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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. one perfect scene
    Ferrari’s Slow-Motion Crash in Nine StepsMichael Mann’s re-creation of a horrifying moment in car-racing history is one of the best cinematic sequences of the season.
  2. sundance 2024
    Love Lies Bleeding Needs More Than Violence and GrandeurRose Glass’s new thriller, starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian, is passionate and bold, but can rely too much on stylized glimpses of gore.
  3. sundance 2024
    Presence Is the Best Thing Steven Soderbergh’s Done in AgesIt’s an art film that also works as a spellbinding horror film.
  4. sundance 2024
    Love Me Asks Too Many QuestionsKristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star in an emo version of Wall-E that is furiously literal-minded.
  5. sundance 2024
    The Moving Ibelin Captures a Life Only Seemingly Half-LivedBenjamin Ree’s powerful new Sundance documentary gently uncovers a dying young man’s online life, full of love, connection, and humor.
  6. sundance 2024
    21 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at This Year’s Sundance Film FestivalThe horror movies we’re watching at midnight, a Kristen Stewart double feature, and the Lucy Liu and Julia Fox team-up of our dreams.
  7. vulture lists
    The 28 Best Movies Released During the January Dead ZoneJanuary is often thought of as Hollywood’s prime “dump month” — but sometimes it surprises us.
  8. action!
    The Second Annual Stunt Awards Are HereVulture’s yearly celebration of stunt professionals — and the action movies they make great — is back.
  9. jason statham
    The 25 Worst Ways to Be Killed by Jason StathamStatham has a unique ability to maintain his stone-faced demeanor in even the most ridiculous of fatal circumstances.
  10. movie review
    Netflix’s New Heist Movie Lift Wastes a Fun CastKevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Vincent D’Onofrio are trying to steal Jean Reno’s gold. Somehow, we don’t really care.
  11. movie review
    Killers of the Flower Moon Turns Out to Be the Simplest, Slipperiest of ThingsIt’s not Martin Scorsese’s western, and it’s not another gangster epic. It’s his marriage story.
  12. endings
    The ‘Unresolved’ Tensions at the End of Ferrari, Explained by Michael MannMichael Mann breaks down the moments that turn Ferrari from a racing picture into an intimate tale of parental grief.
  13. vulture lists
    The 39 Greatest Car Movies Ever MadeGearhead classics, modern blockbusters, art-house favorites, and even some genuine obscurities.
  14. movie review
    The Boys in the Boat Is Better Than You’ve HeardDirected by George Clooney, this period rowing drama is the kind of unfussy medium-budget prestige pic Hollywood rarely makes anymore.
  15. in conversation
    Michael Mann’s Decadeslong Drive to Make FerrariThe director on his inspiration rooms, clubbing with cocaine importers, and the obsessive research that went into his new movie.
  16. movie review
    In Ferrari, Adam Driver Is a Force of Steel, Asphalt, and DeathMichael Mann’s long-gestating movie is elegant and restless, with a sense throughout that something horrific is lurking around each corner.
  17. movie review
    The Push-Pull of Brutality and Joy at the Heart of The Color PurpleThe movie musical adaptation of the classic novel (and film) carves out its own path.
  18. movie review
    Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Are So Weirdly Right Together in MemoryNot a lot of Michel Franco’s somber drama makes sense, but it’s a movie clearly meant to be carried by its leads.
  19. movie review
    Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Is a Visionary SlogThe first part of his Star Wars–ish Netflix saga looks amazing but has lifeless characters and little excitement.
  20. movie review
    There’s No Heroism or Fantasy in John Woo’s Brutal Silent NightIn his latest action thriller, the director foregrounds grief and pain over the balletic mayhem of his previous work.
  21. movie review
    Maestro Is a Masterful Reconstruction That Remains Just ThatThe Leonard Bernstein biopic somehow proves that Bradley Cooper is a director of genuine vision, even though it’s not a particularly successful movie.
  22. movie review
    Alphaville ForeverJean-Luc Godard’s wildly influential 1965 film is restored and back in theaters. There’s still no other movie like it.
  23. movie review
    See Wim Wenders’s Anselm in 3-D So You Can Be Extra DisturbedThe director’s beautiful new film about Anselm Kiefer is more an experience than a documentary.
  24. movie review
    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Is No Chicken Run, But Really, What Is?Playing on Netflix, Aardman’s sequel to its 2000 animated hit might not fully capture the magic of the original, but it’s still fun.
