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The Vast of Night Makes Retro Sci-Fi Feel Startlingly Fresh

 One of the year’s great movie discoveries — a 1950s-set directorial debut about a possible alien encounter — is now streaming on Amazon Prime. By Alison Willmore
the longest lives

What I’ve Learned So Far

 Lessons from artists and thinkers. By Jackson McHenry, Helen Shaw, and Amelia Schonbek
remember that time

Kathryn Hahn and Tamara Jenkins Break Down Private Life’s ‘Vagina-Vagina’ Scene

 This one goes out to all the women sitting absolutely pantsless in front of their screens right now. By Rachel Handler
  1. universal monsters
    Ryan Gosling’s Wolfman to Join the Rest of the Universal Movie MonstersFollowing in the footsteps of Elisabeth Moss’s The Invisible Man earlier this year.
    By Halle Kiefer
  2. movie review
    The Vast of Night Makes Retro Sci-Fi Feel Startlingly FreshOne of the year’s great movie discoveries — a 1950s-set directorial debut about a possible alien encounter — is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. billboard charts
    Is There Really Only One Black Woman Over 40 With a No. 1 Song?The High Note points out a lack of older women represented on the charts, but it’s forgetting a couple divas.
    By Zoe Haylock
  4. vulture recommends
    The 59 Best Movies to Watch With Your Parents During QuarantineFor anyone who’s riding out the coronavirus at their childhood home.
    By Nate Jones
  5. movie review
    The High Note Is a Mostly Forgettable Hollywood Fairy TaleIn the end, Tracee Ellis Ross’s Grace Davis feels like a diva in search of real characterization.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  7. movie review
    Netflix’s I’m No Longer Here Is a Lovely Tale of Music, Migration, and LossFrom the director of Los Espookys, it’s a heartbreaking drama about a cumbia-obsessed teen’s journey from Mexico to New York.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. sexual assault
    The 8 Accusations Against Russell Simmons Detailed in On the RecordThe doc follows his alleged history of rape and harassment.
    By Dan Reilly
  9. exclusive
    Watch This Exclusive Clip From New Amazon Sci-Fi Movie The Vast of Night“Ma’am, is this an emergency?”
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. now streaming
    The 100 Best Movies on HBO MaxThe new streaming service has a deep catalogue full of great films.
    By Brian Tallerico
  11. movie review
    On the Record Is Imperfect, Provocative, and Utterly NecessaryThe documentary detailing accusations of sexual assault against Russell Simmons proves to be a compelling and uneven work of the Me Too era.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  14. coronavirus
    Here Are All the Movies Delayed Because of CoronavirusWith updated release dates where available.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. coronavirus
    All the Live Events, Movie Releases, and Productions Affected by the CoronavirusA long list of broken dreams.
    By Vulture Editors
  16. the longest lives
    What I’ve Learned So FarLessons from artists and thinkers.
    As told to Jackson McHenry, Helen Shaw, and Amelia Schonbek
  17. sequels
    Sonic the Hedgehog and His New Teeth Will Be Back for a SequelCongrats to Sonic with the good teeth.
    By Chris Murphy
  18. remember that time
    Kathryn Hahn and Tamara Jenkins Break Down Private Life’s ‘Vagina-Vagina’ SceneThis one goes out to all the women sitting absolutely pantsless in front of their screens right now.
    By Rachel Handler
  19. cannes 2020
    How Each Major Film Festival Is Responding to the CoronavirusNow that Cannes has been canceled, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is expected to premiere at TIFF instead.
    By Nate Jones
  20. hey big spender
    Apple Partners With Paramount to Produce Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower MoonMarty and Leo and Robert, oh my!
    By Chris Murphy
  21. netflix
    Netflix Is Opting Out Of the Film Festival Circuit This Awards SeasonThe streaming giant will not be sending any films to festivals in 2020.
    By Chris Murphy
  22. coronavirus
    Aneesh Chaganty Is Living in His Parents’ House, Contemplating Searching 2He’s not writing or directing the sequel anymore. Instead, he’s focusing on a new heist movie and pitching a new TV show, too.
    By Aneesh Chaganty as told to Sean Fitz-Gerald
  23. coronavirus
    The Best Movies to Watch in Quarantine, According to Famous DirectorsWant to disappear into a movie? We asked Luca Guadagnino, Claire Denis, Michael Mann, David Lynch, and more to recommend some escapist films.
    By Vulture Editors
  26. remembrances
    Fred Willard Was ‘One of the Good Guys’Norman Lear, John Michael Higgins, and Bob Balaban remember the late comedian and actor.
    By Stuart Miller
  27. friday night movie club
    Kiki’s Delivery Service Is a Perfect Fable for Lonely City DwellersStudio Ghibli’s catalogue is finally available to stream on HBO Max. Celebrate with us this Friday by watching Miyazaki’s 1989 animated film first.
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. the race to animate
    Every Studio Ghibli Film, RankedThe Japanese animation powerhouse has produced some of the best films ever made, and now they’re finally streaming on HBO Max.
    By Brian Tallerico
  29. streaming
