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I Made Everyone From Don’t Worry Darling Into Sims

 Just like in the movie, no one is aware they’re in a simulation designed for one person’s sick pleasure — namely, mine. By Bethy Squires
best of 2022

The Best Movies of 2022 (So Far)

 From a dark superhero flick to the story of a tiny sentient shell, these are the best movies we’ve seen this year. By Angelica Jade Bastién, Bilge Ebiri, and Alison Willmore
sleeper hit

No One in Hollywood Wanted to Make Barbarian

 The horror hit’s journey to No. 1 packed in the twists: “I had a movie, I lost the movie, I rescued the movie, then I lost the movie again.” By Chris Lee
  1. coming soon
    It’s a-Here, Mario!Chris Pratt, look how you massacred our boy.
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. future trash
    John Waters, Pope of Filth, to Direct Adaptation of His Book Liarmouth“Maybe it’s fitting that my novel was shocking enough to jump-start the engine of my film career.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  3. movie review
    Tár Brilliantly Undoes an Ego Monster of an ArtistCate Blanchett is toweringly great as a famous conductor who meets a very public downfall.
    By Alison Willmore
  4. trailer mix
    Jennifer Lawrence’s Rest and Relaxation Is Over in CausewayBrian Tyree Henry co-stars in the A24 drama co-written by Ottessa Moshfegh.
    By Zoe Guy
  5. role call
    William H. Macy Answers Every Question We Have About Boogie NightsOn his visit to a porn set, Burt Reynolds’s “clueless” attitude, and making Paul Thomas Anderson laugh — and smell — during that killer shot.
    By Derek Lawrence
  7. glovely
    Chill, Normal Guy Jared Leto to Play Chill, Normal Guy Karl LagerfeldA fitting Morbius follow-up.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. welcome to oasis springs
    I Made Everyone From Don’t Worry Darling Into SimsJust like in the movie, no one is aware they’re in a simulation designed for one person’s sick pleasure — namely, mine.
    By Bethy Squires
  9. coming soon
    Vanessa: Blumhouse Is Making a Five Nights at Freddy’s MovieFreddy: The movie’s been in development since 2017!
    By Bethy Squires
  10. development hell
    Jamie Foxx’s Spawn Movie Gets Three New WritersThe project has been in development since 2017.
    By Bethy Squires
  11. party report
    Cate Blanchett Picked Out Her Own Power Suits in TárAlongside costume designer Bina Daigeler.
    By Zoe Guy
  12. on the record
    A Timeline of the Allegations Against Amsterdam Director David O. RussellChristian Bale confirms he acted as a “mediator” on the set of American Hustle with Amy Adams.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  13. coming soon
    Violent Night Trailer: Santa David Harbour Gives Out ‘Season’s Beatings’Santa Claus? More like Santa claws your eyes out.
    By Bethy Squires
  14. method
    Christian Bale Can’t Act If He Gets to Know His Co-starsThat or he just doesn’t want to hang out with anyone in Amsterdam.
    By Zoe Guy
  15. explainers
    ‘No One Has Been Ruled Out’ of Facing Charges in Rust ShootingAlec Baldwin has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit with Halyna Hutchins’s family — and filming is set to continue.
    By Justin Curto
  16. now streaming
    A Spooky Guide to the Best New Horror to Stream This OctoberIf you dare.
    By Brian Tallerico
  17. rust shooting
    Alec Baldwin and Rust Producers Settle Lawsuit With Halyna Hutchins’s FamilyThe movie will resume filming in January with Halyna Hutchins’s husband as an executive producer.
    By Justin Curto
  18. ask an expert
    Ask a Psychic Medium: Is Marilyn Monroe’s Spirit Still Among Us?“I just don’t see American culture ever letting her go.”
    By Zoe Guy
  19. endings
    Let’s Talk About the Ending(s) of SmileBy the end of Smile, confronting your past and coming to terms with it is not enough.
    By Katie Rife
  20. best of 2022
    The Best Movies of 2022 (So Far)From a dark superhero flick to the story of a tiny sentient shell, these are the best movies we’ve seen this year.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién, Bilge Ebiri, and Alison Willmore
  21. trailer mix
    Danielle Deadwyler Transforms Into Mamie Till-Mobley in New Till TrailerRecounting Emmett Till’s lynching at the hands of racist Mississippians and his mother’s fight for justice.
    By Zoe Guy
  22. trailer mix
    J.Lo Fights Pirates in a Ball Gown in the Shotgun Wedding TrailerAlongside a very handsome Josh Duhamel.
    By Justin Curto
  23. sleeper hit
    No One in Hollywood Wanted to Make BarbarianThe horror hit’s journey to No. 1 packed in the twists: “I had a movie, I lost the movie, I rescued the movie, then I lost the movie again.”
    By Chris Lee
  24. on the record
    A Timeline of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Taking ForeverA new Black Panther emerges to challenge Namor, king of Atlantis, in the trailer.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  25. party report
    Noah Baumbach, White Noise Director, Knows Consumerism Won’t Save UsThat’s not stopping the White Noise director from chasing the dopamine rush of buying stuff, though.
