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You Don’t Know Amalia Ulman

 The enigmatic artist cast herself and her mother in her new movie, El Planeta, set in her hometown. She swears it’s fiction anyway. By Rachel Handler
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J. Smith-Cameron Answers Every Question We Have About Harriet the Spy

 On impressing Rosie O’Donnell with her theater credits, hanging with Courtney B. Vance in Canada, and the enduring brilliance of the Harriet costumes. By Rachel Simon
movie review

Dear Evan Hansen Walks Through the Uncanny Valley, Ascends Anyway

 When the movie Dear Evan Hansen works, it’s working against the original musical’s platitudes and giving weight to its inherent brutality. By Helen Shaw
  1. now streaming
    The 40 Best Movies on Netflix You Probably Haven’t SeenOddball comedies, twisty thrillers, and other underseen gems.
    By Brian Tallerico
  2. and the stans go wild
    Teen Wolf to Howl Again With Revival MovieUnder creator Jeff Davis’s new overall deal with MTV.
    By Zoe Haylock
  3. encounter
    You Don’t Know Amalia UlmanThe enigmatic artist cast herself and her mother in her new movie, El Planeta, set in her hometown. She swears it’s fiction anyway.
    By Rachel Handler
  4. mamma mia!
    Non-Italian Non-Plumber Chris Pratt Will Be the Voice of MarioMamma mia, that’s a spicy cast list!
    By Emily Palmer Heller
  5. rip
    Roger Michell, Director of Notting Hill, Dead at 65He also helmed the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. role call
    J. Smith-Cameron Answers Every Question We Have About Harriet the SpyOn impressing Rosie O’Donnell with her theater credits, hanging with Courtney B. Vance in Canada, and the enduring brilliance of the Harriet costumes.
    By Rachel Simon
  8. trailer mix
    Spencer Trailer: Kristen Stewart Begins Her Reign As the People’s Princess“Will they kill me, do you think?”
    By Zoe Haylock
  9. trailer mix
    Benedict Cumberbatch Is the First Man to Make Cat Memes in Louis Wain TrailerIn which people in Victorian dress yell, “You have squandered it on wretched cats!”
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. obits
    Godfather of Black Cinema Melvin Van Peebles Has DiedThe writer, director, and Baadasssss was 89.
    By Bethy Squires
  11. vulture lists
    Every Clint Eastwood–Directed Movie, RankedExamining the 91-year-old director’s prolific and unpredictable career behind the camera.
    By Keith Phipps
  12. c’est tip top!
    Regardez Wes Anderson’s Animated Music Video for The French DispatchIt’s like a Where’s Waldo? of Wes Anderson regulars.
    By Rebecca Alter
  13. movies
    Eddie Murphy Is Coming 2 a First-Look Film Deal With AmazonIncluding three starring roles.
    By Zoe Haylock
  14. box office
    Dear Evan Hansen and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad ReviewsCould the movie musical be the next Greatest Showman? Early negative reviews suggest yes, but producers hope fans show up anyway.
    By Chris Lee
  15. movie review
    Dear Evan Hansen Walks Through the Uncanny Valley, Ascends AnywayWhen the movie Dear Evan Hansen works, it’s working against the original musical’s platitudes and giving weight to its inherent brutality.
    By Helen Shaw
  16. trailer mix
    Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Have a Past in Rebecca Hall’s Passing TrailerRebecca Hall’s directorial debut will stream on Netflix November 10.
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. trailer mix
    Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth Trailer This Way ComesDenzel Washington is going A24 mode.
    By Rebecca Alter
  18. trailer mix
    Despite its Title, The Worst Person in the World Trailer Doesn’t Have Jeff BezosStarring Renate Reinsve.
    By Rebecca Alter
  19. obits
    Comedy Actor Anthony Johnson Dead at 55He was known for roles in Friday and House Party.
    By Justin Curto
  20. trailer mix
    Finch Trailer: Tom Hanks Gets an Apocalypse Emotional-Support DogIn the Apple TV+ original, out November 5.
    By Zoe Haylock
  21. movie review
    Let Nicolas Cage Guide You Through the Madness of Prisoners of the GhostlandIn Japanese director Sion Sono’s eye-popping postapocalyptic Western-samurai-sci-fi epic, the actor gets to play hero, villain, and clown.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  22. vulture lists
    22 Straight-to-VOD Bruce Willis Movies, RankedLet’s take a closer look at the beloved star’s lesser-known roles.
    By Donald Liebenson
  23. spooky season
    Boo! New Paranormal Activity Movie Announced on Paramount+The Paranormal Activity Cinematic Universe lives on
    By Alejandra Gularte
  24. movie review
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye Is All Eyelashes, No TeethJessica Chastain goes big as the disgraced televangelist’s wife, but the movie doesn’t know what to make of Tammy Faye beyond her outrageous style.
    By Alison Willmore
  25. the eyes of tammy faye
    The Big-Screen Redemption of Tammy FayeJessica Chastain plays the famously made-up televangelist in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, a movie that reconsiders what lay beneath all the sin and paint.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. tiff 2021
