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vulture recommends Mar. 29, 2024

The Best Berserk Adaptation Is Finally Available AgainThe dark fantasy that inspired Elden Ring, Castlevania, and a ton of heavy metal returns.

By Eric Vilas-Boas

vulture recommends Mar. 25, 2024

How D.E.B.S. Became a Queer Cult Classic20 years since its release, Angela Robinson’s spy parody still provides what so many lesbian movies do not: fun!

By Bessie Yuill

vulture recommends Mar. 12, 2024

Justice for Roundhouse!The pre–All That Nickelodeon show has largely been forgotten, but its devotees are campaigning to get it streaming on Paramount+.

By Eliot Glazer

let’s go party Mar. 8, 2024

Life in the Dreamhouse Is a Prologue to the Barbie PlaybookA decade before Greta Gerwig escorted her to the Oscars, an animated web series gently parodied the doll it was supposed to be marketing.

By Sean T. Collins

vulture recommends Mar. 8, 2024

All Park Keepers Are BastardsMelody of Moominvalley’s Snufkin is the cutest ecoterrorist you’ve ever seen.

By Ashley Bardhan

vulture recommends Feb. 29, 2024

David Lynch’s Dune Is a Beautiful Sci-fi Disaster“Don’t make a film if it can’t be the film you want to make. It’s a sick joke, and it’ll kill you.”

By Jill Krajewski

vulture recommends Feb. 19, 2024

Is D.P. the Unluckiest K-Drama Ever Aired?It’s had to contend with two of the biggest Korean television exports in recent memory: Squid Game and Moving.

By Geoffrey Bunting

vulture recommends Feb. 14, 2024

2011’s Wuthering Heights Is the Horny, Twisted Romance Saltburn Wishes It WasAndrea Arnold’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic is a hauntingly kinky Valentine’s Day watch.

By Roxana Hadadi

vulture recommends Feb. 6, 2024

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Brings the Vacation to YouThe Yakuza series’ fidelity to real-life locations is staggering, even if the latest entry emphasizes sprawl over density.

By Nicholas Quah

vulture lists Feb. 6, 2024

Every Billy Joel Song, RankedHe’s a better pop songwriter than you remember.

By Christopher Bonanos

vulture recommends Feb. 2, 2024

Meet Marvel’s Coolest Heroes: A Teen Scientist and Her Pet T. RexMoon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is sweet, smart, and actually funny.

By Marah Eakin

vulture recommends Jan. 4, 2024

The Gold Is Worth Its WeightThe British heist drama pulled off a great first season by sticking to the genre fundamentals.

By Nicholas Quah

vulture recommends Jan. 3, 2024

In Still, Michael J. Fox Is Determined to Keep It MovingDavis Guggenheim’s documentary, one of last year’s best, opts for honesty over sentiment.

By Jen Chaney

vulture recommends Jan. 2, 2024

100 Foot Wave Carved Out a Bigger, Better Second SeasonTake the drop into HBO’s immersively entertaining surfing docuseries.

By Roxana Hadadi

vulture recommends Dec. 28, 2023

25 Years of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Obsession“We were going for that brutality!”

By Geoffrey Bunting

25 days of reality Dec. 22, 2023

Love Island Games Turned My Head 180 DegreesCracking on with the All Stars-ification of the U.K.’s favorite dating show.

By Zoë Haylock

vulture recommends Dec. 11, 2023

Lemon Tree Tells Us the Everyday Cost of Fear for PalestiniansIn the 2008 drama starring Succession’s Hiam Abbass, a peaceful lemon grove is declared “a hostile territory” by Israeli government forces.

By Zaina Arafat

vulture lists Nov. 20, 2023

Every Bob’s Burgers Thanksgiving Episode, RankedA deadly turkey trot, a snow day for the ages, and dinner cooked over an alley fire.

By Lillian Brown

vulture recommends Oct. 30, 2023

Yoshi Is a Good DadFerrying Baby Mario across Yoshi’s Island is a perfect mirror of early parenthood.

By Dom Nero

vulture recommends Oct. 3, 2023

People Actually Talk in No One Will Save You Director Brian Duffield’s Debut… about teens spontaneously exploding.

