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  1. vulture lists
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: March 2023 EditionThe return of Idris Elba as John Luther and a Mexican comedy catering to the Book Club crowd.
  2. now streaming
    The Best Romantic Comedies on Netflix Right NowNotting Hill, Jerry Maguire, Wedding Crashers, and more.
  3. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: December 2022 EditionA steamy, faithful rendition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, a stop-motion version of Pinocchio, and a stylized reimagining of a Christmas classic.
  4. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: April 2022 EditionJudd Apatow’s pandemic comedy, an animated film from Richard Linklater, a Korean crime thriller, and more.
  5. now streaming
    Checking in on Netflix’s Original Movies: March 2022 EditionA globe-trotting weekend gone wrong, a time-travel action flick, and a home-invasion noir.
  6. now streaming
    Checking in on Netflix’s Original Movies: February 2022 EditionOff-kilter French comedy, saucy Korean drama, and two tall girls.
  7. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: January 2022 EditionA taboo French film, Spanish horror, and Alyssa Milano.
  8. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: December 2021 EditionA Jane Campion western, a Sandra Bullock drama, and Single All the Way.
  9. now streaming
    Checking In On Netflix’s Original Movies: November 2021 EditionAn Idris Elba Western, Italian true crime, and something starring Kelsey Grammer.
  10. now streaming
    Checking In On Netflix’s Original Movies: October 2021 EditionA Jake Gyllenhaal thriller, a Peruvian psychodrama, and an animated spin-off of Bright.
  11. now streaming
    Checking In On Netflix’s Original Movies: September 2021 EditionIncluding a prestige-y legal drama starring Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci.
  12. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: August 2021 EditionUpbeat musicals, samurai epics, and a skin-crawling French creature feature.
  13. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: July 2021 EditionFeaturing lots of summer … horror?
  14. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: June 2021 EditionFeaturing Dennis Quaid in an international feel-good story.
  15. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: May 2021 EditionThe good, the bad, and The Woman in the Window.
  16. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: April 2021 EditionKorean drama, French films, and Idris Elba.
  17. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: March 2021 EditionAction flicks, witch horror, Turkish drama, and more.
  18. vulture lists
    Ranking Every Netflix Original Movie: 2015-2020Five years, 515 films.
  19. in the dome
    The Strange-But-True Story Behind Spaceship EarthBiosphere 2, a 1990s experiment in quarantine, was regarded as a spectacular failure. Has its reputation been misunderstood?
  20. coronavirus
    ‘This Is the Apocalypse That Has Been on the Horizon for a Long Time’Alex Ross Perry, Kris Rey, TT the Artist and more filmmakers on watching their latest movies, and their industry at large, fall to a pandemic.
  21. vulture lists
    Every Original Bob’s Burgers Song, RankedFrom “BM in the PM” to “Electric Love,” these are the show’s best tunes.
  22. q&a
    Castle Rock’s Lizzy Caplan on Taking Annie Wilkes Beyond MiseryFor Hulu’s Stephen King remix series, Caplan had to navigate the shadow of Kathy Bates as well as the pitfalls of depicting mental illness.
  23. hardest things
    The Hardest, Strangest, Most Unforgettable Jobs In HollywoodTV and movie craftspeople share their stories (and a great dip recipe).
  24. hardest things
    The Hardest Effect I Ever Pulled Off42 filmmakers, cinematographers, and effects artists on making the impossible happen.
  25. chat room
    Danny Brown on Conspiracy Theories, Pee-wee, and Hosting His Own Talk Show“I f—k with Pee-wee Herman.”
  26. chat room
    Nicolas Cage Takes Full Credit for That Prosthetic NoseThe actor walks us through the backstory of his Never on Tuesday cameo.
  27. close reads
    Euphoria Is High on Scorsese’s SupplyThe influence of filmmaking’s premier poet of self-destruction courses through the HBO teens-behaving-badly series.
  28. character study
    Making a (Cheerful and Optimistic, If Not Particularly Talented) MurdererHow NoHo Hank, Barry’s scene-stealing, endlessly quotable would-be crime boss, was inspired by an Apple Store employee.
