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Vox’s coverage of movie news, reviews, analysis, and recommendations of film, from blockbuster hits to movie festival highlights.
Benedetta and Matrix are just the latest in a long line of pop culture stories about nuns. There’s a reason.
It’s one of 2021’s best films.
The 13 must-see movies, from West Side Story to The Novice to The Matrix.
There’s more to it than swoony love in his films — including this one.
The Netflix film takes on the Western and makes something truly spectacular.
Lady Gaga blows a potential dud of a movie straight into the stratosphere.
The Rock, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, and Cleopatra’s eggs?
In King Richard, Venus and Serena’s dad is the hero. The media didn’t always treat him that way.
Jonathan Larson did Lin-Manuel Miranda the favor of making him fall in love with musicals. With Tick, Tick … Boom!, Miranda repays his debt.
Mike Mills’s latest film captures our past, our future, and our fleeting present.
The new Netflix film explores what healing really looks like.
Kenneth Branagh renders his youthful memories in black and white.
The expressionist origins of the “Dutch angle.”
In Rebecca Hall’s film, Nella Larsen’s story comes to life in black and white.
From Passing to Belfast, The French Dispatch to Gunda, the monochrome movie is back in full force.
From Spencer to The Crown to Diana: The Musical, Princess Diana is all over our screens once more.
Will the Avengers and Eternals ever meet up and be friends?
This month has everything: Eternals, murder, tennis, and Princess Di.
The Souvenir: Part II continues its director’s memoir project.
Scream turns 25 this year. Here’s how it permanently changed horror movies.
From the first morbid films a hundred years ago, scary movies always been a dark mirror on Americans’ deepest fears and anxieties.
Anderson’s latest film feasts on melancholy nostalgia for a world gone by — but the flavor is off.
Denis Villeneuve’s new big-screen adaptation underlines why generations have been fascinated by the story.
Don’t miss these under-the-radar gems.
Bergman Island is a delightful anagram of a movie, and one of the best films of the year.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s new collaboration with Ridley Scott misses what’s important about the famous 14th-century rape case.
Daniel Craig was a 007 for the superhero era. What comes next?
Hero, available on HBO Max, is an action-packed film that balances drama with emotion.
What superhero movies can learn from the campy alien symbiote.
A new prequel movie. A spike in new viewership. What explains the iconic TV show’s enduring appeal?
From Dune to duels, Wes Anderson to James Bond, October is a huge movie month.
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The Tony-winning musical is widely beloved. Critics trashed the new movie. So what does that mean?
The strange grace of movies made in trying times.
Tammy Faye Bakker’s complicated legacy gets another look in a new movie starring Jessica Chastain.
Shang-Chi is a victory for representation. Quantifying what that means is complicated.
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From ballet to poker, televangelists to Tony winners, here are the movies worth streaming or seeing on the big screen.
Shang-Chi and the Eternals are entering a much more dimensional world.