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Movies Archive

Archives for September 2022

Culture
The Bros and cons of being a huge, gay Hollywood rom-comThe Bros and cons of being a huge, gay Hollywood rom-com
Culture

Bros wants to be a gay love story that doesn’t play it straight.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Who built Marilyn Monroe?
Culture

Marilyn Monroe was an artist. Her magnum opus was her own image.

By Constance Grady
Culture
Pop culture loves gender war stories. They leave something out.Pop culture loves gender war stories. They leave something out.
Culture

Don’t Worry Darling and Barbarian want us to remember gender is scary.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarizationRiotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization
Culture

How the director of an astonishing new documentary used old government footage to shed light on the present.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
The buzziest fall movies have something in commonThe buzziest fall movies have something in common
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

From The Fabelmans to Bardo to Armageddon Time, the filmmakers are making their memoirs.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
Inside Darren Aronofsky’s messy movie The Whale is something wise about religious traumaInside Darren Aronofsky’s messy movie The Whale is something wise about religious trauma
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

The Whale is more than the movie where Brendan Fraser wears a fat suit.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The racist backlash to The Little Mermaid and Lord of The Rings is exhausting and extremely predictableThe racist backlash to The Little Mermaid and Lord of The Rings is exhausting and extremely predictable
Culture

Lord of the Rings and The Little Mermaid are just the latest targets of racist fans.

By Aja Romano
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
What the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novelWhat the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novel
Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

The plot is based on a horrifying true story from 2011, but the resistance philosophy goes back to St. Augustine.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
Does Taylor Swift want an Oscar? Perhaps (ahem) All Too Well.Does Taylor Swift want an Oscar? Perhaps (ahem) All Too Well.
Culture

The musician’s (probable) quest for a short-film Academy Award, explained.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Why movie tickets will be $3 across America this SaturdayWhy movie tickets will be $3 across America this Saturday
Culture

See a movie for the price of a coffee on National Cinema Day and contemplate the future of theaters.

By Alissa Wilkinson