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Talking Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma with Claire Dederer.
What it misses on story it makes up for in visual splendor.
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The Duggars, Bill Gothard, and me.
The Flash is really about bad decisions.
In Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy has a “protect trans kids” flag in her room and her dad has a trans flag on his uniform.
The latest Miles Morales adventure somehow makes the multiverse not suck.
The HBO film adapts the FBI transcript from Reality Winner’s interrogation into a stunning thriller.
The buzziest movies we saw at the festival, from blockbusters to world cinema epics.
Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Thierry Fremaux, and where evil really lies.
The original Little Mermaid is a perfect movie. Disney thought it could make improvements.
The poor, unfortunate remake isn’t nearly as visually spectacular as the original Disney classic.
The live-action Little Mermaid is a reminder of what movies like Encanto and Frozen II don’t have: a bad guy.
Is Dominic Toretto’s “family” a cult? And other burning Fast X questions, answered.
How today’s fight over pornography is rooted in a 40-year-old feminist schism.
Could we ever really tell a new story about a very old mermaid?
They went from distributing uncut indie gems to getting everything they made everywhere all at once.
You will cry at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
From Air to Tetris to BlackBerry, it’s time to make some deals
Laurel Parmet on making a movie about a girl and her youth pastor that refuses easy answers.
Is there a future for the team?
The last of James Gunn’s Marvel movies doesn’t get caught up in the multiverse.
Artificial intelligence could be the most important part of a writers strike, for reasons bigger than show business.
A new movie adaptation captures the sneaky complexity of what Judy Blume’s classic gets right about being 11.
The myths, mess, and creepy magic of Ari Aster’s latest nightmare.
The director of the new Joaquin Phoenix film on animation, nightmares, and all those signs.
The Mandalorian was the answer to all of Star Wars’ problems — until it embodied them.
Can a movie role change an actor forever?
Kelly Reichardt’s latest film turns the frustration of mundane distractions thwarting art into gentle comedy.
It isn’t groundbreaking cinema, but it is extremely kid-friendly.
The real treasure was the friends we made along the way (but actually).
The best nonfiction of the spring festival circuit is on the way.
The future for the hero is in DC Studios’ hands.
Live fast, die young, final girls don’t do it well.
It’s the end of predictable Oscar winners.
“Will Smith practices selective outrage,” says Rock in his new Netflix comedy special.
Heartburn, Ephron’s only novel, just turned 40. It’s an acid bomb of a romance.
Michael Schulman on why the Oscars are always behind the times, and his new book, Oscar Wars.
The co-author of The Black Guy Dies First on the Oscars, Black horror, and the future of Hollywood’s attempts at inclusivity.