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Cousins Benji (Kieran Culkin) and David (Jesse Eisenberg) look at something in a scene from A Real Pain

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Hey, what's Happening Over There?

Things have been happening over at the Patreon, as Amy has been writing about various candidates for her Best of the 21st Century (Volume One) List!

Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams) has a determined look on her face as she aims her rifle in Meek's Cutoff

Hey Everybody, an announcement!

It's been a while hasn't it? Now, the newsletter isn't quite back, although it will likely be sometime in the next few weeks (no promises). But I do have a quick announcement about where you can find me writing these days. I've

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Sorry Folks, The Newsletter's Closed

Amy Wren Says What is going on hiatus

Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) angrily talks to Bob Benson (James Wolk) in an elevator in an episode of Mad Men

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Lemon, it's Week Two

You know, look, I don't know if this helpful or all that coherent and maybe its too trite or too cutesy. Whatever. But this is what I have to say about being trans in America in 2025 and I hope you read it and share it and it means something to you.

Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) look at their reflection in a ceiling from Nickel Boys

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Amy Wren Watched What? January 20-26, 2025

Check out the latest edition of "Amy Wren Watched What?" right now!

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Remembering David Lynch (1946-2025)

Amy says goodbye to David Lynch in the latest edition of "Amy Wren Says What?"

Chief Martin Brody (Roy Schieder) sees something scary out behind the Orca in Jaws

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Amy Wren Watched What? January 13-19, 2025

Watch, Amy, Watch! It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another edition of "Amy Wren Watched What?"

Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) sits passed out center screen as his companions sitting at a table in Barry Lyndon

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Announcing My 2025 Project: 100 Films of 1975

Welp, looks like we're going to need a bigger boat! I announce my big 2025 project in the latest edition of "Amy Wren Says What?"

László Tóth (Adrian Brody) and his cousin Attila (Alessandro Nivola) look at their finished library remodel in The Brutalist

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Amy Wren Watched What? January 6-12, 2025

No need for an intermission for this one! It's another edition of Amy Wren Watched What? See what films Amy watched over the past week for yourself, if you don't mind!

Murph (Jessica Chastain) watches something with tears in her eyes in scene from Interstellar

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One Hundred Movies of 2014, Tenth Anniversary Edition

It's time for the tenth anniversary edition of Amy's 100 Films of 2014 rankings! Will there be a new number one? What films moved up the most? Is there a dig at Zach Braff? Read on to find out!

Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) watches a beaver, who looks at a pile of beaver poop in Hundreds of Beavers.

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Amy Wren Watched What? December 30 2024-January 5, 2025

Don't bother looking in the basement of the Alamo, because "Amy Wren Watched What?" is right here! This week, a king returns, two people meet, and we encounter hundreds of beavers...

George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) stands on a bridge as it snows in It's a Wonderful Life

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Amy Wren Watched What? December 23-29, 2024

Teacher says every time a bell rings, a newsletter gets read. Why not ring a few bells with the latest edition of Amy Wren Watched What?