  25. remembrance
    American Cinema’s Looking-Glass PrinceNo one played an emotionally stunted protagonist out of step with the world around him as well as the late Ryan O’Neal.
  26. a long talk
    What Makes an Alexander Payne Movie?The Holdovers director isn’t sure, but he’ll admit Downsizing might have been a TV series.
  27. movie review
    Days of Heaven and the Things That Don’t LastTerrence Malick’s 1978 wonder, maybe the most beautiful film of all time, is back in theaters.
  28. movie review
    Leave the World Behind Doesn’t Know What to Do With the ApocalypseSam Esmail’s thriller takes a lot of liberties with Rumaan Alam’s novel, but its changes are all for the worse.
  29. best of 2023
    A Year of Movie EndingsIn 2023, there were plenty of onscreen climaxes, but some of the industry’s most interesting denouements happened offscreen.
  30. best of 2023
    The Best Movies of 2023This year seemed to mark the end of a film era. Has another exploded out of the box already?
  31. movie review
    Todd Haynes’s May December Is a Deeply Uncomfortable MovieWatching it with an audience, I found myself cackling with delight. Stepping out into the rainy night, however, I felt like I needed to take a shower.
  32. movie review
    Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Heartbreaking Monster Hovers Between This World and the NextThere might be no better film about the indisputable fact that we never really know what someone else is going through.
  33. movie review
    Disney’s Wish Fails on Every LevelThe songs stink, the animation is a mess, the characters are bland, and the story makes no sense. Happy 100th anniversary, Disney!
  34. movie review
    Rustin Is a Solid History Lesson But Not a Particularly Good MovieColman Domingo is fantastic, however.
  35. movie review
    Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving Isn’t Terrible, and for That We Can Be ThankfulWe don’t watch movies like this wondering what’s going to happen next. We watch because we know what’s going to happen next.
  36. movie review
    Let Fallen Leaves’ Finnish Gloom Give You LifeThe great Aki Kaurismäki delivers one of his most charming films with this tale of missed romantic connections.
  37. chat room
    David Leitch Continues the Campaign for a Best Stunts OscarThe action director launched Stunt Previz Showdown, a strike-era competition for the people whose job it is to fight, fall, and fly onscreen.
  38. movie review
    Who Here Hasn’t Dreamed of Nicolas Cage?Dream Scenario starts off as a funny, thoughtful look at how we all live in public today.
  39. movie review
    Sly Is a Messy, Sincere Portrait of a Messy, Sincere ManThis documentary about Sylvester Stallone leaves a lot unsaid. But it does get at the heart of his career.
  40. movie review
    Visions of the CollapseFive Nights at Freddy’s wants to be scary, but it’s mostly just sad.
  41. movie review
    The Killer Could Be a Great Comedy If David Fincher Let ItThere’s a thin line between self-reflection and self-parody, and The Killer comes dangerously close to crossing it a few too many times.
  42. vulture lists
    The 46 Best Movies Over 3 Hours LongGot some extra time? Lose yourself in these cinematic spectacles.
  43. movie review
    A Heist Movie Like No OtherIn The Delinquents, two men rob a bank not to get rich but to free themselves of the demands of modern life.
  44. movie review
    In Once Within a Time, Godfrey Reggio Presents a Startling Vision of the WorldThe legendary, enigmatic director returns with what might be his most unusual film to date.
  45. 100 scares
    The 25 Greatest ‘Not Dead Yet!’ Scares in Movie HistoryWe rank the movies that made the best use of one of the most overused horror clichés: a presumed-dead villain coming back for one final shock.
  46. movie review
    We Don’t Talk Enough About the Bizarre Exorcist FilmsThe franchise, including David Gordon Green’s Exorcist: Believer, is a case study in the perils of massive initial success.
  47. vulture lists
    The 17 Best Robot Movies of All TimeEver since the early years of cinema — even before the term “robot” was coined, in fact — the movies have been obsessed with them.
  48. movie review
    There’s a Simple Enough Conceit in The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarA quaint, optimistically naive short kicks off Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl film series.
  49. the vampire
    ‘I Think Every Movie Is Political’El Conde director Pablo Larraín on using satire to confront a real-life monster and finding inspiration in so-called “bad” movies.
  50. best of the fests
    The 14 Best Movies We Saw at Venice and TIFF This YearFall festival season has brought a bounty of awards contenders, star-making performances, and must-see masterpieces.
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