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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. appreciation
    Remembering Paul Walker, an Everyman With Leading-Man LooksHe was immediately relatable, which is rare for an actor so good-looking.
  2. movies
    Director James Wan on How Furious 7 Is Like Snow WhiteWhat the hell is James Wan doing directing a Fast and the Furious movie? 
  3. after midnight
    Martin Scorsese Remembers Shooting Taxi Driver in New York“We didn’t have to ‘dress’ the city to make it look hellish.”
  4. movies
    Movie Review: Welcome to New YorkI’m not the world’s biggest Abel Ferrara fan, but even I must admit that he seems like the ideal person to take on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.
  5. Movie Review: The Salt of the Earth Is a Look at Two Masters at WorkIt’s a fascinating meeting of three minds, and perspectives.
  6. chat room
    Errol Morris on His Early Films, and What He Thinks of The Jinx“I started The Thin Blue Line having no idea it was going to become The Thin Blue Line.”
  7. movie reviews
    Movie Review: Home Has Silly Aliens But Real EmotionsIt’s corny, but the corniness never feels cheap or opportunistic.
  8. movies
    Movie Review: Get HardGet Hard eventually becomes just one big prison-rape joke.
  9. movies
    Movie Review: You’ll Love Jauja, Even If You Don’t Understand Any of ItI’ve now seen it four times, and I don’t think I’m any closer to telling you what it’s all about.
  10. movies
    Movie Review: Accidental LoveIt’s something of a catastrophe.
  11. movie reviews
    In The Gunman, Sean Penn Atones for Liam Neeson’s SinsIt’s not smart enough to be a paranoid thriller, nor fun enough to be a blood-soaked action flick.
  12. movie reviews
    Backcountry Is a Subtle, Slow-Burn Thriller What makes Backcountry special is the care and patience it invests in its characters.
  13. movies
    The Cobbler Is Terrible, Even for an Adam Sandler MovieI so, so wanted The Cobbler to be good.
  14. movies
    Movie Review: 3 Hearts Is a Romance Shot Like a ThrillerI know this all sounds ridiculous, and it is.
  15. gifs
    The Complete Guide to Adam Sandler’s ActingAs a prelude to The Cobbler, in GIFs.
  16. movies
    HBO’s Scientology Exposé Going Clear Is Jaw-DroppingGoing Clear is spectacular stuff.
  17. movies
    Movie Review: Two Men in Town Has a Raging HeartIt’s playing on one tiny screen in New York, which is a shame.
  18. movies
    Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 Pretty Much OkayChances are, if you liked The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, you’ll like the second best one as well.
  19. movies
    Movie Review: Unfinished Business Is More Serious Than FunnyDoes Vince Vaughn do actual comedies anymore?
  20. movies
    The Lazarus Effect Is a Dopey Thriller That Wastes a Good CastThe Lazarus Effect is simultaneously too much and not enough.
  21. movies
    Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green Make the Western The Salvation WorthwhileThere’s nothing surprising about The Salvation, which is the most surprising thing about it.
  22. movie review
    Movie Review: Jack O’Connell Stars in ’71“’71 doesn’t always work, but when it does, it’s a blistering, gripping tale.” 
  23. Vulture’s Movie Critics Live-Blog the OscarsNew York and Vulture film critics David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri will be right here, voicing their approval and disgust of all the winners.
  24. movies
    Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Is a Depressing Retread“There were more laughs in Schindler’s List.”
  25. McFarland, USA Should Be a Terrible Movie, But It Will Win You OverIt comes by its emotions honestly and wins you over.
  26. movie review
    The DUFF Is a New High-School Comedy Classic“The cast will be stars, the gags will be immortal, and you’ll still be watching this movie years from now.”
  27. impassioned pleas
    Hollywood, For the Sake of Biopics, Stop Making So Many Biopics“In fact, over the last decade or so, the biopic has essentially become the comic-book movie of awards season.”
  28. Directors’ Cuts: 12 Movies That Were Better When They Got LongerHere are 12 examples of films that were later released in superior, significantly longer versions.
  29. ganja & mess
    Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Is the Strangest Film Spike Lee Has Ever MadeIt’s a mess, but it’s the kind of mess that only one of our greatest filmmakers could make.
  30. movie reviews
    The Rewrite Will Make You Miss the Old Hugh Grant“The Rewrite is only half a rom-com.”
  31. movie review
    Movie Review: Kingsman: The Secret ServiceKill, Britannia! 
  32. The 25 Best Romantic Comedies Since When Harry Met SallyOur film critics present 25 outside- and inside-the-box romantic comedies from the past 25 years.
  33. movie review
    Ryan Reynolds Isn’t Bad, But The Voices Is Unwatchable“[It] feels like something Sundance might have rejected as too trite 15 years ago.”
  34. promising performances
    The 6 Star Turns of Sundance 2015A much-deserved spotlight on actors and actresses whose work had the Utah movers and shakers thinking big.
  35. movie review
    Seventh Son Is As Boring As It GetsA strange movie that manages to be both ridiculous and bland.
  36. projects
    Found-Footage Movies Are in a Rut. Can the Genre Be Saved?It’s the aesthetic of our time, so why can’t anyone do anything interesting with it?
  37. sundance 2015
    The 18 Best Films From Sundance 2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Dope, and more. 
  38. movies
    Movie Review: Black or White Has Big Ideas But Not Much HumanityBlack or White isn’t so much an offensive movie as it is a pointless one.
  39. interview
    Director Abderrahmane Sissako Talks About the Humanity of Jihadists “The abnormal has become normal.”
  40. sundance 2015
    Sundance: Room 237 Director on His New Doc“Well, I guess we’re making a horror movie, and we’re just going to go for it.”
  41. sundance 2015
    Sundance Review: Results Reinvents the Rom-ComResults manages, in its own subtle, unassuming way, to reinvent the rom-com.
  42. sundance 2015
    Sundance Review: DFW Biopic The End of the TourWhen he first appeared onscreen, I worried.
  43. sundance 2015
    Sundance Review: Last Days in the DesertHe brings a surprising amount of sincerity to both seeker and snake.
  44. sundance 2015
    Sundance: Twisty-Turny Punk-Comedy-Thriller Dope Stands Out There’s a good reason that Rick Famuyiwa’s film has hit the festival like a neutron bomb.
  45. sundance 2015
    Sundance: Diary of a Teenage Girl Doesn’t ScoldAnd young star Bel Powley is staggeringly good in it.
  46. sundance 2015
    The Witch Places Viewers in Puritans’ MindsA place of terrors both imagined and real.
  47. sundance 2015
    Sundance: Z for Zachariah Doesn’t Live Up to Expectations The descent into a tepid thriller of sexual jealousy slowly negates the film’s abstract, almost metaphorical quality.
  48. movie review
    Movie Review: Red ArmyA new documentary looks at Russian hockey in the 20th century.
  49. Movie Review: Strange MagicWith a story by George Lucas.
  50. chat room
    Film Nerd Bill Hader on Preston Sturges“I think Preston Sturges did whatever the hell he wanted.”
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