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oscar futures

Oscar Futures: The Irishman Looks Like Our Early Front-runner

 And other things we learned from the first week of actual awards. By Nate Jones
encounters

The Dark, Deadpan Fairy Tales of Jessica Hausner

 The Austrian arthouse director behind Little Joe is a master at observing the currents of unconscious social pressure. By Nate Jones
25 days of cats

An Interview With the Deeply Chaotic Cats Twitter Account

 Finally a brand account as strange as the thing it’s advertising. By Jackson McHenry
  1. trailer mix
    Free Guy Trailer: A Glock in Your Pocket, or Are You Happy to See Ryan Reynolds?He’s gonna free fall out into an open-world video game.
    By Devon Ivie
  2. bat news
    Peter Sarsgaard Drives Up the Population of Gotham As Latest Batman AdditionBat news, everybody.
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. spin-offs
    Aladdin’s Prince Anders Is Getting a Spinoff, And Now You’re Down to Two WishesYou know, your favorite Aladdin character? Prince Anders?
    By Halle Kiefer
  4. stream this
    Here Are the Best Little Wiggly Guys to Stream This WeekendThe best emotional outburst shown through dance is returning to streaming.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  5. awards season
    Leonardo DiCaprio Will Present Robert De Niro With SAG Life Achievement AwardDe Niro is being honored for his work and philanthropy.
    By Zoe Haylock
  7. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The Irishman Looks Like Our Early Front-runnerAnd other things we learned from the first week of actual awards.
    By Nate Jones
  8. vulture lists
    Every Scarlett Johansson Movie Performance, RankedWith Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit gaining awards buzz, we look back at Johansson’s best (and worst) work.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  9. mom stuff
    Greta Gerwig ‘Eats Up’ Cardi B’s Baby InstagramsCardi’s posts helped the director through her own pregnancy.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. movie review
    A Million Little Pieces Turns a Literary Scandal Into a Boring MovieHowever much of James Frey’s rehab saga was true or fudged, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson can’t make the case for why it’s worth adapting.
    By Alison Willmore
  11. encounters
    The Dark, Deadpan Fairy Tales of Jessica HausnerThe Austrian arthouse director behind Little Joe is a master at observing the currents of unconscious social pressure.
    By Nate Jones
  14. 25 days of cats
    An Interview With the Deeply Chaotic Cats Twitter AccountFinally a brand account as strange as the thing it’s advertising.
    By Jackson McHenry
  15. big!
    Everything Adam Driver Is Too Big for in Marriage StoryA car, an office, a marriage, our hearts??
    By Hunter Harris
  16. lol what?
    Bombshell Used Foot-Fetish Sites to Re-create the Fox News OfficesThe images provided some useful information.
    By Zoe Haylock
  17. profiles
    Things Are Going Great for Jonathan Pryce. Maybe Too GreatThe papal buddy comedy The Two Popes is earning Jonathan Pryce serious Oscar buzz. Is the other shoe about to drop?
    By Nate Jones
  18. trailer mix
    The Assistant Trailer: Julia Garner Stars in the Weinstein-Based ThrillerJulia Garner plays a composite character based on public records, documents, and original interviews.
    By Hunter Harris
  19. chat room
    Rose McIver Has an Interesting Theory About A Christmas Prince“Are you familiar with Thomas the Tank Engine?”
    By Devon Ivie
  20. 25 days of cats
    How Cats Changed Broadway (Now and) ForeverBroadway was on life support. Then the big British imports started to arrive.
    By Michael Riedel
  21. now streaming
    The 100 Best Movies on Hulu Right NowBooksmart, The Talented Mr. Ripley, A Quiet Place, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  22. sundance 2020
    Sundance Film Festival Lineup Includes Indie Darling Taylor SwiftHer Miss Americana doc gets a prestigious opening-day premiere.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  23. awards season
    The Farewell and Little Women Make AFI’s Top 10 Movies of the YearHere’s the full list of honorees.
    By Zoe Haylock
  26. now streaming
    The 50 Best Comedies on Netflix Right NowNew additions include Step Brothers, Dolemite Is My Name, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  27. awards
    Lupita Nyong’o Gets Best Actress Win at New York Film Critics Circle AwardsAnd our queen Laura Dern gets recognized … twice!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  28. role call
    Miffy Englefield Answers All of Our Questions About The Holiday The actress recalls Mr. Napkin Head, how the movie helped pull her family out of debt, and the last time she heard from Jude Law.
    By Rachel Handler
  29. confirmed
    Zack Snyder Shares Photo of the Elusive Justice League Snyder Cut“Does it exist?”
    By Zoe Haylock
