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Eric Bana Is a Character Actor at Heart

 The Australian stand-up turned dramatic Hollywood actor can’t help but still see the world in sketches and bits. By Bilge Ebiri
cannes 2021

The Best Movies Out of Cannes Are Slow, Introspective, and Utterly Bonkers

 This year’s French film festival was a polar-bear plunge back into the world of cinema. By Nate Jones and Rachel Handler
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The Anthony Bourdain Doc Roadrunner Can Be Invasive. Sometimes, It’s Worse.

 In deciding to treat his subject as a mystery to be solved, director Morgan Neville makes some ugly choices. By Alison Willmore
  1. endings
    Let’s Talk About the Twist Ending of M. Night Shyamalan’s OldWhat’s up with that island?
    By Robert Daniels
  2. movie review
    M. Night Shyamalan’s Old Is Beautifully Made And Terribly WrittenThe Sixth Sense director still has a way with sinister shots, but is oddly invested in having the audience care about his cardboard characters.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. movie review
    Joe Bell Is a Moving Tale That Misses Its Chance at GreatnessMark Wahlberg stars in the real-life story of a man who tried to walk across the country to spread an anti-bullying message.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  4. movie review
    Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Is Nice to Look at, SometimesIf you told me everybody making this movie had an Uzi pointed at their head, I might believe you.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  5. coming soon
    Palme d’Or Winner Titane Brings Car Sex to a Theater Near You on October 1No, not that kind of car sex.
    By Justin Curto
  7. in conversation
    Eric Bana Is a Character Actor at HeartThe Australian stand-up turned dramatic Hollywood actor can’t help but still see the world in sketches and bits.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. roll clip!
    The Green Knight Clip: Dev Patel Is Your Knight in Shining … NothingLust after this new clip from David Lowery’s The Green Knight.
    By Zoe Haylock
  9. movie review
    Isabelle Huppert Plays a Parisian Drug Lord in Mama WeedThat’s it. That’s the review.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  10. release dates
    Yeah, NopeJordan Peele unveils the poster and date for his new horror film, starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun.
    By Zoe Haylock
  11. my concert film is dropping
    Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever to Announce Concert Film on Disney+A Love Letter to Los Angeles is out September 3.
    By Zoe Haylock
  12. trailer mix
    Dune Trailer: Help Us, Timothée Chalamet, You’re Our Only HopeThe fear-killing epic we need is finally here.
    By Zoe Haylock
  13. mcu
    Michaela Coel Joins Black Panther 2Marvel really said Wakanda for-ever ever.
    By Rebecca Alter
  14. casting
    Yasiin Bey, Formerly Mos Def, Won’t Play Thelonious Monk Without Estate ApprovalThe musician said he was under the impression the family was “onboard.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  15. dc films
    Leslie Grace Cast As Batgirl for New HBO Max FilmThe actress will take on the role of Barbara Gordon.
    By Cydney Lee
  16. the law
    Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to 11 Counts of Rape and Sexual AssaultThe allegations from five women go back over ten years.
    By Zoe Haylock
  17. trailer mix
    The Witcher Is Anime, NowToss a coin to your storyboard artist.
    By Rebecca Alter
  18. trailer mix
    Demonic Trailer: Dang, These Supernatural Forces Got Hands“Now that it’s free, it won’t stop coming for you.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. who has my pig?
    Nicolas Cage Is Afraid to Watch His Next MovieHe’s more comfortable with his truffle-foraging Pig character than with the surrealist version of himself he plays in an upcoming film.
    By Chris Lee
  20. cannes 2021
    The Best Movies Out of Cannes Are Slow, Introspective, and Utterly BonkersThis year’s French film festival was a polar-bear plunge back into the world of cinema.
    By Nate Jones and Rachel Handler
  21. documentaries
    Lena Waithe Is Gonna Make It (a Mary Tyler Moore Documentary) After AllThe documentary will be directed by James Adolphus.
    By Rebecca Alter
  22. tiff 2021
    Neon Acquires Zhang Yimou’s One Second Ahead of Toronto Film FestivalTwo years after pulling out of the Berlinale, it will now close this year’s TIFF. See the full lineup.
    By Zoe Haylock
  23. thrillers
    Director James Wan Returns to His ‘Rough Thriller Roots’ With MalignantWatch the trailer for the “throwback kind of film.”
    By Cydney Lee
  24. trailer mix
    We’ll Be Honest, the Jackass Forever Trailer Made Us Tear Up a Little Bit“Concussions aren’t great, but as long as you have them before you’re 50, you’re cool. And Knoxville’s 49. So we’re good.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  25. casting couch
    We Have a Stacked We Have a Ghost CastDavid Harbour, Jennifer Coolidge, Anthony Mackie, and Tig Notaro join the Netflix not-horror movie.