  29. overnights
    Black Mirror Recap: Head Like a HoleThe nefarious machinery of pop music is pitted against some tired rockist clichés, and Miley Cyrus sings Nine Inch Nails.
  30. overnights
    Black Mirror Recap: Eyes on the RoadA real-time hostage scenario flirts with intriguing ideas about surveillance, but falls back on the same old gripes about the perils of smartphones.
  31. vulture lists
    Every Black Mirror Episode, RankedThe definitive ranking of all 23 episodes of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology series.
  32. overnights
    Black Mirror Recap: Wish I Knew How to Quit YouWhat feels like a far-lesser sequel to “San Junipero” turns the love between two men into a dunderheaded thought experiment.
  33. stunts
    How Barry Transformed a Young Actress Into a Feral, Unstoppable TerminatorThe story behind the surreal, unexpected violence of “ronnie/lily.”
  34. sex
    What’s the Difference Between Riverdale and a Riverdale Porn Parody?It’s not easy making a porn parody out of a show that’s already a soft-core parody of itself.
  35. chat room
    Mary Harron Breaks Down Matt Smith’s Wild Orgy Scene in Charlie Says“The hardest part about that scene was finding enough extras willing to get naked!”
  36. ridley scott fan club
    Why Does Detective Pikachu Look So Good? It Was Shot on 35mm Film.“We wanted to make it look like Blade Runner.”
  37. chat room
    Dolly Wells and Emily Mortimer on Why We Can’t Stream Doll & EmThe actresses/childhood best friends had a very different dynamic on the set of their new film Good Posture.
  38. bffs
    Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson’s Unexpected Friendship: A TimelineHow the Unicorn Store costars fell in platonic love.
  39. tv history
    The ’60s Sketch-Comedy Show That Crashed and Burned Into TV InfamyIn 1969, Turn-On was supposed to be television’s next big thing. But then it got canceled after one very offensive episode.
  40. the greats
    Agnès Varda’s Greatest Achievement Was Knowing HerselfThe French New Wave icon opened up a space where her portraiture of women — and, eventually, one woman in particular — could flourish.
  41. chat room
    Director Mia Hansen-Løve on Cinematic Daddies, Marriage, and Needing TherapyThe Maya filmmaker says she’s never suffered from sexism as a director, but certainly noticed it as a film critic.
  42. somebody spiked the sangria
    Breaking Down Climax’s DJ Set From HellWe unpack the soundtrack of Gaspar Noé’s latest — a hysterical, deranged EDM opera.
  43. chat room
    Maika Monroe Pulled a Lady Bird and Named Herself“In the first grade, I went to my class and said, ‘I will no longer respond to Dillon. I am Maika now.’”
  44. chat room
    Javier Bardem on His Evolving Chemistry With Penélope Cruz“You must always know when you’re working on a level of re-creation, outside of real life. Penélope and I, we have to protect the ‘us.’”
  45. oscars 2019
    Every (Pre-Lady Gaga) Oscar-Nominated Acting Performance by a Musician, RankedWhat does it take for a performance by a musician to earn acclaim at the Oscars? We ranked the 25 (pre-Lady Gaga) turns deemed nomination-worthy.
  46. movies
    12 Movies to See This Presidents’ Day WeekendWatch Liam Neeson snowplow his way through criminals, Mads Mikkelsen square off against Mother Nature, or Rosa Salazar punch a hole in the future.
  47. interview
    Lena Headey Is Ready to Give Up Her Game of Thrones Wig“The Turnip, as I’ve taken to calling her. Fucking hate the Turnip. Can’t wait to be rid of her. End of that. Did not bring that one home with me.”
  48. behind the scenes
    How Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Changed the Animation GameThe story behind the hit film’s unorthodox, exhilarating pop art.
  49. the sopranos
    The Sopranos Cast Shares Their Favorite James Gandolfini StoriesThe 20th-anniversary celebration of HBO’s landmark gangster drama was a “lovefest” for its late star.
  50. movies
    Revisiting Ringo Lam’s 5 Most Essential FilmsThe late director could always be relied on to deliver flashes of originality, exuberance, and innovative firearm usage.
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