By Ben Rosenstock

vulture recommends Sept. 8, 2023

The 1979 Movie ‘Players’ Was a Disaster — But the Tennis Is GreatRevisiting the (hard-to-find) flop that influenced future tennis movies nonetheless.

By Eric Vilas-Boas

vulture recommends Sept. 7, 2023

Searching for the Greatest Tennis Video Game EverBring back Top Spin 4.

By Nicholas Quah

vulture recommends July 27, 2023

The Congress Is an Apocalyptically Timely Movie About AI Replacing ActorsThe 2013 sci-fi film, based on a Stanislaw Lem book, predicted the rise of AI and digital scanning.

By Emma Stefansky

vulture recommends July 17, 2023

Story of Seasons Is Basically Harvest Moon (Taylor’s Version)The cult-favorite farming sim gets a modern update.

By Alejandra Gularte

vulture recommends July 2, 2023

Prep for The Idol Season Finale by Watching D’Angelo Wallace Tear It ApartThe Idol season one finale drops tonight.

By Bethy Squires

vulture recommends June 13, 2023

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Was the Gateway Drug of IP CrossoversIn 1990, Bugs Bunny, Garfield, the Smurfs, Slimer, and other cartoons joined forces to shame a 14-year-old who smoked a little pot.

By A.A. Dowd

vulture recommends June 12, 2023

I Can’t Get Enough of a Site Called Eastern European Movies Dot-ComWill using it lead to identity fraud? Sure hope not.

By Carol Schaeffer

vulture recommends May 26, 2023

Revisiting Light Sleeper, Paul Schrader’s Beautiful Mood PieceFans of the director’s newer work will find themselves entranced by his 1992 cult classic.

By Chris Stanton

vulture recommends May 24, 2023

Watch Kenneth Anger’s Short Films on YouTube While You CanClassics such as ‘Lucifer Rising,’ ‘Fireworks,’ and ‘Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome’ are up on the site.

By Bethy Squires

vulture recommends May 10, 2023

To Understand The Muppets Mayhem, Watch Hey, You’re As Funny As Fozzie BearFozzie is famously bad at comedy. What this video presupposes is: Maybe he’s not?

By Bethy Squires

vulture recommends Apr. 15, 2023

A Brief Guide to the Best Late-Period Metallica SongsYes, (some of) Lulu counts.

By Brady Gerber

corncob tv Apr. 14, 2023

Shuck the Shuck Up and ListenAlex Newell’s “Independently Owned” is the song of spring.

By Rebecca Alter

queen bee Mar. 23, 2023

Which Hymenopteran Toxic-Femininity Cult Is Right for You?A hive only has one queen.

By Bethy Squires

vulture recommends Jan. 11, 2023

The Best Movies Are Actually Lana Del Rey Fan VideosWho still thinks about Observe and Report, or the American Death Note movie? Lana Del Radio, that’s who.

By Bethy Squires

vulture recommends Dec. 21, 2022

The Town Was the Perfect Podcast for the Year Hollywood Went CrazyThe series launched in March and quickly became the watercooler of choice for the streaming wars.

By Nicholas Quah

rrrecommendations Dec. 20, 2022

The 5 Best Indian Films of 2022 That Weren’t RRRFrom quiet art-house indies to explosive crime dramas.

By Siddhant Adlakha

vulture recommends Dec. 20, 2022

Masaaki Yuasa’s World Is Everyone Else’s, TooThe anime director’s acclaimed Inu-Oh is just his latest cross-pollinated marvel.

By Zoe Crombie

vulture recommends Dec. 14, 2022

Getting Into the Holiday Spirit? Allow The Silent Partner to Rip It Away.A key entry in the Christmas-crime canon.

By Chris Stanton

vulture recommends Dec. 6, 2022

Catch Me If You Can Is a (Lonely) Christmas MovieIt’s the most accurate representation of Christmas from the adult perspective.

By Carrie Wittmer

vulture recommends Nov. 29, 2022

Pentiment Is a MiracleA medieval murder mystery is one of the best video games of the year.

By Nicholas Quah

vulture recommends Nov. 22, 2022

I Tear Up Just Thinking About Julia Fox on EmRata’s PodcastEvery relationship these women have had with men has been transactional, and it has hardened their hearts to an untenable degree.

By Bethy Squires

vulture recommends Nov. 10, 2022