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  1. now streaming
    The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendAre you not entertained?
    By Savannah Salazar
  2. movie review
    Flow Is an Animal Adventure That’s Endearing and a Little Too PrettyThe Latvian animated film is a wordless survival story that lets its animals act like animals.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. endings
    The Ending of Alien: Romulus Is an Abomination By DesignFede Álvarez’s legacy sequel pulls off a satisfying trick, splicing the old and new to create something genuinely freakish.
    By Louis Peitzman
  4. movie review
    Alien: Romulus Gets the Job Done, But at What Cost?It’s a movie engineered mostly to provide basic genre thrills and keep the IP alive so the now-Disney-owned Fox can generate more Alien movies.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  5. movie review
    Blitz Is the Worst Movie Steve McQueen Has MadeBy any wider standard, that means that the World War II drama is still not bad at all.
    By Alison Willmore
  6. swords and sandals
    Which Gladiator Movie Gets the Most Thumbs Up?We rank the XIII best gladiator movies by how good, and how gladiator-y, they are.
    By James Grebey
  7. performance review
    Denzel Washington Should Always Have a Little ShawlOnly one element of Gladiator II is serving the pomposity and archness the movie needs: Denzel Washington and his many, many lavish fits.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  8. au hasard dillamond
    The ‘Wicked’ Movie Made One Huge Improvement to the Stage ShowSomething good is happening in Oz.
    By Rebecca Alter
  9. lessons in chemistry
    Sorry, But Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater Have Chemistry in WickedThe two share the screen for only a short time. But in that time, you kinda get it.
    By Jason P. Frank
  10. thumb down
    Gladiator II Should’ve Let Paul Mescal KissThe “dream of Rome,” yeah, whatever. The dream of Lucius and Ravi, though!
    By Roxana Hadadi
  11. vulture lists
    The 50 Greatest War Movies Ever MadeFrom the trenches of World War I to the recent conflicts that have defined 21st-century warfare.
    By Keith Phipps
  12. review roundup
    Is Wicked Popular with Critics?Did the movie musical impress the right cohorts?
    By Alejandra Gularte
  13. coming soon
    The Rock Is About Power, Drive, MoanaEverything we know about the new live-action version’s cast and release date. You’re welcome!
    By Jason P. Frank
  14. cameos
    Did You Catch All Four Cameos in the Wicked Movie?One short day, four fun cameos.
    By Louis Peitzman
  15. pee-break guide
    When Should You Take Your Bathroom Breaks During Wicked?There’s no rest for the wicked, but there can be pee breaks.
    By Zoe Papelis
  16. endings
    It’s Thumbs-down for the Forgettable Ending of Gladiator IIThe final fight is satisfying neither as spectacle nor dramatic payoff. It just kind of … happens, and then the movie ends.
    By A.A. Dowd
  17. endings
    Wicked’s Cliffhanger Ending, Explained (and What to Expect in Part Two)Wicked tells only half a story, but we’re not exactly in the dark about what happens next.
    By Louis Peitzman
  18. culture
    Hollywood Exteriors And Landmarks - 2024
    Wicked Stans Won’t Stop Singing Along in TheatersMovie theaters are apparently no match for hardcore theater kids and their renditions of “Defying Gravity.”
    By Danielle Cohen
  19. fact check
    Ask a Roman-History Professor: Were There Ever Sharks in the Colosseum?Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.
    By Louis Peitzman
  20. popular
    Every Musical Number in Wicked, RankedSome of the movie’s best moments happen when John M. Chu finds a new cinematic language for its famous songs.
    By Louis Peitzman
  21. movie review
    When an American Pursues Bulgarian DreamsIn The Black Sea, Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden co-direct a lovely ode to finding one’s place even when feeling out of place.
    By Jen Chaney
  22. pawty report
    Nightbitch Director Marielle Heller Got the Perfect Pooch to Play Amy Adams“I knew I wanted some red in the hair.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  23. culture
    Which Wicked Act One Song Is Your Favorite?A definitive ranking by Wicked superfans.
    By Tom Smyth
  24. remember that time
    Have You Ever Seen Anything Like the Pool Fight in The Strangers: Prey at Night?The four-minute sequence is thrilling and operatic, the kind of instantly iconic set piece most slasher movies dream of.
    By Louis Peitzman
  25. coming soon
    2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
    Podcasters Do Movies Now?Theo Von’s writing, directing, self-producing, and starring in Busboys with David Spade.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. vulture lists
    Every Ridley Scott Movie, RankedSizing up the director’s decades-long career.
