I Believe in Me: Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan on Ghostlight
An interview with the pair behind this week’s wonderful Ghostlight.
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The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
In honor of the new documentary Brats, we look back at the 1980s actors’ finest onscreen moments—and the films that found them way out of their depth.
Introduction to Black Writers Week 2024
Welcome to Black Writers Week 2024.
What Will the Next World War Be Fought Over? A New Documentary Says It Might Be Food and Water
‘Blackfish’ director Gabriela Cowperthwaite talks about her film ‘The Grab’—and why she wants viewers to pay attention to the governments and private entities seizing shrinking natural resources across the globe.
Destiny 2: The Final Shape Asks the Big Questions
To cast aside the everyday, selfish needs of the body and be greeted by another realm beyond the known is a common theme in fantasy. Destiny 2: The Final Shape explores this in its own way.
What If a Movie Called IF Found an Audience?
Critics were mostly ho-hum about “If,” but it’s a sneakily powerful dream-logic movie
The Presumed Innocent Movie Was a Highlight of Hollywood’s Page-Turner Era
Before watching the new Apple TV+ limited series based on the blockbuster Scott Turow book, let’s look back at a bygone age when quality airport reads regularly got turned into classy big-screen dramas.
How Cold War Thrillers Expressed Presidential Campaign Concerns
Four films with common denominators helped define the public and Hollywood mindsets during the 1964 U.S. presidential campaign in varying ways.
Don’t Check into MGM+s Hotel Cocaine
Clearly inspired by the success of Narcos, this is a dull, dumb show.
Prime Video’s The Boys Changes Pace, Becomes the Best Version of Itself
The Boys is back. And better than ever.
The Actors Rumored to Star in the Beatles Biopics Look Nothing Like Them. Good.
Too often, we overvalue actors who expertly imitate their iconic real-life subjects. A great biopic performance often requires more than mimicry.
Presumed Innocent Spins Riveting Mystery on Apple TV+
This is David E. Kelley working in the register he excels at: a legal thriller with just enough interpersonal relationship drama and a touch of mystery.
Cannes 2024 Video #9: Festival Wrapup
A postmortem on Chaz’s time at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The Language of Horror: Ishana Night Shyamalan on The Watchers
An interview with the filmmaker about her feature film debut, how her family’s views on art’s sacredness influence her work, and why horror is her preferred “language” for grappling with and speaking with the questions she has in life.
Everybody Wants Some!! Told Us Everything We Needed to Know About Glen Powell
Years ago, this overlooked 2016 comedy hinted at the Hit Man actor’s movie-star potential.
The Future of the Movies, Part 3
For all the hemming and hawing about how kids these days don’t engage with movies anymore, I choose to give myself reasons to hope.
Hulu’s Queenie is a Masterful Study of Self-Growth
A review of the new Hulu series starring Dionne Brown from Onyx Collective.
House of the Dragon Returns with a Captivating Yet Convoluted Second Season
While season two starts strong, it eventually becomes clear that this series is at war with itself.
Expecto Patronum: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 20
On the franchise-defining entry to the Harry Potter franchise, two decades on.