    By Justin Curto
  26. medieval times
    Everyone’s Hair Is So Upsetting in The Last Duel TrailerMatt Damon has Morgan Wallen’s mullet, and Ben Affleck has Mugatu’s beard.
    By Rebecca Alter
  27. threequels
    Clerks III, Having Outlived the Concept of Video Rentals, Is HappeningThe View Askewniverse persists.
    By Rebecca Alter
  28. a24
    We’re Overwhelmed to Learn That Julio Torres Is Making a Tilda Swinton A24 MovieWith Torres’s SNL muse Emma Stone acting as producer.
    By Rebecca Alter
  29. the spoonman files
    Mike Mitchell Is an Action-Movie Star First, Podcaster Also FirstTalking with the Doughboys co-host about The Tomorrow War and why he may never feel like he’s “made” it.
    By Rebecca Alter
  30. parts unknown
    The Most Surprising Stories From the Anthony Bourdain Doc RoadrunnerMorgan Neville’s film, which includes extensive unseen footage of the chef, attempts to piece together a person and a tragedy.
    By Lisa Liebman
  31. cannes 2021
    Julia Ducournau’s Titane Wins the Palme d’Or for Cannes 2021Grand Jury president Spike Lee made a Palme d’Oops when he announced the Palme d’Or winner up top.
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. now streaming
    Checking In on Netflix’s Original Movies: July 2021 EditionFeaturing lots of summer … horror?
    By Charles Bramesco
  33. movie review
    See Pig and Tremble Before Your Own MortalityLet Nicolas Cage illuminate the way.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  34. movie review
    The Anthony Bourdain Doc Roadrunner Can Be Invasive. Sometimes, It’s Worse.In deciding to treat his subject as a mystery to be solved, director Morgan Neville makes some ugly choices.
    By Alison Willmore
  35. movie review
    Maybe Netflix’s Fear Street Should Have Just Been a TV ShowThe delightfully nasty Fear Street exists in this strange space between movies and television, serving neither format well.
    By Alison Willmore
  36. documentaries
    Eddie Braun Attempts to Finish What Evel Knievel Started in Stuntman TrailerThe Disney+ documentary follows Braun as he attempts one of the most dangerous stunts of his career.
    By Cydney Lee
  37. cannes 2021
    Titane Director Julia Ducournau Doesn’t See Herself As a Provocateur“Honestly, I think if I were a man, nobody would say that.”
    By Rachel Handler
  38. some reservations
    Posthumous Anthony Bourdain Doc Used ‘AI Model’ of Chef’s VoiceHighbrow-despicable deepfake.
    By Emily Palmer Heller
  39. the law
    Film Producer Dillon Jordan Arrested for Allegedly Running Prostitution RingThe Kindergarten Teacher producer is also accused of using his movie production and event planning companies as fronts to launder money.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  40. parts unknown
    Why Roadrunner Director Morgan Neville Skipped Interviewing Asia ArgentoThe limited presence of Anthony Bourdain’s former girlfriend raises more questions than it answers in the documentary.
    By Chris Lee
  41. movie review
    The Women of Netflix’s Gunpowder Milkshake Deserve BetterIs this really the best Hollywood can offer the likes of Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett?
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  42. rhotnp
    Peacock Expands the Real Housewives Cinematic Universe With Christmas MovieStarring Kyle Richards as a fictional character in a world in which Kyle Richards may also exist.
    By Justin Curto
  43. key takeaways
    How Marvel’s New TV Triad Will Shape the MCU’s Next PhaseThe timelines may have split at the end of Loki, but everything is still connected in the world of the MCU.
    By Brian Tallerico
  44. cannes 2021
    Which of These Cannes Movies Is the ‘Next Uncut Gems’?A new film-festival tradition: crowning the heir to Howard Ratner.
    By Nate Jones
  45. cannes 2021
    100 Bewildering Hours at CannesThe most glamorous film festival remains unchanged — except for that pesky Delta variant.
    By Rachel Handler
  46. quar amor
    Machine Gun Kelly Had a Megan Fox Poster in His Teenage BedroomAnd reportedly once told a classmate he would marry the movie star.
    By Justin Curto
  47. trailer mix
    Madame X Is a Movie Star in Madonna Tour Film TrailerThe Madame X documentary hits Paramount+ on October 8.
    By Justin Curto
  48. movie review
    The New Space Jam Never Thought It Could Be a Good MovieWhich is a shame, because LeBron James is certainly a better actor than His Airness ever was.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  49. cannes 2021
    Everything You Need to Know About Aline, the Unofficial Celine Dion BiopicIn which a 57-year-old Valérie Lemercier plays the singer at all ages of life, including 5 years old.
    By Rachel Handler
  50. cannes 2021
    The French Body-Horror Film That Has Cannes in StitchesJulia Ducournau’s Titane kicks off with a woman having sex with her car, and only gets more bonkers from there.
    By Nate Jones
  51. streamliner
    Spend Some Schmoney on Zola When It Comes to VODJanicza Bravo’s film will be available to rent by the end of the month.
    By Savannah Salazar
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