about a famous model's struggle with addiction.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 25/09/2025

Gia retrospective: Too wild to live by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "Gia doesn't claim to understand every thought that went through Carangi’s head, nor does it plaster its own beliefs onto her too heavily. You’re allowed to perceive her, but never fully know her." Read on:

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Gia retrospective: Too wild to live

A look back at Gia, a 1998 biopic about a famous model's struggle with addiction.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Immediately head over heels in love with this. Frankenstein meets gangster movie? Yes please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSt...

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The Bride! - Official Teaser - Warner Bros. UK & Ireland

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Loving this Lady Bird discourse because I have an excuse to reshare my take from 2021 (when I was closer in age to the character), which is that the movie is about both resenting and being fundamentally shaped by your home & family: filmdaze.net/lady-bird-an...

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‘Lady Bird’ and What It Means to Hate Home

This piece was originally published in the Film Daze Digital Magazine, Issue 6: Adolescence. Enjoy! – The Film Daze Team In Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age gem Lady Bird, Sacramento is a …

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 19/09/2025

The Hunting Wives is 2025’s most iffy yet compelling TV by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "The point of the shenanigans and treacherous ensemble seems to be pointing out the hypocrisy and facade of Red State elites, who condemn hordes of people for their apparent sins while hiding their own." Read on:

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The Hunting Wives is 2025’s most iffy yet compelling TV

How one of Netflix's most popular 2025 shows, The Hunting Wives, must be seen to be believed.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Where are the film reviews in the newest android version of letterboxd? Are they not loading properly in-app or have they been moved to an insane place?

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My latest on @skyboxcritics.com from me is all about Jean-Marc Vallée's singular body of work. How he was drawn to messy women, loved to celebrate survival, and his signature editing style that made the likes of Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies so unforgettable: skyboxcritics.com/2025/08/20/j...

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 20/08/2025

Jean-Marc Vallée was one of a kind: How structure and editing defined a career by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "When I’m struck by nature’s beauty, and feel magnetically pulled toward it, my mind mysteriously wanders to Wild — one of the greatest ‘the only way out is through’ movies." Read on:

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Jean-Marc Vallée was one of a kind: How structure and editing defined a career

A look back at the career of filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée through his use of repeated imagery to convey interiority and unveil mysteries for the audience.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A very short bit from me about why I adore Death Stranding’s weird vibes and used to watch other people playing it to lull me to sleep after 10-hour retail shifts: trudiegraham.substack.com/p/death-stra...

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Chris 🎬🎧 @raidercast.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Adrian Bliss hitting the nail on the head - that stare into the camera at the end, chef kiss 👌 “Making Art In 2026”

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Erica Groshen @ericagroshen.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

“Losing trust in government statistics wouldn’t be the end of the world, but it would be the end of the world as we know it.” Sobering thoughts for investors and others from Jeff Sommer. What if You Can’t Believe the Official Numbers? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b... #econsky @aaronsojourner.org

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What if You Can’t Believe the Official Numbers?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 11/08/2025

Watch an exclusive trailer for the new 4K restoration of Pedro Almodóvar’s 1986 film Matador, by Video Mercury Films. 🐂 The restoration will premiere in the Classics section of the upcoming Venice Film Festival. #Matador #VeniceClassics

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The job market has never been better for shills, stooges, and toadies of all stripes. Linkedin absolutely buzzing if you're a sycophant, a flunky, or even an unctuous little worm

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

A clown show of epic proportions. 3 absolute loons making a joke out of their country

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Juan @thatjuangamer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

me after crashing my car and flipping 6 times: “things are not entirely going smoothly”

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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

behold the "HTML bomb" It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

A Chrome browser error page displays the familiar “Aw, Snap!” message, indicating that something went wrong while loading a webpage. A pixelated frowning file icon with Xs for eyes appears at the top left. Below, the error code reads “Out of Memory,” suggesting the browser ran out of system resources. The page includes a “Reload” button in blue on the bottom right

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

My cinema buddy and I remembered a joke from The Naked Gun as we were walking to the car after the movie and we quite literally had to stop and stand still until the giggles passed 😭. Cinema is so back

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Just got hit with the Bioshock 2 save file issue and wasted my first 2 hours of play time because I had to quit the game and delete Bio 1 files 😁

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joel @joel.zone · 30/07/2025

Old School RuneScape is seeing record player counts for the first time in months. I spoke to players and Jagex about its persistence: www.escapistmagazine.com/news-old-sch...

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Old School RuneScape persists in the face of modernity as player counts soar - The Escapist

Old School RuneScape is having a resurgance, so we spoke to Jagex and players from the community about why it persists.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Just finished Little Nightmares. It's fun when a game is as good as people say it is

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

"The camera locks onto dangerous items in moments of high anxiety, letting us into Camille’s head and showing us where it wanders to. In every room, there’s something that can be used to self-destruct." It's Sharp Objects summer on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/trudiegr...

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

In its heyday, Orange Is the New Black helped cracked open the door for streamers to become TV's dominant force. 12 years on (my July publish date was coincidental and kinda spooky 👀), I wrote about the effects of Netflix's early home run, what OITNB's success foreshadowed, & what's changed since:

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How Orange Is the New Black helped change TV forever

An essay on the disruption to the TV industry Netflix brought with Orange is the New Black.

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Trudie Graham 🍏 @trudiegraham.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Superman the most 3 and a half star movie I've ever seen 💙. I appreciate 3 and a half star movies very much

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 22/07/2025

How Orange Is the New Black helped change TV forever by @trudiegraham.bsky.social "Orange Is the New Black had an inviting pitch: sign up to try out the future of television." Read on: