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  1. apropos of nothing
    New Bryan Lee O’Malley–Hope Larson Comic!It’s spooky and awesome and turns the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ conceit on its ear!
  2. countdown
    ‘Babylon A.D.’ Director Matthieu Kassovitz Talks Up His Movie: ‘Pure Violence and Stupidity’Directors whose shitty sci-fi movies are nickeled and dimed into shittier sci-fi movies are supposed to shut up and take it, Matthieu!
  3. tube junkie
    BBC3 Show ‘The Wrong Door’ Shows the Computer’s RevengeThe upcoming U.K. comedy series presents a world in which sci-fi special effects interact with everyday life.
  4. countdown
    Is Russell Crowe Channeling J.T. Walsh in ‘Body of Lies’?How we know Crowe is playing a bad guy in the upcoming CIA thriller.
  5. in the magazine
    Rachel Weisz Tries Funny, and Other Culture Highlights From This Week’s ‘New York’Plus: Josh Brolin! Benicio del Toro! Toni Morrison! Stephen Sondheim! And enough flow charts to choke a horse!
  6. apropos of nothing
    Woody Allen Reminds Us How Funny He IsWe liked the line about Woody fracturing ‘certain key teeth’ on the floor.
  7. apropos of nothing
    ‘Playboy’ Puts ‘Mad Men’ Cast in Most Irony-Free Photo Shoot EverOkay, not the photo of Bryan Batt. But the rest of them!
  8. trailer mix
    ‘New York, I Love You’ Trailer: New York, I Just Met YouIf I, Brett Ratner, can make it there, I’ll make it … an-y-where!
  9. apropos of nothing
    Joe Biden’s Book a Bestseller, and All It Took Was a V.P. NominationSadly, Evan Bayh’s ‘Argentina’s Economic Crisis: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate’ wasn’t so lucky.
  10. backlash
    Closing Ceremony Takes the Bloom Off Zhang Yimou, Jimmy PageThe closing Ceremony included little that we couldn’t have thought up if someone gave us millions of dollars, thousands of people, and terrible taste.
  11. apropos of nothing
    Just Let Tom Scharpling Write a 33 1/3 Book Already’You should see the people writing these 33 1/3 books,’ he says on the air.
  12. the take
    Fire Up Your Silk Screen: Mickey Mouse Might Be in the Public DomainDisney, of course, doesn’t think this is nearly as hilarious as we do.
  13. apropos of nothing
    We Can’t Wait for ‘FBI Art Squad,’ the MovieGuns, danger, sexy naked paintings — what else do you need?
  14. apropos of nothing
    Hey, America! Go See a Movie Without Explosions This WeekendOnce you’ve seen ‘The Dark Knight’ for the fourth time, that is.
  15. ranters and ravers
    Can America’s Film Critics Make Anna Faris a Star?Wait, is she really as good as Lucille Freaking Ball?
  16. countdown
    How Awesome Will Zhang Yimou’s Olympic Closing Ceremony Be?We’re definitely watching Sunday night. (Or on the Internet Sunday morning, when they actually happen.)
  17. apropos of nothing
    Sheryl Crow to Single-handedly Hand Election to McCainDo you know a single person under the age of 30 who would lift a finger for a Sheryl Crow album?
  18. the take
    ‘The Rocker’ Continues the Curse of ‘The Office’Movies starring ‘Office’ principals have been consistently bad — and unpopular — since the series became a hit.
  19. countdown
    Will This Fall’s Movies Be As Depressing As Last Fall’s? Vulture InvestigatesWill we survive 2008? Or will this year’s crop of movies be even more dour than last year’s?
  20. apropos of nothing
    UCBT’s Bobby Moynihan Lands at ‘SNL’Those of us who have enjoyed Bobby’s work since the glory days of Police Chief Rumble salute him.
  21. the projectionist
    David Edelstein Remembers Manny FarberPlus, a 1994 profile of Farber the artist.
  22. the comics page
    Sneak a Peek Inside the Secret World of Burma With Guy Delisle’s New ComicA cartoonist tries to visit Aung San Suu Kyi in this exclusive comics excerpt.
