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We Need to Talk About Cosby Feels Like If Twitter Made a Documentary
January 27, 2022
Watching We Need to Talk About Cosby, the new documentary from W. Kamau Bell, felt a little like spending hours on Twitter.
Fight Club Twist; Full-Frontal Male Nudity; Spider-Man Oscars?
January 27, 2022
It’s a “Golden Age of Nude Men” onscreen; another Fight Club twist the Oscars need Spider-Man more than Spider-Man needs Oscars; a Slamdance breakthrough.
Peter Dinklage v. Snow White; the Real L.A.; Putin's Nemesis
January 26, 2022
Peter Dinklage gets Disney to rethink its revival of of Snow White; Emily the Criminal loves L.A. for richer and for poorer; meet Vladimir Putin’s nemesis.
In Lucy and Desi, Amy Poehler Revisits the Love Affair That Built Television
January 25, 2022
Lucy and Desi, by Amy Poehler, tells the fascinating story of how the love between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz fueled I Love Lucy and television itself.
The Batman Matt Reeves
January 19, 2022
The Batman is informed by Matt Reeves’ reverence for conspiracy films from his 1970s childhood — including Klute, Chinatown, and All the President’s Men.
Weird Al Yankovic movie will star Daniel Radcliffe
January 18, 2022
Daniel Radcliffe will play Weird Al Yankovic in Weird: the Al Yankovic Story, a biopic written by Al Yankovic himself.
January 12, 2022
The 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellows have one thing in common: Their scripts are filled with emotion. We spoke with the latest fellows about how they did it.
Scream Is a Good Requel; Don't Dream It's Over ; Licorice Pizza Racist Restaurateur
January 12, 2022
The new Scream sparks a “requels” discussion; a doc plumbs the Chippendale’s murders; surprising news about the racist restaurateur in Licorice Pizza.
Don't Look Up What if this isn't the end of the world
January 10, 2022
Don’t Look Up is just one of our current cultural touchstones that warns the end of the world is near. But believing that is no way to live.
Looper Review; Secret Golden Globes; R.I.P. Bob Saget
January 10, 2022
The Golden Globes do some things right; R.I.P. Bob Saget; the year Sidney Poitier launched three kinds of movies. Plus: a late, weird Looper review.
Sidney Poitier Helped Create at Least Three Kinds of Movies
January 7, 2022
The Sidney Poitier films To Sir With Love, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, each released in 1967, each launched a sub-genre.
Cobra Kai Two Heads Are Better Than One
January 6, 2022
A Sopranos star joins White Lotus; a dirty song pops up on family-friendly Cobra Kai; a film festival plans mass hypnosis; A Banquet trailer.
Sundance Film Festival in person 2022
January 5, 2022
The Sundance Film Festival has cancelled all in-person events, making it the latest event to alter its plans in response to the surging Omnicron variant.
HBO Max Validation; Why Keaton Bailed on Batman; Jonah Hill's Insults
January 5, 2022
HBO Max succeeds big; Michael Keaton explains his decision not to be in two terrible Batman movies; Jonah Hill spent a day insulting his castmates.
John C. Reilly Plays Herman Munster in Licorice Pizza
December 31, 2021
The Licorice Pizza credits say Herman Munster plays himself, but he was actually played by Paul Thomas Anderson regular John C. Reilly.
Timothee Chalamet Don't Look Up
December 30, 2021
Yule, the Timothee Chalamet character in Don’t Look Up, feels like an olive branch to Christians who could break the deadlock on global warming.
How Joan Didion's Worst Hollywood Experience Turned Into Her Best
December 23, 2021
Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne had such an awful time working on Up Close and Personal that Dunne titled his eventual memoir of the experience Monster.
R.I.P. Joan Didion; a Sopranos Gift Idea; Michael Keaton Joins Batgirl
December 23, 2021
R.I.P. Joan Didion; a last-minute Sopranos gift idea; Michael Keaton will play Batman in Batgirl; Sundance will be very careful this year.
dasha nekrasova the scary of sixty-first red scare podcast
December 22, 2021
The Scary of Sixty-First, the debut film from Dasha Nekrasova, has a riskiness lacking from most recent American films, starting with its subject manner.
Armie Hammer Is in the New Armie Hammer Movie
December 22, 2021
The Matrix Resurrections is here; Armie Hammer will be in the next Armie Hammer movie; Maggie Gyllenhaal vows to avoid dopey sex scenes.
Robert Rodriguez Won't Make Boba Fett Look Like a Buffoon
December 16, 2021
Robert Rodriguez won’t make Boba Fett look like a buffoon; Spider-Man overcomes Omicron fears overseas; a Quentin Tarantino Lord of the Rings threat.
A Ludicruous Licorice Pizza Debate; Spider-Mania; Super Mario, Bros
December 15, 2021
Dennis Hopper on a helpful dictionary definition; rooting hard for Spider-Man; people get mad at Licorice Pizza, of all things
Red Rocket: Bree Elrod on Working (and Smoking) With Locals-Turned-Actors
December 10, 2021
Bree Elrod is has worked with Alan Rickman and Martin Scorsese. But in Red Rocket, some of her stellar scene partners are first-time actors
Simon Rex and Sean Baker Tell Us What a Suitcase Pimp Is Suzanna Son in Red Rocket
December 9, 2021
Red Rocket director Sean Baker and star Simon Rex explain what a suitcase pimp is, and how not to look like one when street casting.