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Space Movies

important questions Oct. 9, 2019

Can Outer Space Drive a Person Insane? Let’s Ask an Astronaut.In Lucy in the Sky, Natalie Portman totally loses her mind, in the tradition of several movie astronauts before her.

By Rachel Handler
sad dads in space Oct. 8, 2019

Sad Dad Space Movies: A TaxonomySpace: The Ultimate Daddy?

By Rachel Handler

iron bitch Sept. 19, 2019

Let Liv Tyler Go to SpaceIn Ad Astra and Armageddon, Liv Tyler plays the woman left behind. What this essay presupposes is: What if she went to space instead?

By Rachel Handler
open the pod bay doors May 31, 2019

‘Depressed in Space Alone’ Is My Favorite Movie GenreNothing is more peaceful than movies about people who are floating through the ether, grasping for meaning and finding only the chilly abyss.

By Rachel Handler
space movies Oct. 12, 2018

First Man, Gravity, 2001: A Space Odyssey: When Auteurs Go to SpaceThe emptiness of the cosmos, combined with the sudden malleability of time, has a way of bringing out the more experimental side of filmmakers.

By Bilge Ebiri
Nov. 7, 2014

The 16 Best Space Movies Since 2001: A Space OdysseyGalaxy Quest is one of them.

By David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri