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The Matrix

  1. coming soon
    Warner Bros. Is Booting Up The Matrix 5 Directed by Drew Goddard and executive produced by Lana Wachowski.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. happy easter
    Memes Is RisenShoutout to TikTok’s Jesus (Taylor’s Version), you’re really putting in the work.
    By Bethy Squires
  3. movies
    THE MATRIX, Keanu Reeves, 1999. ©Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection
    The Beatific Imperfection of Keanu Reeves in The MatrixHe invented a new kind of action star.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  4. movies
    How The Matrix Got MadeWith the 25th anniversary of The Matrix, here’s a timeline of how the franchise and pop-culture phenomenon came to be, and what happened next.
    By Keith Phipps
  5. vulture lists
    The 17 Best Robot Movies of All TimeEver since the early years of cinema — even before the term “robot” was coined, in fact — the movies have been obsessed with them.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  6. taxonomies
    Watch Out! It’s a Two-Part Movie.Let’s break down all different ways Hollywood sells you two tickets to one story.
    By Nate Jones
  7. vulture lists
    Every Keanu Reeves Movie Performance, RankedFrom Ted to John Wick and everything in between.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  8. 20-20 vision
    Let’s Talk About The Matrix Resurrections’ Cool GlassesHere’s to all the little retro glasses that gave us a new perspective.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  9. the rabbit hole
    10 Movies to Plug Into After The Matrix Resurrections“Choice is an illusion,” sure, but here are some options anyway.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  10. remember that time
    A Brief Appreciation of The Matrix Reloaded’s Orgasm CakeA look back on the goofy, gonzo scene almost two decades after it riled critics.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  11. plug back in
    Everything You Need to Know About the Matrix Before Watching ResurrectionsWho died, who lived, and where the war between humans and the machines stands after three films, one Animatrix, and an MMORPG.
    By Richard Newby
  12. movies
    The Matrix Taught Superheroes to FlyIt laid the template for the gritty, gravity-defying, self-seriously cerebral modern blockbuster.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  13. movies
    Neo’s Stunt Guy on How The Matrix Changed Action ForeverLong before he directed John Wick, Chad Stahelski read The Matrix script and “didn’t understand a f—ing word of it.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  14. movies
    19 Things The Matrix Predicted About Life TodayHow a 1999 Keanu Reeves movie anticipated (almost) everything about the way we live.
    By Vulture Editors
  15. movies
    How The Matrix’s Red Pill Became the Internet’s Delusional Drug of ChoiceIt’s inspired a whole pharmacy’s worth of memes and cyberideologies — some playful, some hateful.
    By Max Read
  16. movies
    The Matrix Was the One Time the Wachowskis’ Ambition Met the MainstreamThe original film made the siblings the hottest things in town, but then the tide turned.
    By Emily Yoshida
  17. simulatte
    David Mitchell on Why Neo Never Fires a Gun in The Matrix Resurrections“In the fourth film in this franchise, one of whose most iconic lines is ‘guns, lots of guns,’ something’s changed,” says the Cloud Atlas author.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. endings
    Let’s Talk About the Ending of The Matrix ResurrectionsAnd the Trinity of it all.
    By Robert Daniels
  19. movie review
    The Matrix Resurrections Is a Messy, Imperfect TriumphDirecting solo for the first time, Lana Wachowski creates a thrillingly romantic blockbuster that expands the possibilities of the form.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  20. chat room
    Jessica Henwick on Watching Keanu Reeves Watch Himself in The Matrix“I said, ‘When was the last time you watched this film?’ He was like, ‘I mean, it must have been when it came out.’”
    By Robert Daniels
  21. go ask alice
    Everything We Know About The Matrix Resurrections So FarWhere is Morpheus? Do Neo and Trinity not remember each other? Why is only one Wachowski involved? Let’s see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
    By Richard Newby
  22. movie review
    Ryan Reynolds (Almost) Saves Free GuyHis pathological insincerity might be just what this derivative action-comedy needs.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  23. casting call
    Christina Ricci Speed Races Into Matrix 4The actress joins returning franchise stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith.
    By Halle Kiefer
  24. movie review
    A Glitch in the Matrix Is a Riveting Look at Whether Our World Is a SimulationBut it’s really about just how utterly weird life is.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  25. tv
    Dwight Enters the Matrix in Never-Before-Seen Office Prank Cold OpenIt’s the late Hugh Dane’s time to shine as Hank the Security Guard. Or, in this case, Morpheus’s brother.
    By Halle Kiefer
  26. casting
    Jada Pinkett Smith Might Return to The MatrixShe’s in talks to reprise her role as Niobe.
    By Charu Sinha
  27. casting
    Neil Patrick Harris to Take the Red Pill — Not Like That — and Enter The MatrixHis role has not yet been disclosed.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  28. whoa
    Matrix Franchise to Regenerate With Fourth Film Starring Keanu ReevesLana Wachowski and Carrie-Anne Moss are also returning.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  29. we are living in the matrix
    Okay, Maybe the Wachowskis Are Working on a 4th Matrix MovieJohn Wick 3 director Chad Stahelski let the news slip.
    By Bethy Squires
  30. the matrix
    15 Irrefutable Reasons Why We Might Be Living in a SimulationWeird news. Quarks with computer code. Missing aliens. The evidence discussed on a few sub-Reddits might actually be plausible.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. movies
    Reckoning With The Matrix’s Gun ProblemThe film’s notorious massacre scene showed slaughter as squad walk, a violation of the unwritten adventure-movie rule not to make murder look heroic.
    By Alan Scherstuhl
  32. the matrix
    What We Can Learn About Gender From The MatrixTrans women have claimed it as an allegory for gender transition since at least 2012. But allegorically is the least interesting way to read anything.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  33. movies
    High Fashion Is Just The Matrix Cosplay NowLooks inspired by the movie’s four main characters could be seen on the spring 2019 runways.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  34. the matrix
    Philosopher Nick Bostrom on Whether We Live in a SimulationAnd what he thinks about the tech billionaires trying to break us out.
    By Brian Feldman
  35. movies
    The Matrix’s Bullet Time Made 3-D RedundantThe last time I saw “classic” bullet time, it was used on the E! Network’s Golden Globes red-carpet show.
    By David Edelstein
  36. movies
    The Matrix Built Our Reality-Denying WorldIt gave all of us — including Alex Jones, flat-earthers, lizard-people conspiracists, even Rachel Maddow — a new way to see (or not see) everything.
    By Mark Harris
  37. The Black Mirror Creator Has an Idea for a Much Nicer Version of The MatrixThis would definitely make Neo’s world more bearable …
    By Kenny Wassus, Madison Mills, and Granger Willson
  38. reboots forever
    Why We Don’t Need a Matrix RebootFor one thing, the original already failed to start a franchise.
    By Abraham Riesman
  39. reboots
    There’s a Matrix Reboot in the WorksBut nary a Wachowski in sight.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  40. WATCH: Keanu Reeves Is Obsessed With Doing His Own StuntsThat car-to-bus jump in Speed? All him.
    By Jared T. Miller
  41. sequels forever
    Keanu Reeves Is Open to Another Matrix Movie: ‘That’d Be Weird, But Why Not?’Provided the Wachowskis are involved.
    By Halle Kiefer
  42. primers
    From John Woo to John Wick, Here’s Your Guide to Gun FuKeanu Reeves has a lot of experience.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  43. red pill
    Aw, Yeah: Laurence Fishburne Has a Cameo in John Wick 2It’s a Matrix reunion.
    By Jackson McHenry
  44. vulture lists
    The 25 Best Cold-Open Action Scenes in Film HistoryFeaturing Bond, Holmes, and… Monty Python?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. sequential art
    Artist Geof Darrow Talks 109-Page Zombie FightsPlus, 34 pages of his newest graphic novel!
    By Abraham Riesman
  46. lego spoofs
    The Matrix’s Lobby Scene Got a Lego MakeoverAnd it kind of changes everything.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  47. anniversaries
    15 Years Later, The Matrix Still Has UsThe movie remains a singular cinematic experience.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. movies
    National Film Registry: Now With More The MatrixAnd Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
    By Jesse David Fox
  49. coming attractions
    How Did the Wachowskis Make Cloud Atlas? BarelyEverything about this movie says “tough sell.”
    By Margaret Lyons
  50. office space
    Watch an Office Space–Matrix Mash-UpIs this good for the company?
    By Eliot Glazer
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