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Oscar Futures: Can Saoirse Ronan Land Her Fourth Nomination?

 And what do Friday’s Independent Spirit Award nominations mean for the Oscars race? By Nate Jones

Here’s What It Was Like to Collaborate With William Goldman

 Will Frears, who directed Misery on Broadway, remembers working with the screenwriting legend. By Will Frears
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The 25 Most Essential Chicago Movies

 From Ferris Bueller to Widows. By Brian Tallerico
  1. the industry
    Chris Pratt Rumored for The Saint Remake And Please God, Let Him Go Full KilmerThe 1997 film version was a feast for the eyes, if your eyes like to eat wigs.
    By Halle Kiefer
  2. woody allen
    Jude Law Says It’s ‘A Terrible Shame’ His Woody Allen Movie Got ShelvedA Rainy Day In New York has been held indefinitely.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  3. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Saoirse Ronan Land Her Fourth Nomination?And what do Friday’s Independent Spirit Award nominations mean for the Oscars race?
    By Nate Jones
  4. Here’s What It Was Like to Collaborate With William GoldmanWill Frears, who directed Misery on Broadway, remembers working with the screenwriting legend.
    By Will Frears
  5. party report
    The Widows Cast Is Just As Obsessed With the Dog As You Are“It was a comfort, it was a joy.”
    By Benjamin Lindsay
  7. close reads
    Let’s Talk About the ‘Jazzercise Scene’ in CamMadeline Brewer explains the horrors of watching yourself die.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  8. casting
    Connie Britton Joins Bevy of Blondes in Roger Ailes BiopicShe’ll play his wife.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  9. vulture lists
    A Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Narco Films: The 10 Best Vintage Drug DramasThe Mexican outlaw oeuvre known as narco cinema has been training a B-movie lens on drug dealers for decades.
    By Lisa Liebman
  10. movie review
    The Clovehitch Killer Is a Smartly Underplayed Domestic NightmareA nearly unrecognizable Dylan McDermott plays a suburban dad from hell.
    By Emily Yoshida
  11. independent spirit awards 2019
    Eighth Grade, We Are the Animals Lead This Year’s Indie Spirit NominationsJeremiah Zagar’s film garnered eight nominations.
    By Hunter Harris
  14. vulture lists
    The 25 Most Essential Chicago MoviesFrom Ferris Bueller to Widows.
    By Brian Tallerico
  15. chat room
    The Favourite’s Yorgos Lanthimos Is Good at Keeping SecretsThe director on the period piece that has Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone vying for Olivia Colman’s attention.
    By Hunter Harris
  16. party report
    The Secret to Mahershala Ali’s Piano-Playing in Green BookIt came down to posture.
    By Scott Huver
  17. deaths
    Oscar-Winning Screenwriter William Goldman Dead at 87Goldman died in his Manhattan home last night.
    By Megh Wright and Boris Kachka
  18. movie review
    Jinn Is a Radically Empathetic Tale of a Teen’s Religious ConversionWriter-director Nijla Mu’min tells the story of a mother’s and daughter’s search for faith.
    By Emily Yoshida
  19. movie review
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Is a Tedious Slog, But It Ends WellAmid all the exposition and setup, nobody really seems to do anything.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  20. movie review
     Instant Family Is Both Utterly Heartfelt and Utterly ShamelessDon’t be surprised if the Mark Wahlberg–Rose Byrne foster-care epic makes a trillion dollars.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  21. the grinch
    Tyler, the Creator Made You a Grinch-Inspired Holiday EP for ChristmasComing out tonight.
    By Hunter Harris
  22. chat room
    Madeline Brewer on Trading Her Handmaid Robes for a Flogger in Cam“This movie took me to a level where I feel comfortable fighting for my body.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  23. ralph breaks the internet
    Ralph Breaks the Internet and the Rise of Mash-up CinemaIt’s not unreasonable to expect that branded mash-ups are on their way to becoming a staple aspect of blockbuster movies.
    By Abraham Riesman
  26. sequels
    The A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding Trailer Somehow Has More Blog ScandalsNo jellied meats, though.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  27. widows
    Widows Proves Lukas Haas Is the King of the Pussy PosseLukas Haas is not a supporting player in Hollywood’s most notorious clique; he is its star!
    By Hunter Harris
  28. widows
    Hans Zimmer on Steve McQueen, Widows, and Vulnerability: ‘We’re All Crazy’“If I play you a piece of music, I can’t look at you when I play it.”
    By Corey Atad
  29. trailer mix
    Dumbo Trailer: Tim Burton Conjures a Creepy, Live-action CircusColin Farrell, Eva Green, and Danny DeVito star alongside the elephant.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. alfonso cuaron
    When Alfonso Cuarón Adapted Stephen KingLa Hora Marcada, a Twilight Zone–like horror anthology that ran on Mexican television, gave Cuarón early shots at directing.
    By Keith Phipps
  31. movie review
    Widows Is a Thoroughly Entertaining CaperMcQueen wouldn’t do a mere genre movie, of course.
    By David Edelstein
  32. under pressure
    Basically Every Famous Director Is Petitioning to Save FilmStruckRian Johnson, Guillermo Del Toro, Sofia Coppola, and more have signed letters trying to save the service.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  33. casting
    Armie Hammer and Lily James Will Go to Manderley for Netflix’s RebeccaBut who will be Mrs. Danvers?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  34. movies
    Ansel Elgort Shows Real Range in the Otherwise Mediocre JonathanJonathan is good enough for us to want it to be better.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  35. suspiria
    How Suspiria Transformed Tilda Swinton Into an Old Man and a Deformed MonsterMakeup artist Mark Coulier walks Vulture through the creation of Josef Klemperer and Mother Markos.
    By Nate Jones
  38. vulture recommends
    If You Loved Haunting of Hill House, Watch These 6 Mike Flanagan Horror FilmsThere’s so much more unresolved trauma to experience.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  39. movie review
    Ralph Breaks the Internet — But Really, the Internet Breaks RalphThe Wreck-It Ralph sequel throws its unstable protagonist into the internet — and late capitalism.
    By Emily Yoshida
  40. trailer mix
    Dumplin’ Trailer: Jennifer Aniston Is a Pageant Queen, Y’all!See it on Netflix and in select theaters December 7.
    By Hunter Harris
  41. winter preview 2019
    Jordan Peele’s Us, Miss Bala, and 8 More Movies We Can’t Wait to See This WinterThe next few months will deliver a host of wondrous, strange, challenging pictures — and a live-action Dumbo remake, courtesy of Tim Burton.
    By Charles Bramesco
  42. movies
    How Buster Scruggs, Godless, and Westworld Pulled Off Those Gun StuntsJoey Rocketshoes Dillon walks us through his ten most notable stunts.
    By Vadim Rizov
  43. red carpet
    Ezra Miller Is the Most Fantastic Beast of All at Crimes of Grindelwald PremiereKilling these red carpet looks.
    By Halle Kiefer
  44. artphone
    How to Make a Movie on Your SmartphoneMatthew Cherry, director of 9 Rides, and Ricky Fosheim, director of Uneasy Lies the Mind, explain how they made feature-length films on a phone.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  45. movies
    A Look at the Coen Brothers’ Long-standing Obsession With the WesternThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs is Joel and Ethan Coen’s second Western in the last eight years — but only if you’re being strict with your definitions.
    By Keith Phipps
  46. movie review
    Aretha Franklin’s Concert Doc Amazing Grace Is TranscendentThe long-buried documentary, which Franklin blocked from theaters, is finally being released.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  47. movies
    Private Life’s Kayli Carter and Paul Giamatti Talked Murder Over LunchThe true-crime chats ultimately helped Carter land a role as Charles Manson devotee Squeaky Fromme.
    By Devon Sherer
  50. trailer mix
    Gloria Bell Trailer: Julianne Moore Will Dance Her Way Into Your HeartSee it in theaters March 2019.
    By Hunter Harris
  51. documentaries
    Cracked Up Dives Deep Into the Mind and Work of Darrell HammondHere are the most fascinating things we learned from the new documentary.
    By Brian Boone
  52. trailer mix
    Watch the Sweeping Trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix Drama RomaPremiering in theaters November 21 and on Netflix December 14.
    By Hunter Harris
  53. vulture lists
    Every Compliment Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Exchange During Star Is Born PressA star is born and many compliments are given. Here is a list of all of them.
    By Hunter Harris
  54. the industry
    The New Garfield Movie Announces Its Director Today, of All the Days of the WeekGarfield might hate Mondays, but Emperor’s New Groove director Mark Dindal probably feels pretty good about them right now.
    By Halle Kiefer
  55. party report
    Vox Lux Director Compares Natalie Portman’s Pop-Star Character to Kanye West“I love his work.”
    By Taylor Ferber
  56. die hard
    Die Hard’s Director Breaks Down Bruce Willis’s Iconic Roof JumpJohn McTiernan on John McClane’s climactic jump — and Hans Gruber’s final, fatal plunge.
    By Simon Abrams
  57. unfinished business
    A Guide to Orson Welles’s Other Unfinished MoviesThe legendary director’s career was filled with incomplete projects, reaching all the way back to before Citizen Kane.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  58. trailer mix
    Watch the Self-Aware Felt Acid Trip That Is the Detective Pikachu TrailerRyan Reynolds is an extremely sassy Pokémon.
    By Jackson McHenry
  59. clarifications
    Everything You Know About Vincent van Gogh Is WrongAt Eternity’s Gate director Julian Schnabel addresses a few common myths about the troubled artist.
    By Julian Schnabel as told to Jerry Saltz
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