    By Scott Tobias
  27. coming soon
    Rust Premieres, Three Years After Fatal ShootingWhat we know about the film’s completion and debut following Halyna Hutchins’s death.
    By Zoe Guy
  28. scene report
    Rust Didn’t Choose to Echo Its Tragedy, But It Courses Through the FilmThe finished movie is an appropriately unvarnished western, starring a lead actor visibly shaken by his experience making it.
    By Nick Newman
  29. a long talk
    Replacing Halyna Hutchins on Rust Was the Challenge of a LifetimeCinematographer Bianca Cline on why the film had to be finished after her predecessor’s tragic death on set.
    By Laura Bradley
  30. culture
    The Best Wicked Merch for Theater Kids With Disposable IncomeStarbucks, Stanley, and Regal Cinema have all announced Wicked merchandise, yet somehow there are still more brand collabs on the way.
    By E.J. Dickson
  31. another one?
    How to Train a (Live-Action) DragonAt least Toothless looks cute in the first trailer.
    By Jennifer Zhan and Michael Savio
  32. here we go again!
    PBS to Air Doc About Newt Gingrich-Approved ImmigrantsThe cozying up to the incoming administration has begun.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  33. the pluck of the irish
    Why Are Irish Actors So Good at Accents?Dialect coaches share their theories.
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  34. be mine
    A Minecraft Movie Jump-Square WarningThe new trailer spawns an origin story for Jack Black’s Steve.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  35. movie review
    Wicked Is As Enchanting As It Is ExhaustingJon M. Chu’s film adaptation of the hit musical has charm, but the bloat is inescapable.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  36. the vulture transcript
    ‘We’re All Going to Die, and I Think About It a Lot’His Three Daughters star Elizabeth Olsen on why she keeps doing movies about grief and dying and why she’s decided, “Marvel, done.”
    By Rachel Handler
  37. movies
    Instead of Cheating, Watch These MoviesWhy do we cheat? These movies, from The First Wives Club to Challengers, might answer the age-old question.
    By Katja Vujić
  38. memeology
    Allow Nicole Kidman to Correct the Record on That Divorce Meme“That wasn’t real life.”
    By Justin Curto
  39. scene report
    Oscar Season Kicks Off With Trump Impressions and a Bond TeaseEverything we saw and heard at the 2024 Governors Awards, the first big event on the awards campaign trail.
    By Jason P. Frank
  40. respect the classics
    We Bought a Zoo Turned Elle Fanning Into a Bob Dylan StanBut she still hasn’t met the man after starring in A Complete Unknown.
    By Justin Curto
  41. romantic movies
    20 Best Romantic Movies on NetflixFrom rom-coms to dark dramas, we’ve got you covered.
    By Hannah Schneider and Madeleine Aggeler
  42. the pluck of the irish
    How the Irish Came to Rule Pop CultureArtists from the island continue to punch above their weight. Online, they’ve gained a rep as the “good Europeans.”
    By Nate Jones
  43. vulture festival 2024
    New York Magazine's Vulture Festival - Day 2
    Kevin Smith Is Getting Closer and Closer to Dogma 2And Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be guilted into starring, trust.
    By Bethy Squires
  44. vulture festival 2024
    Saturday Night Live Was Director School for Julio Torres“We treated every sketch as if they were a little short film.”
    By Bethy Squires
  45. vulture festival 2024
    Mike Myers, King of Catchphrase Comedy, Doesn’t Write Catchphrases Intentionally“Remember ‘Get in my belly?’ That was improv. It wasn’t Ladies and gentleman, my next catchphrase!”
    By Bethy Squires
  46. vulture festival 2024
    Elizabeth Olsen Sees Marvel as ‘Insurance’ to Make Indie FilmsIt’s not a matter of “one for them, one for me,” it’s about the freedom to do both.
    By Justin Curto
  47. november blues?
    Can Red One’s Box Office Break Into the Green?Maybe it’s a little too early for a Christmas movie.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  48. jedi strength
    Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's "Emilia Perez" - Arrivals
    The Force Is With Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía GascónThe Cannes best actress winner can’t stop talking about Star Wars.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  49. now streaming
    The 14 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIs the real sexiest man alive Hot Frosty?
    By Savannah Salazar
  50. making a list
    Santas, RankedOur favorite jolly (usually) old (usually) men (usually).
    By Katie Rife
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