  23. it just happened
    Brooklyn Artist, American Graffiti Activists Arrested in BeijingJames Powderly let friends know he was being held via Twitter direct message.
  24. countdown
    ‘Shrek’ the Musical Not As Bad As We Expected?’It’s decent!’ raves one source. Even though the actor playing Farquaad spends the entire show on his knees.
  25. the take
    A ‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Is a Lousy IdeaWho’s gonna pay for a movie based on the 148th most popular show on TV?
  26. Vulture’s Recommend-o-Matic: TV
  27. Vulture’s Fall Recommend-o-Matic: Theater
  28. Vulture’s Fall Recommend-o-Matic: Movies
  29. Vulture’s Fall Recommend-o-Matic: Books
  30. apropos of nothing
    It’s a Trend! Third Hitler-Killing Movie AnnouncedDespite seeming like a sequel to ‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ this seems to be an actual serious drama.
  31. apropos of nothing
    Jonas Brothers Coyly Decline to Endorse a Candidate…for now. They’re holding out for a Cabinet position.
  32. pop trash
    Are You a Serial Killer? ‘Dexter’ Promotional Website Offers Customized DiagnosisThis is how likely we are to snap and murder Lane.
  33. the take
    German Producers Put 100,000-Euro Bounty on Reviewers of ‘Der Baader Meinhof Komplex’German critics are rolling up their sleeves to hate on the biggest German-language movie of the year.
  34. the take
    Which Will Germans Find More Offensive: ‘Valkyrie’ or ‘Inglorious Bastards’?Will ordinary Germans be more upset about the scalpings or about the eye patch?
  35. you saw it here first
    First Look: See Joss Whedon and Damon Lindelof in Brad Meltzer’s ‘Book of Lies’ TrailerPit Joss against Christopher Hitchens and guess whom we’ll side with every time.
  36. countdown
    ‘Benjamin Button’ to Be So Long That Time Moves Backward?Seriously, does this movie need to be three hours long?
  37. the take
    The Adventures of ‘Beijing Ben’ SilvermanThe chairman of NBC is reporting from the Olympics, in as inimitable a fashion as you might expect.
  38. apropos of nothing
    How Much Money Could the Jonas Brothers Make?The brothers are currently making only $12 million a year, which may seem like a lot to you but frankly isn’t.
  39. the best part
    Ragtag Band of Communal Artists on Makeshift Boats Declare: We Are Not Hippies’The men, in vests, trousers, beards and derby hats, seemed inspired by members of the Band.’
  40. Trailer Mix: Special Dark Nerd Edition1. THE WOLFMAN (Universal) Tagline: “You’ve done terrible things.” Translation: That’s why your fur is all matted with viscera. The Verdic […]
  41. Puff PieceJames Franco has been in Freaks & Geeks—and Spider-Man. But the truly star-making role has eluded him thus far, until Pineapple Express, in whic […]
  42. Hey, How’s That Project Going?What much-awaited projects are nearing completion in the worlds of rock, opera, theater, and visual art?
  43. Fun With WicketsInspired by the acclaimed, cricket-heavy novel Netherland, two dozen friends bowl, bat, drink beer, and discover the pleasure of a real […]
  44. Comic-Book HeroYoung Dash Shaw has written the graphic novel of the year—and it’s not even autobiographical.
  45. Improbable Broadway Musicals: The Quiz!The announcement this week that the Jim Henson Company is preparing a musical of the beloved-by-dozens 1977 TV special Emmett Otter’s Jug-Band C […]
  46. And the Song of the Summer Will Be…The one about taking a knife to the heart. You heard us.
  47. More Odd HeroesIt’s hard to remember now, but Robert Downey Jr. didn’t seem like an obvious call for Iron Man, either.
  48. In Cold War Blood: Tom Rob SmithThink of Tom Rob Smith’s debut novel, ‘Child 44,’ as a prequel to Martin Cruz Smith’s classic mystery ‘Gorky Park.’
  49. Kids’ Lit Gets GraphicTwo surprise best sellers may herald a young-adult revolution.
  50. Trailer MixOur reviews of this week’s previews.
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