    Dune, Reviewed By Someone Who Popped an Edible BeforehandSPACESHIP GO WHIRRRR, CANNON GO BOOOOM, ORCHESTRA GO BRRRRAAWWRRRRRR.
    By Nate Jones
  27. movie review
    Spencer Is a Portrait of a Princess Too Sane to Play the Royals’ GameKristen Stewart may not resemble the real Diana, Princess of Wales, but she does an incredible job of capturing the woman’s charisma and her sadness.
    By Alison Willmore
  28. trailer mix
    Beanie Feldstein and Steven Yeun Host Thanksgiving in The Humans TrailerPremiering, appropriately, on Thanksgiving.
    By Jackson McHenry
  29. trailer mix
    Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Gets Its First Trippy TeaserStarring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett.
    By Charu Sinha
  30. movie review
    Copshop Is a Nasty, Nutty SlaughterfestGerard Butler continues to do the lord’s work.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  31. director chat
    Sion Sono on Directing Nicolas Cage in His Samurai-Western EpicThe prolific Japanese director on his first English-language film and the “surprises” that come with directing Nicolas Cage.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  32. role call
    Richard E. Grant Answers Every Question We Have About Spice WorldOn meeting Roger Moore and Meat Loaf, the biggest trailer of his career, the Spice Girls’ improv skills, and all the costumes he kept.
    By Nolan Feeney
  33. movie review
    Clint Eastwood’s Lovely, Awkward Cry Macho Is As Fragile As Its 91-Year-Old StarThe picture doesn’t always work, but it works when it has to.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  34. 👨‍👧 spoilers ahead 👨‍👧
    Good Idea: A Malignant Couple’s Costume This HalloweenThe movie is a future cult classic, and its antagonist is a horror mascot to rival The Babadook.
    By Rebecca Alter
  35. trailer mix
    Officer Krupke, We Just Want to Watch Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story TrailerThese are some hot young lovers.
    By Devon Ivie
  36. casting
    Winona Ryder to Star in Eli Horowitz’s The CowAlongside Dermot Mulroney.
    By Charu Sinha
  37. you oughta know
    Alanis Morissette Says HBO Doc Jagged Has ‘Facts That Are Simply Not True’“I ultimately won’t be supporting someone else’s reductive take on a story much too nuanced for them to ever grasp or tell.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  38. industry goss
    Christopher Nolan Takes His Next Film to Universal PicturesFriendship over with Warner Bros., now Universal is his best friend.
    By Zoe Haylock
  39. trailer mix
    Don’t Worry Darling Teaser: When Harry Styles Met Scream-Queen Florence PughOlivia Wilde’s psychological thriller is out September 23, 2022.
    By Zoe Haylock
  40. you gotta listen to this
    Last Night in Soho Is Edgar Wright’s Love Letter to Swinging ’60s SoundsRather than simply trotting out the old hits, Last Night in Soho has fun putting its own spin on period classics.
    By Nate Jones
  41. obits
    Eastbound & Down’s Ben Best Has DiedHe was 46.
    By Bethy Squires
  42. venice film festival 2021
    French Abortion Drama L’Événement Wins Top Prize at Venice Film FestivalJane Campion, Penelope Cruz, and Maggie Gyllenhaal also took home major awards.
    By Rebecca Alter
  43. movie review
    Dune Doesn’t Care If You Like ItDenis Villeneuve’s gloriously unfriendly take on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic wants to feel as alien as possible.
    By Alison Willmore
  44. flops
    The Never-ending Story of Glitter, 20 Years OnHow 9/11, MTV, and Y2K-era celebrity culture continue to complicate one of Hollywood’s most notorious flops.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  45. vulture lists
    The 26 Best Movies About GamblingFrom Uncut Gems to California Split, many of our favorite films revolve around big bets.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  46. 9/11: 20 years later
    The Persistent Outrage of Laura PoitrasTwenty years after the “war on terror” began, the filmmaker behind a trilogy of post-9/11 documentaries remains profoundly angry.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  47. 9/11
    How Do You Tell John Walker Lindh’s Story?Even 20 years after his capture, no one wants to talk about the “American Taliban.” Greg Barker made a documentary about him anyway.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. movie review
    Queenpins Somehow Makes a Coupon-Scam Caper a DragThe new movie ping-pongs between buoyant caper, farce, and female empowerment drama without ever lingering long enough to make an impact.
    By Jen Chaney
  49. fellow kids
    How Old Does Ben Platt Look in Dear Evan Hansen?The Broadway adaptation plays like a grown man’s elaborate scheme to distract a bunch of teenagers from the fact that he is twice as old as they are.
    By Nate Jones
  50. the grub street diet
    Natalie Morales Cooks Like She’s on Chopped “What can I make from these weird combinations?”
    As told to Chris Crowley
  51. halloween streams
    Halloween Kills Will Make Its Way to Theaters and PeacockJust what we needed, Michael Myers in our homes.
    By Savannah Salazar
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