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Movies Archive

Archives for September 2020

Culture
Charlie Kaufman’s new Netflix film is brilliant. Here’s a guide to a truly innovative filmmaker.Charlie Kaufman’s new Netflix film is brilliant. Here’s a guide to a truly innovative filmmaker.
Culture

Where to start with the writer and director’s bizarre, bittersweet movies, including his latest: I’m Thinking of Ending Things.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
This is the most important movie weekend of the yearThis is the most important movie weekend of the year
Culture

How Tenet, Mulan, and I’m Thinking of Ending Things perform has broad implications for the future.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The ancient palindrome that explains Christopher Nolan’s TenetThe ancient palindrome that explains Christopher Nolan’s Tenet
Culture

A puzzle dug up all over Europe holds the key to Tenet — and turns it into more than a movie.

By Alissa Wilkinson
The history of Mulan, from a 6th-century ballad to the live-action Disney movie
Culture

Mulan is the story of 1,500 years of shifting ideas about gender and virtue.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Why Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” became a pump-up playlist must-haveWhy Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” became a pump-up playlist must-have
Culture

The song was never culturally accurate. But it was always a bop.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Disney’s new Mulan: Pack up, go home, you’re throughDisney’s new Mulan: Pack up, go home, you’re through
Culture

The Mulan remake jettisons everything great about Disney’s animated classic and delivers nothing new.

By Aja Romano
Culture
Tenet is here. It’s fine.Tenet is here. It’s fine.
Culture

Christopher Nolan’s spy thriller looks like it was very hard to make. But it falls a little flat.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Mulan is coming to Disney+ for an extra $30Mulan is coming to Disney+ for an extra $30
Culture

Along with Tenet’s staggered release, it’s a sign of change.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The power of the Black athleteThe power of the Black athlete
Culture

“If you know the system is vulnerable, then you can interrupt it,” says High Flying Bird screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Money
Mulan’s costumes are bright, dramatic, and (mostly) historically accurateMulan’s costumes are bright, dramatic, and (mostly) historically accurate
Money

Designer Bina Daigeler and a Chinese fashion expert explain the historical inspiration behind the film’s outfits.

By Terry Nguyen