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.
You Won’t Forget the Faces of DaughtersThe Netflix documentary is full of worthy, moving ideas. But the way the directors have shot and assembled this material takes it to another level.
Borderlands Is a Total CatastropheOne of the strangest things about so many of these studio salvage-job disasters is that we’re often left wondering: What happened to the salvaging?
Longlegs Is Mostly TerrifyingThis tense, odd thriller mines the horror of ordinary people compelled to do terrible things — an unnerving reflection of modern anxieties.
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The Discomforting Legacy of Wendy TorranceShelley Duvall’s performance in The Shining is just one of the many bold, perplexing aspects of Stanley Kubrick’s beloved adaptation.
I Never Want to See This Movie AgainThe Devil’s Bath, a twisted horror drama from the directors of Goodnight Mommy, is both deeply captivating and deeply upsetting.
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Dakota Johnson Is Actually Great in DaddioSean Penn is better than he’s been in years in Christy Hall’s old-fashioned strangers-in-a-cab drama. But Johnson nearly acts him off the screen.
What Exactly Was Mad Max Doing in Furiosa?Tom Hardy’s Fury Road stunt double appears as Mad Max in one brief cameo. But George Miller might have plans to explain this little passage.
The 12 Best Movies We Saw at Cannes This YearA Brighton Beach stripper saga, an absurdist Canadian satire, a body-horror fable, and all the movies we’ll be yelling about in the months to come.
