Bilge Ebiri Author Archive
Give A Gift
MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Bilge Ebiri

Movie Critic
See all their articles from across New York Magazine

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
    Slalom Is a Portrait of Abuse That Denies Easy AnswersA lovely, disturbing film set in the world of competitive skiing, from French director Charlène Favier.
  2. movie review
    The First Cinematic Masterpiece of 2021 Is HereMade in the small African nation of Lesotho, This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is adventurous, essential viewing.
  3. movie review
    Godzilla vs. Kong Is Heart-Stoppingly Stupid But Sporadically EntertainingWhatever. King Kong has a magic axe now. Enjoy!
  4. movie review
    Netflix’s Bad Trip Might Help You Feel Better About Our Broken NationEither that, or it will annoy the sh*t out of you.
  5. ooh it’s them!
    The 32 Greatest Character Actors Working TodayWe asked critics and Hollywood creators: Which supporting players make everything better?
  6. movie review
    The Courier Is an Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Elevated by Two Great PerformancesBenedict Cumberbatch and Merab Ninidze are terrific in this based-on-fact tale of the Cold War.
  7. movie review
    The Snyder Cut Contains the Best and Worst of Zack SnyderThis is an undeniably passionate and moving work. But you may not want to endure it in one sitting.
  8. movie review
    Think of Netflix’s Sentinelle As John Wick on the RivieraDon’t let this hidden Netflix action gem slip through the cracks this weekend.
  9. movie review
    Come True Will Haunt Your Dreams and Ruin Your NightsFun with nightmares and sleep paralysis.
  10. interview
    Behind the 25-Year Friendship That Gave Birth to Netflix’s The White TigerA chat with Aravind Adiga and Ramin Bahrani.
  11. movie review
    The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Will Make You a Better PersonIt’s Thelma and Louise meets The Quick and the Dead meets Inception meets Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar meets Inherit the Wind.
  12. movie review
    Chaos Walking Needs More Chaos, Less WalkingTom Holland and Daisy Ridley on the run from Mads Mikkelsen and his son Nick Jonas. Why isn’t this a masterpiece?
  13. movie review
    Coming 2 America Is Both Figuratively and Literally a Nostalgia TourYou should probably bone up on the first movie before you watch it.
  14. q&a
    Oscar Hopeful Fernando Frías Has the RangeThe director of the shortlisted Ya No Estoy Aquí on his stunning film, formative years, and Los Espookys.
  15. movie review
    The United States vs. Billie Holiday Is an Inert History LessonAndra Day is great in the title role, however.
  16. movie review
    How Not to Make a Tom and Jerry MovieA cluttered, awkward, pandering mess.
  17. legacies
    The Greatest Godfather Ending of Them AllCoppola closed his trilogy with a grandiose, explosive ending that works not just as a finale to a single film, but to the entire series.
  18. the art of ending things
    The 101 Greatest Endings in Movies HistoryGood finales offer catharsis. The best deny us closure altogether.
  19. movie review
    Great Performances and a Stunning Ending Can’t Quite Save The MauritanianJodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, and Benedict Cumberbatch all do good work in this real-life legal drama, but the movie falls flat.
  20. movie review
    Oof, What Are We to Do with Sia’s New Movie, Music?It’s not just controversial, it’s also quite terrible.
  21. movie review
    Louise Linton’s Sex-Cannibal Comedy Is Here, and It Is Not GoodMe You Madness is a nonstop deluge of overwritten rants and underbaked humor.
  22. movie review
    Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar Arrives Preordained for Cult StatusIt features Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr., and a sage old crab named Morgan Freemand.
  23. movie review
    A Glitch in the Matrix Is a Riveting Look at Whether Our World Is a SimulationBut it’s really about just how utterly weird life is.
  24. a long talk
    With News of the World, Paul Greengrass Went for OptimismAfter making Bloody Sunday and the Bourne films, the director of the new Tom Hanks Western says he’s interested in what a road to healing looks like.
  25. movie review
    Netflix’s The Dig Goes Deep on Human ExistenceRalph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan star in this surprisingly moving period drama.
  26. movie review
    Maybe Justin Timberlake Wasn’t the Right Man to Play an Angry Ex-Con in Palmer.Sometimes, having your heart in the right place isn’t enough to make a great movie.
  27. stonks!
    I’m Sorry, What Is Going on With GameStop and AMC?An answer for idiots, by idiots.
  28. movie review
    Netflix’s The White Tiger Is a Brutal, Powerful Tale of Ambition and CorruptionRamin Bahrani, one of our great directors, adapts Aravind Adiga’s international best seller.
  29. movie review
    In The Marksman, Liam Neeson Idles in PlaceHe only kicks a moderate amount of ass in this one.
  30. movie review
    Acasa, My Home Shows the Poetry and Peril of a Life Off the GridA beautiful, bittersweet documentary from Romania.
  31. movie review
    The Gorgeous, Moving News of the World Features Tom Hanks at His BestA Western from the director of Captain Phillips and The Bourne Ultimatum, if you can believe that.
  32. a long talk
    The Unspeakable Personal Tragedy That Inspired Another RoundDirector Thomas Vinterberg says his drama about addiction became life-affirming because, in many ways, he and his cast needed it to be.
  33. movie review
    The Dissident Is a Grisly Look at the Life and Death of Jamal KhashoggiIt’s a complex, damning portrait of how Saudi Arabia dealt with a citizen who turned on the regime.
  34. a long talk
    Paul W.S. Anderson Is the King of Violent, Relentless, Go-for-Broke ThrillersHis movies that were once dismissed by critics have retroactively gained respect. But he hasn’t forgotten those early reviews.
  35. coming attractions
    65 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2021In fact, we couldn’t wait to see a lot of them last year. But here we still are.
  36. our action hero
    The Ordinary-Guy Action Movie Lives On, Thanks to Gerard ButlerOne of our most underrated and likable screen presences discusses his love for a nearly extinct kind of disaster picture.
  37. movie review
    In The Midnight Sky, George Clooney the Director Fails George Clooney the ActorBut Clooney the actor almost saves Clooney the director’s butt, so there’s that.
  38. our streaming future
    Is It a Movie or Is It TV? And Does Anyone Really Care?After nearly a year of watching everything on the same damn screen, four critics attempt to talk through an unkillable debate.
  39. movie review
    Monster Hunter Is Loud, Unapologetic FunIt’s filled with scary monsters, gnarly weapons, and terrific visual storytelling.
  40. movie review
    Greenland Might Actually Be Too EffectiveI wanted to see Gerard Butler fight a comet named Clarke. Instead, I got a real movie.
  41. movie review
    Wolfwalkers Will Charm You. Wolfwalkers Will Save You.Prepare to be astonished by this animated film from Ireland.
  42. in conversation
    Francis Ford Coppola Is Still Going for BrokeHis recut of The Godfather: Part III is one of his most personal projects yet, but it’s far from his last.
  43. best of 2020
    The Best Movies of 2020The screens looked different, but the films kept coming. Here, our critics celebrate the greatest of our pandemic year.
  44. movie review
    Steven Soderbergh and Meryl Streep Went on a Luxury Cruise and Made a Good MovieLet Them All Talk is a charming comedy that gets at some personal truths.
  45. the quarries
    The First (And Dear God, It Better Be the Last) QuarriesIn which we award the most original, absurd, scrappy, and ingenious works that shaped our year in quarantine.
  46. movie review
    Let Us Now Praise Riz Ahmed in Sound of MetalIs there an actor who is more interesting to look at these days?
  47. the canon
    The Rise (and Fall) of Citizen Kane As the Greatest Movie Ever MadeHow did Orson Welles’s film become so firmly established at the top of the canon in the first place?
  48. movie review
    The Croods 2 Isn’t Nearly As Fun As Just Repeatedly Saying ‘The Croods’ Out LoudParty on, Croods!
  49. movie review
    The Climb Is the Opposite of a BromanceIt’s a very funny movie about some very serious things.
  50. movie review
    The Santa Action Flick Fatman Is Too Enamored of Its Own ConceptOkay, okay, we get it. It’s got Mel Gibson playing angry Santa Claus.
More Articles