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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: Brick MansionsIt’s still tough watching Paul Walker repeatedly crash cars into walls.
  2. interview
    Documentarian Marshall Curry on Point and ShootThis year’s Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.
  3. movie review
    Movie Review: The Other WomanStarring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton.
  4. Ebiri on A Haunted House 2: A Movie-Length Nervous BreakdownMarlon Wayans sort of goes crazy in this sequel to his last spoof movie.
  5. movie review
    Movie Review: TranscendenceStarring Johnny Depp as a brain uploaded to a computer.
  6. movie review
    Movie Review: ManakamanaFrom the makers of last year’s Leviathan.
  7. brief histories
    Under the Skin and a History of Art-Horror FilmArt-horror films tend to rely more on atmosphere and style to create an unnerving experience than on actual “scares.”
  8. movie review
    Ebiri: Kristen Wiig’s Presence Is Too Much for Hateship LoveshipShe can’t help but draw attention to herself.
  9. chat room
    Jim Jarmusch on Only Lovers Left Alive“If you and I were alive for 500, 1,000, 2,000 years, we would certainly appear as snobs to everyone else.”
  10. movie review
    Movie Review: Rio 2Starring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway.
  11. movie review
    Review: Salsa Dance Movie Cuban FuryStarring Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, and Chris O’Dowd.
  12. movie review
    Movie Review: Alan PartridgeIt’s too much to ask the hilarious Alan Partridge to carry a movie.
  13. movie review
    Movie Review: Dom HemingwayJude Law stars as the title character.
  14. anniversaries
    15 Years Later, The Matrix Still Has UsThe movie remains a singular cinematic experience.
  15. movie review
    Movie Review: SabotageStarring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  16. movie review
    Movie Review: Cesar ChavezStarring Michael Peña and directed by actor Diego Luna.
  17. movie review
    Ebiri on Cheap Thrills: A Cruel Tale, Carried Along by Actor Pat HealyA new thriller, directed by E.L. Katz.
  18. movie review
    Movie Review: The Raid 2This director means it when he yells, “Action!”
  19. movie review
    Ebiri on Jodorowsky’s Dune: The Head Trip That Wasn’tThe loving doc makes you feel like you saw the wild, psychedelic Frank Herbert adaptation that never got off the ground.
  20. movie review
    Ebiri on Rob the Mob, a Surprisingly Human Crime CaperAs a dim crook robbing mafia clubs, Michael Pitt is refreshingly complex.
  21. film festivals
    Ebiri: Why Is One of New York’s Best Film Festivals Mostly Unknown?Since 2000, the New York International Children’s Film Festival has sold out every screening in advance.
  22. movie review
    Ebiri: Muppets Most Wanted Succeeds If You Don’t Expect Too Much“We’re doing a sequel/That’s what we do in Hollywood/And everybody knows/The sequel’s never quite as good.”
  23. movie review
    Movie Review: Ernest & CelestineThis French-Belgian animated film was nominated for an Academy Award.
  24. movie review
    Ebiri on The Single Moms Club: Focus, Tyler Perry, Focus!The latest from the prolific writer-director-producer.
  25. movie review
    Ebiri on Bad Words: A Lot Darker and More Twisted Than You Might ExpectIn his directorial debut, Jason Bateman plays an A-hole who enters a children’s spelling bee.
  26. movie review
    Movie Review: Need for SpeedStarring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul as a racer looking for revenge.
  27. movie review
    Movie Review: Journey to the WestCo-directed by Derek Kwok, this is one of those movies that dares to mix unspeakable horror with laugh-out-loud slapstick.
  28. movie review
    Movie Review: 300: Rise of an EmpireThe sequel to the 2006 beefcake spectacle.
  29. movie review
    Ebiri: Mr. Peabody and Sherman Provides Anachronistic YuksThe Rocky & Bullwinkle Show segment about a nerdy kid and his talking brainiac dog gets a CG reboot.
  30. reality rumble
    Producer Chris Moore Talks Project Greenlight “It’s a massive wish-fulfillment thing.”
  31. oscars 2014
    Vulture’s Movie Critics David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri Live-Blog the OscarsJoin them as they voice their approval and disgust all through the ceremony.
  32. movie review
    Ebiri on The Bag Man: Whatever You Do, Don’t Look InsideA film noir starring Robert De Niro and John Cusack that wants you to ask, “What’s in the bag?” but instead makes you think, Where’s the exit?
  33. movie review
    Ebiri on Stalingrad: A Strangely Lifeless 3-D War MovieIn this Russian film, one of World War II’s bloodiest battles gets the 300 treatment.
  34. movie review
    Ebiri: Son of God Is a Slog to SalvationThis isn’t even the millionth greatest story ever told.
  35. movie review
    Ebiri on 3 Days to Kill: A Comic-Tragic-Sentimental Genre Hodgepodge Starring Kevin Costner in ass-kicking Euro-movie mode.
  36. movie review
    Movie Review: PompeiiDirector Paul W.S. Anderson’s latest is gloriously exciting kitsch.
  37. backlash to the backlash
    25 Best Romantic Comedies: Ebiri on 10 Omissions Readers Are Angriest AboutMad about our Reese-less list? Think leaving out You’ve Got Mail is lamer than using AOL? Want to get into a froth about Love Actually? Read on.
  38. movie review
    Ebiri on About Last Night: Laughter Is the Quickest Way to the HeartStarring Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Joy Bryant, and Regina King.
  39. chat room
    Joel Kinnaman on RoboCop and His Day With Malick“I’d be on page 12 of my 17-page monologue, and I’d turn around and see that he was 100 yards away, shooting a pink dog.”
  40. deep dives
    The LEGO Movie is Practically CommunistPushing back against the age of empowerment.
  41. movie review
    Ebiri on The Lego Movie: A Spectacle of Pure, Freewheeling JoyIt’s the kind of animated free-for-all that comes around very rarely, if ever.
  42. movie review
    Ebiri on At Middleton: A College Visit, a Daylong RomanceThis is a modest movie with modest aims, but at times it feels like a small miracle.
  43. movie review
    Movie Review: Tim’s VermeerThis documentary asks the question, “Can just anyone make art?”
  44. movie review
    Movie Review: That Awkward MomentCo-starring Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan.
  45. movies
    Ebiri: An Argument For Longer Movie TrailersMaking them shorter might just make them even more cookie cutter than they currently are.
  46. movie review
    Movie Review: VisitorsVisitors is far from Godfrey Reggio’s best film, but it’s a haunting one nonetheless.
  47. movie review
    Ebiri: Whatever Its Politics, Gimme Shelter Fails on Multiple LevelsStarring Vanessa Hudgens, Brendan Fraser, and James Earl Jones.
  48. movie review
    Ebiri on Stranger by the Lake: A Cold, Cruel, Beguiling MysterySet entirely at a lakeside hot spot for cruising gay men, the film starts off like an odd romance before turning into a mystery.
  49. looking back
    To Understand the Modern Crime Thriller, Watch Michael Mann’s ThiefMann’s 1981 debut is the forerunner of dozens of movies and TV shows.
  50. movie review
    Ebiri on The Nut Job: The Most Genuinely Mischievous Kids’ Movie in YearsA delightfully goofy slapstick cartoon with a surprisingly dark heart.
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