    Every Harry Potter Movie Apparates to HBO MaxAccio film archive.
    By Josef Adalian
  30. movies
    Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s SpaceX Are On a Mission: To Shoot a Movie in SpaceBoy, to be a fly on the wall during that pitch meeting.
    By Halle Kiefer
  31. movie review
    Lucky Grandma Is a Rorschach Test Comedy-ThrillerTsai Chin’s transfixing lead performance is the main reason the film works so well.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  32. 'ello!
    Dance, Magic, Dance Because Labyrinth Is Getting a SequelDoctor Strange’s Scott Derrickson is attached to direct.
    By Rebecca Alter
  33. movie theaters
    What Will Make Us Feel Comfortable Going to the Movies Again?And what will a post-pandemic theater look like?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  34. vulture lists
    The 33 Best Movies Over 3 Hours LongGot some extra time? Lose yourself in these cinematic spectacles.
    By Nate Jones, Kevin Lincoln, and Jada Yuan
  35. uncut gems
    The Story Behind the Uncut Gems House, and the 83-Year-Old Widow Who Owns ItTo Rose Leviton, the Safdies are just “two young boys” who made a movie in her kitchen. Now that it’s on Netflix, she might even watch it.
    By Nate Jones
  38. diamond district
    We Cordially Invite You To Meet Uncut Gems’ Non-ActorsUncut Gems uses and subverts stars like Adam Sandler, but the movie is built on a handful of first-time actors from the diamond district and beyond.
    By Hunter Harris
  39. animate this!
    Laika Pits Its Stop-motion Creatures Against Each Other In New Fight ChallengeAs long as no one has to go up against the Other Mother.
    By Halle Kiefer
  40. now streaming
    The 100 Best Movies on Netflix Right NowGroundhog Day, Her, The Matrix, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  41. movie review
    The Lovebirds Is a Staunchly Average Streaming Rom-ComThe Netflix movie is designed to be watched while performing a menial task — folding the laundry or washing dishes — in quarantine.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  42. movie review
    The Painter and the Thief Is a Sexy, Strange Not-Quite-Love StoryAn artist finds a muse in the man who stole her work in this arresting documentary, now on Hulu, VOD, and in theaters.
    By Alison Willmore
  43. documentaries
    In AKA Jane Roe, a ‘Deathbed Confession’ Was Never the Plan“I was shocked,” documentarian Nick Sweeney says of Norma McCorvey’s onscreen confession. “It was not what I expected.”
    By Lisa Liebman
  44. vulture lists
    The 30 Greatest Disaster Movies of All TimeWhat makes cinematic depictions of catastrophe so compelling?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. infinite avatar
    All of the Avatar Sequel Announcements: A TimelineCome hell, high water, or a global pandemic, the first Avatar sequel is coming December 17, 2021.
    By Hunter Harris
  46. friday night movie club
    The Mask of Zorro Director on the Secret to Making a Great Romantic Action EpicMartin Campbell said no three times before signing on to the classic swashbuckler film. Two decades later, we’re still thankful he did.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  47. diversifying assets
    Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead Getting a Self-Described ‘Diverse Remake’Okay.
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. the replacements
    Wanted to See F9 This Weekend? Try These 5 Movies Instead.Death Proof, the original The Italian Job, and more.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  51. in memoriam
    A Wake for Lynn SheltonThe late indie director’s closest friends and collaborators mourn the loss of a beloved experimental artist.
    By Jason Bailey
  52. chat room
    Kumail Nanjiani Made Sure to Buy Gym Equipment Before the Pandemic HitThe Lovebirds star spoke to Vulture about his new movie and his pandemic priorities.
    By Zoe Haylock
  53. lawyer up asshole
    Dylan O’Brien’s Social Network Impression Is … Terrific?Andrew Garfield approves.
    By Hunter Harris
  54. hashtag inevitable
    What Hath the Snyder Cut Released?In retrospect, Warner Bros.’ decision to rerelease Zach Snyder’s Justice League was inevitable. It’s also consequential.
    By Abraham Riesman
  55. summer 2020
    19 Horror Movies We’re Excited to See This SummerFrom Prime Video’s The Vast of Night to the Janelle Monáe–starring Antebellum to A Quiet Place sequel.
    By Alison Willmore and Angelica Jade Bastién
  56. open your purse
    Spike Lee’s New Movie Won’t Use CGI De-Aging, Unlike That Other Netflix Film“I was not getting $100 million to de-age our guys.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  57. moira would've nailed it
    Catherine O’Hara Almost Played the Holly Hunter Role in Broadcast NewsHer audition with Albert Brooks was a “disastrous chemical misfire.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  58. backstories
    Cameron Crowe Is Finally Ready to Tell Us Vanilla Sky’s SecretsThe director reflects on his famously divisive sci-fi thriller, which envisioned an empty, virtual city long before our current predicament.
    By Rachel Handler
  59. camp quarantine
    Tyler Perry Shares Plan To Begin Filming Again, Invents ‘Camp Quarantine’He plans to resume production on Sistas and The Oval as soon as July.
    By Chris Murphy
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