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Bilge Ebiri is a film critic for New York and Vulture. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the Criterion Collection.

  1. movie review
    Paddington Is Proudly Unhip Yet Positively Delightful“It’s the kind of movie that turns critics … into advertising copywriters: Go see it!”
  2. deep dives
    Michael Mann: A Director Caught Between the Real and the AbstractAn extensive walk through his career.
  3. oscars
    The 8 Roles Julianne Moore Should Have Won Oscars ForShe’s the Meryl Streep of not winning Oscars.
  4. movie review
    Movie Review: The Wedding RingerCo-starring Josh Gad as a groom-to-be in need of a best man.
  5. Pawel Pawlikowski on His Oscar-Nominated Ida“People run away when they hear you want to do it in black and white.”
  6. movies
    The Dardenne Brothers on Two Days, One Night and How They Work Together“It’s not like wanting different governments, or one of us wanting white and one of us wanting black.”
  7. golden globes 2015
    Bill Hader on His and Kristen Wiig’s Classic Golden Globes Bit“Kristen and I, we get around each other and we get really goofy.”
  8. streaming
    7 Reasons Why Woody Allen Is Perfect for Amazon“Woody Allen’s whole career is sort of like one long TV series.”
  9. movie review
    Taken 3 Has Exhausted This Franchise’s Particular Set of SkillsWe release you from your chains, Liam Neeson. Go do other movies!
  10. movies
    Oscar Films and the Prison of Historical AccuracyYou know it’s Oscar season when the historical-accuracy hit squads show up.
  11. movie review
    French Director Bruno Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin Is His Strangest Work Yet“What in the what?”
  12. movie review
    The World War II–Set Woman in Black 2 Is an Aimless and Drab Ghost StoryThe sequel to the 2012 Daniel Radcliffe–starring hit.
  13. movie review
    Mark Wahlberg Plays the Ultimate Buzzkill in The Gambler“Is casting Mark Wahlberg as a self-loathing literature professor an inspired or ridiculous choice?”
  14. movie review
    The Gripping Russian Drama Leviathan Has a Desolate BeautyA new film by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
  15. movie review
    Review: Night At the Museum: Secret Of the TombThe third entry in the Ben Stiller-led family series.
  16. movie review
    Movie Review: Winter SleepStarring Haluk Bilginer, one of Turkey’s few internationally known actors.
  17. cannes film festival 2014
    17 Things You Should Know About Cannes Top-Prize Winner Nuri Bilge CeylanThe Turkish film Winter Sleep won the Palme d’Or at Cannes on Saturday.
  18. movie review
    Movie Review: Goodbye to All ThatFrom Angus MacLachlan, the writer of Junebug.
  19. history
    The Complicated Tale of Chaplin’s Great DictatorUnlike The Interview, Chaplin was trying to make a social and political statement.
  20. movie review
    Review: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five ArmiesGood riddance to these movies.
  21. future of movies
    In an All-Digital Future, It’s the New Movies That Will Be in TroubleWhen it comes to preserving movies, the digital revolution may turn out to be a catastrophe.
  22. movie review
    Movie Review: Exodus: Gods and KingsExodus: Gods and Kings is as uneven as Ridley Scott’s career.
  23. future of movies
    Who Is Behind Today’s Most Unique Documentaries?The Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab.
  24. vulture on set
    Life in Pictures: Tim Burton, on the Set of Big EyesHis film about the “complicated, weird relationship” between painter Walter Keane and his wife, Margaret. 
  25. sexpositions
    The 30 Most Important Sex Scenes in Movie HistoryFrom Brokeback Mountain to Don’t Look Now.
  26. The 30 Most Important Sex Scenes in Movie HistoryIncluding Brokeback Mountain, Don’t Look Now, and, naturally, Team America: World Police.
  27. movie review
    All Penguins of Madagascar Wants Is for You to Laugh at Its SillinessYou have to respect a kids’ cartoon that kicks off with a Werner Herzog joke.
  28. movie review
    Movie Review: Horrible Bosses 2Oddly, not many bosses to be found here.
  29. movie review
    Movie Review: The King and the MockingbirdSee it if you can.
  30. bloody brilliant
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: An Old-School Romance (with Persian Vampires)Is Ana Lily Amirpour’s movie the most original film of the year, or the most familiar?
  31. vulture transcript
    Gina Prince-Bythewood on Beyond the Lights“Just focus on faces, because love scenes are about the emotion that’s going on.”
  32. movie review
    The Homesman Is an Unromantic WesternTommy Lee Jones’s latest film presents the absurdity of civilization in a blank, beautiful wasteland.
  33. vulture lists
    15 Best Performances by Fake Noses on FilmSome truly giant, but great, nasal transformations.
  34. movie review
    Movie Review: Beyond the LightsGina Prince-Bythewood’s first movie since 2008 stars Nate Parker and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
  35. movie review
    Actress Is a Great Documentary — Fast, Alive, Ever-ChangingA portrait of actress Brandy Burre.
  36. movie review
    Jessabelle Is a Melancholy Little Horror FilmA wheelchair-bound young woman and a creepy Louisiana house.
  37. The 16 Best Space Movies Since 2001: A Space OdysseyGalaxy Quest is one of them.
  38. movie review
    You Might Suffer Emotional Whiplash Watching the Wonderful Big Hero 6A Disney movie based on a lesser-known Marvel comic.
  39. movies
    Why Michael Bay’s Benghazi Movie Might Be GoodIt could be like The Rock.
  40. appreciation
    The Forgotten Career of Director Jack ClaytonWhat makes The Innocents so powerful is the very thing that made Clayton’s films so distinctive.
  41. movie review
    For All Its Mysteries, Godard’s 3-D Goodbye to Language Has Real PowerBonus: It is a brisk 70 minutes.
  42. movie review
    Movie Revew: LaggiesDirected by Your Sister’s Sister’s Lynn Shelton.
  43. movie review
    Movie Review: HornsBased on Joe Hill’s 2010 novel.
  44. most valuable stars 2014
    Jennifer Lawrence and What It Means to Be Hollywood’s Top Female StarHow often has an actress been perceived as the biggest star in Hollywood?
  45. chat room
    Laura Poitras on Her Snowden Movie, Citizenfour“[It was] more dangerous than anything I’ve ever done, because of how high up it would go in terms of the people it would anger.”
  46. movie review
    Movie Review: White Bird in a BlizzardDirected by Gregg Araki.
  47. movie review
    Ouija Is Confident, Meat-and-Potatoes HorrorAnd that’s a lot harder to pull off than it sounds.
  48. movie review
    John Wick Is a Violent, Violent, Violent Film, But Oh-So BeautifulAt this point, Keanu Reeves can do stoic and haunted in his sleep.
  49. horror week
    Why David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive Is a Great Horror FilmDisagree all you want, but it’s deeply scary and disturbing.
  50. movie reviews
    Movie Review: Dear White PeopleThe film is hilarious, and just about everyone will wince with recognition at some point.
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