    By Zoe Guy
  26. sleigh
    Lindsay Lohan Is Falling for Christmas, LiterallyNetflix, can we get a “Xanax” holiday remix?
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  27. trailer mix
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer: Danger Rushes InA new Black Panther takes the mantel to fight an aquatic threat, Namor.
    By Zoe Guy
  28. rip
    Sacheen Littlefeather, Actress and Activist, Dead at 75She famously refused Marlon Brando’s Oscar for him in 1973 and was blacklisted for it.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. bitch era
    Emily Ratajkowski Demands We Enter a New ‘Bitch Era’Stop romanticizing sadness, start romanticizing rage.
    By Bethy Squires
  30. swiftie reveal
    Christian Bale Drowned Out Taylor Swift’s Singing on the Set of AmsterdamDavid O. Russell told him to “shut up for this one and let Taylor do it.”
    By Charu Sinha
  31. coming soon
    Lily-Rose Depp Reportedly Says Yesferatu to Robert Eggers’s NosferatuBill Skarsgård is expected to star alongside her as the titular vampire.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  32. chat room
    Justin Long Talks Barbarian Spoilers and the Longaissance“I’ve heard ‘Oh, so you’re still acting?’ so many times. This helps make up for those moments.”
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  33. she’s not wrong
    Reese Witherspoon Is Pretty Sure People Prefer Nancy Meyers Over ‘Auteur’ Movies“You see an auteur movie once.”
    By Zoe Guy
  34. movie review
    Smile Should Smile MoreThe new horror film starts out in a wonderfully creepy and inventive fashion but eventually devolves into generic horror tedium.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  35. vulture lists
    The 21 Best Witch Movies of All TimeFrom The Craft to The Wizard of Oz to Hocus Pocus.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  36. movie review
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever Wastes a Very Good Zac EfronPeter Farrelly’s film can’t seem to decide if it wants to be a comedy or a drama and somehow winds up being neither.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  37. movie review
    The Great Walter Hill Returns to the West, for Better and for WorseThe movie’s not perfect, but it’s well worth watching to see what a master filmmaker can do with limited resources.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  38. prophecies
    Community Got Six Seasons, and Now It’s Getting a MovieThe dream is coming to fruition with (most of) the original cast and Dan Harmon.
    By Jesse David Fox
  39. close read
    The Hollow Impersonation in BlondeIn life, Marilyn Monroe was a complex artist and human being. In the hands of Ana de Armas, she’s an eternal victim.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  40. movie review
    Bros Is at Its Best When It Forgets About Making HistoryBilly Eichner’s romantic comedy is messy, funny, and ultimately charming — when it isn’t weighed down by all the firsts.
    By Alison Willmore
  41. influences
    How Basic Instinct, Fight Club, and Hitchcock Shaped Do RevengeDirector Jennifer Kaytin Robinson on the unexpected cinematic inspirations behind her candy-coated black comedy Do Revenge.
    By Ilana Kaplan
  42. awards chatter
    My Policeman? More Like My Supporting ActorsAll six principals will be running as supporting actors come awards season.
    By Bethy Squires
  43. coming soon
    The Favourite Duo Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone Reuniting for AndAnd our favourite duo, too.
    By Justin Curto
  44. close read
    The Sax Man’s Tribute to Reservation Dogs’ Lost BoyThe season-two finale’s closing Tim Cappello performance is both a sly wink and a poignant eulogy.
    By Jen Chaney
  45. oscar futures
    Welcome to the First Oscars of the Post-Slap EraWake up. It’s awards season again.
    By Nate Jones
  46. oscar futures
    The New Rules of Oscars SeasonAs we stand on the precipice of another awards season, here are four crucial lessons to remember about the way the Academy works now.
    By Nate Jones
  47. vulture lists
    The 35 Best Movies Over 3 Hours LongGot some extra time? Lose yourself in these cinematic spectacles.
  48. oscar futures
    Are You Ready for This Year’s Incredibly Messy Best Actor Race?In The Whale and The Son, two of the strongest Best Actor contenders come from films a chunk of the critical community absolutely loathed.
    By Nate Jones
  49. into it
    Guy Branum Loves That Bros Made Room for a Happy-Sack GayBut he’s more mixed on the discourse: “You cannot change the problems of millennia of marginalization without things being a bit weird around it.”
    By Sam Sanders
  50. chat room
    Luke Macfarlane Listened to Las Culturistas to Prepare for Bros“Especially during the pandemic, they were like my friends that I would check in with and hear their opinions.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  51. coming soon
    Bones and All Trailer: Taste Freedom of the Open Road (and Fresh Corpses)Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet slay in the gory cannibal romance.
    By Zoe Guy
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