  30. bombshell
    Charlize Theron Says Weinstein Lied to People About Them Sleeping Together“One of his lines was that Renée Zellweger and I slept with him to get jobs. There was no limit to him.”
    By Hunter Harris
  31. 25 days of cats
    Looking Back at John Simon’s Positive 1982 Review of Cats“If you like lavishness, if you like opulence, if you like kitty-literature at its grandest, Cats is surely your thing.”
    By John Simon
  32. q&a
    The Women of Portrait of a Lady on Fire Believe Their Movie Can Save the WorldDirector Céline Sciamma and stars Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant debate the power of a lesbian period drama.
    By Rachel Handler
  33. trailer mix
    No Time to Die Trailer: James Bond Dusts Off the Ol’ Bulletproof CarHe’s back.
    By Zoe Haylock
  34. party report
    Adam Sandler Thinks the Weeknd Pulled Punches in Their Uncut Gems Fight Scene“First of all, I love that kid.”
    By Hunter Harris
  35. award season
    The Irishman Tops 2019 National Board of Review HonoreesDe Niro? More like de maestro!
    By Devon Ivie
  38. now streaming
    The 100 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right NowNew additions include Almost Famous, The Report, A Simple Favor, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  39. party report
    Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig Wore Matching Laura Dern Sweaters Last Night“I loved her even more than I loved Leonardo DiCaprio, who I sincerely believed I would marry.”
    By Hunter Harris
  40. 25 days of cats
    The Niche Creator Behind YouTube’s Best Musical Compilation Videos Talks CatsIt’s a thing, we swear.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  41. sure!
    Yes, The Aeronauts Is an Actual MovieFelicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne star in a biopic of Victorian hot-air balloonists, a sentence that describes a real movie and not a 30 Rock parody.
    By Nate Jones
  42. deep dives
    What Mister Rogers Can Teach Us About Gen X and the Generational DivideXers were more impacted by Fred Rogers than any other generation. What he taught them helps explain who they became.
    By Jen Chaney
  43. trailer mix
    Black Widow Teaser: Scarlett Johansson Takes Us Home to Meet the Family“I’m done running from my past.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  44. movies
    Robert De Niro Defends Anna Paquin’s Seven Words of Dialogue in The Irishman“She’s terrific and it resonates.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  45. award season
    Marriage Story Locks Down Four Wins at 2019 Gotham AwardsIncluding Best Feature, Best Screenplay and Best Actor.
    By Halle Kiefer
  46. now streaming
    The 100 Best Movies on Netflix Right NowThe Irishman, Brick, Marriage Story, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  47. box office
    Knives Out Marks a Win for the Original Murder-Mystery GenreThe murder mystery just became one of the top-grossing original, live-action movies to debut during the coveted Thanksgiving release corridor.
    By Chris Lee
  50. 25 days of cats
    Should You Watch Star Wars or Cats This Christmas? A Very Scientific QuizOne is a messianic epic about loss and redemption, and the other does not have cats.
    By Jackson McHenry
  51. vulture honorary degree
    Laura Dern Changed Our Idea of StardomThere is no one performance you can point to as the reason for her decades-long success.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  52. vulture honorary degree
    Laura Dern Doesn’t Need Our ApprovalBut we gave her an honorary degree anyway.
    By E. Alex Jung
  53. best of 2019
    The Best Movies of 2019Our critics celebrate the latest Tarantino, a South Korean black comedy, and the return of Eddie Murphy.
    By David Edelstein, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri
  54. earnest pleas
    If You Even Try to Watch The Irishman on Your Phone, So Help Martin Scorsese …“A big iPad, maybe.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  55. best of 2019
    Just Like You, John Waters Absolutely Loved JokerTodd Phillips’ clown drama is number ten with a greasepaint-smeared bullet on Waters’ annual top ten movie list.
    By Halle Kiefer
  56. $$$$
    Other Utensils Are Shaking at Knives Out’s Box-Office SuccessHell yeah.
    By Devon Ivie
  57. 25 days of cats
    An Attempt to Answer All Your Questions About the Plot and Universe of CatsThey’re cats!
    By Jackson McHenry
  58. film vs tv
    Martin Scorsese Rejects Your Suggestion That The Irishman Would Work As TV Show“Absolutely no.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  59. movie review
    Queen & Slim Bursts With Style, But It Can’t Live on Beauty AloneMelina Matsoukas’s movie asks: In a country that is built on black suffering, is it not radical to capture joy wherever you can?
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
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