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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
    Movie Review: Camp X-RayA near-chamber piece between a guard and Guantánamo Bay detainee.
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    Movie Review: The Best of MeStarring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan.
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    The Book of Life Makes Death Look Downright FunAn animated film that celebrates Mexico and Mexican culture.
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    Movie Review: The Tale of the Princess KaguyaFrom the other mad genius of Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata.
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    Terrible, Horrible Is Funny, Fast, CharmingAn adaptation of the beloved children’s book.
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    Bill Murray Barely Saves the Incredibly Obvious St. VincentThis movie might as well have been written by a computer.
  7. new york film festival 2014
    Winter’s Bone’s Debra Granik on Her New Doc“I will always face the conundrum that the subjects I’m attracted to aren’t essentially commercial.”
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    Dracula Untold Is Maleficent for DudesA revisionist prequel to the classic vampire tale.
  9. chat room
    Cronenberg on How All of His Films Are Comedies“At Cannes, someone said, ‘Have you ever considered making a comedy?’ And I said, ‘I’ve done nothing but.’”
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    Men, Women, & Children Fails to Connect the DotsA noble attempt at documenting how we’re all connected falters.
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    The Blunt, Lifeless Annabelle Feels Familiar — Too FamiliarA spooky-doll spinoff of The Conjuring.
  12. movie review
    Left Behind Is Biblical in Its SillinessA complete botch.
  13. movies
    It’s Been an Amazing Year for Animated Films — You Just Haven’t Realized It YetWe all know about The Lego Movie. But the year’s most excellent movies have gone woefully underseen.
  14. movie review
    The Two Faces of January Is a Suspense-Free TravelogueStarring Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Oscar Isaac.
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    Movie Review: The BoxtrollsFrom the animation studio that gave us Coraline and ParaNorman.
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    Movie Review: Jimi: All Is by My SideWritten and directed by 12 Years a Slave’s John Ridley.
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    Movie Review: The Zero TheoremStarring Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Thierry.
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    Movie Review: 20,000 Days on EarthWe’re not getting the real Nick Cave in this movie, but nobody’s really pretending we are.
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    Movie Review: TuskIt’s Kevin Smith’s most personal film.
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    Not Knowing Anything About The Maze Runner Isn’t a Bad Way to See ItYou experience the crazy story in real time.
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    Downton’s Cousin Matthew Is Great at Lying in The GuestDan Stevens gets creepy.
  22. chat room
    David Lynch Thinks No One Will Ever Agree on What Eraserhead Is About“The interpretation of what it’s all about has never been my interpretation.”
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    Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs Finds Horror in StillnessWe’re in the care of a master here.
  24. 12 of Jessica Chastain’s Movie Roles, RankedRemember when nobody knew who the heck she was?
  25. movie review
    No Good Deed Is a Sadistic MessStarring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson.
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    Dolphin Tale 2 Feels Special in Its Own Modest WayA well-crafted family flick that gets the job done, then gets out of the way. 
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    Movie Review: God Help the GirlWritten and directed by Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch.
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    The Elvis-Inspired The Identical Is a Hot, Holy MessA lot of mixed messages here.
  29. movies
    Joan Rivers Directed a Film About a Pregnant ManIt was Crystal’s first starring role.
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    Life of Crime Doesn’t Transcend Its Haphazard StorySolid cast, but the story’s kind of deflating.
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    You Won’t Have Any Idea What Is Happening in As Above, So BelowOn the limitations of the found-footage horror subgenre.
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    The November Man Is the Spy-Movie Equivalent of Airport ReadingStarring Pierce Brosnan.
  33. movie review
    To Be Takei Lets Its Charming Subject Take OverA documentary by Jennifer M. Kroot.
  34. movie reviews
    If I Stay Won’t Give You All the FeelsBut the first half is sort of interesting.
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    When the Game Stands Tall Is Good at Football, Bad at DramaWhat if God were a high-school football coach?
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    Movie Review: Dinosaur 13This documentary details a battle between a group of scientists and the U.S. government over a T. rex fossil.
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    Frank Is a Surprisingly Earnest Movie About a Giant Mask(Yes, it’s Michael Fassbender inside that giant head.)
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    The Expendables 3 Makes the First 2 Movies Look Like Seven SamuraiStarring like 17 old guys.
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    The Giver Feels Like Stock DystopiaStarring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep in an adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel.
  40. remembrances
    Terry Gilliam on a Hard Scene for Robin Williams“Robin was tearing his guts out emotionally.”
  41. movie review
    Sorry, Let’s Be Cops, But No One Wants to Be a Cop This WeekStarring Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr.
  42. obits
    Lauren Bacall: From Construct to Screen PresenceYou don’t forget the first time you saw Lauren Bacall.
  43. vulture lists
    The 16 Best Robin Williams Movie PerformancesA treasured selection of our favorite Lost Boy’s goofy, manic, and poignant roles.
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    What Now? Remind Me Shows That Cinema Can Repair the SoulA weird, majestic video diary of a year in the life of the HIV-positive Joaquim Pinto.
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    What If Is a Wonderful Millennial RomanceThanks to its cast.
  46. movie reviews
    If Only Step Up: All In Didn’t Have to Include a PlotBecause the dancing is awesome.
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    The Hundred-Foot Journey Is a Moving Piece of Food PornFrom the director of Cider House Rules and Chocolat.
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    Into the Storm Is a Witless, Wild Ride for Disaster-Film JunkiesFunnel clouds on the horizon!
  49. editorials
    Dear Hollywood: Enough With the Orbs … and the Cubes … and the TesseractsThese are some of the lamest MacGuffins in all of cinema.
  50. movie review
    Movie Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesMichael Bay is going to remake every ‘80s cartoon into a giant action spectacular, isn’t he?
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