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Mar. 12, 2024
The 53 Best Movies Under 90 Minutes
Sometimes you just want a good story, capably told with no time to waste.
book excerpt
Apr. 25, 2022
When Max Met Furiosa: An Oral History of Casting
Mad Max: Fury Road
The yearslong process of finding the right leads for George Miller’s Oscar winner involved dozens of future stars — and just as many what-ifs.
sequels
July 24, 2020
James Cameron, You’ll Be Missed
I’m not ready to lose Cameron to
Avatar
for the entire back half of his career.
star wars countdown
Dec. 17, 2019
This 5-Hour Yule-Log Video of Darth Vader Burning Is an Instant Holiday Classic
Just in time for the holidays!
beychella
Apr. 17, 2019
What It Was Like to Be in the Audience for Beyoncé’s Historic Coachella Show
What you missed at home.
trailer mix
Dec. 10, 2018
It’s a Kaiju Cornucopia in the New
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Trailer
Featuring Rodan, Ghidorah, and most fearsome of all, character actress Vera Farmiga.
movies
Nov. 28, 2018
So, Just How Violent Is Lars von Trier’s
The House That Jack Built
?
Well, if you really want to know … we hope you ate a light lunch.
movies
Sept. 14, 2018
Nicolas Cage x Nicolas Cage + Cocaine and Battle Axes =
Mandy
Scientists have perfected the formula for peak Cage.
fall preview 2018
Sept. 5, 2018
Will Lucas Hedges Survive the Fall?
He’s in three movies and making his Broadway debut — very neurotically — in
The Waverly Gallery
.
farewells
Aug. 21, 2018
Good-bye to Vulture
Kyle Buchanan’s last post.
exclusive
Aug. 20, 2018
Exclusive: How This Michael Shannon Music Video Became a Jeff Nichols Short Film
It also stars Garrett Hedlund and Scoot McNairy and is soundtracked to Lucero.
oscars
Aug. 13, 2018
Oscars: 8 Movies That Could Be Nominated for Best Blockbuster
From
A Quiet Place
to
Black Panther
, what do we expect to end up in this controversial new category?
oscars
Aug. 8, 2018
The Oscars Made Some Dumb Decisions Today
Why two new rules could hurt the Oscars instead of helping them.
Aug. 7, 2018
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Adds Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders
The two Marvel veterans are joining Tom Holland’s web-slinger.
cannes 2018
Aug. 7, 2018
Spike Lee on
BlacKkKlansman
and Not Taking the Bait on Kanye
“This motherf*cker goes off!”
burning questions
Aug. 6, 2018
Has Hollywood Ever
Seen
a Redhead Before?
Amber Heard in
Aquaman
and KJ Apa in
Riverdale
are only two of the latest, wildest fake redheads.
exclusive
Aug. 1, 2018
Watch Jaden Smith Shoot a Scary Skateboard Stunt in This
Skate Kitchen
Clip
It’s a moment from Crystal Moselle’s acclaimed new film.
exclusive
July 31, 2018
Watch Topher Grace’s Racist Ode to White America in This
BlacKkKlansman
Clip
Grace plays Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke in this exclusive from Spike Lee’s new movie.
facial hair
July 30, 2018
So, Was Henry Cavill’s
Mission: Impossible
Mustache Worth It?
His
Mission: Impossible
mustache may have screwed up
Justice League
, but consider the merits.
scotty and the secret history of hollywood
July 25, 2018
Big Stars and Blow Jobs: Inside the Juiciest Documentary in Years
The new film
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
peers into the sex lives of famous movie stars.
appreciations
July 24, 2018
God Bless Young Christine Baranski in
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The eerie accuracy of this actress is really quite something!
July 21, 2018
Wonder Woman 1984
: Everything We Saw at Comic-Con
Including some exclusive footage.
July 21, 2018
Shazam!
Trailer: The DC Universe Lightens Up
Featuring Zachary Levi in a superhero-take on
Big.
July 21, 2018
Aquaman
Trailer: Watch Jason Momoa Get Wet
Nicole Kidman is in there, too.
July 21, 2018
Watch the New
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Trailer
Johnny Depp came out on stage for a cameo at Comic-Con.
sdcc 2018
July 20, 2018
John Mulaney
Is
Spider-Ham
There’s a
pig
loose
in a
Spider-Man
costume!
July 20, 2018
How Jamie Lee Curtis Sort of Saved a Guy’s Life at Comic-Con
It involved knitting needles and screaming.
July 20, 2018
Glass
Trailer: M. Night Shyamalan Sequelizes
Split
and
Unbreakable
James McAvoy tangles with Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis.
July 19, 2018
Sterling K. Brown Fears Thomas Jane’s Bare Feet More Than Any Predator
“This is a white man who’s like, ‘F–k it.’”
san diego comic-con 2018
July 18, 2018
15 Burning Questions for This Week’s San Diego Comic-Con
What will the future of DC movies look like? Will we see footage from
Wonder Woman 1984
? And more.
career advice
July 16, 2018
Dwayne Johnson Needs to Find His Own James Cameron
If he wants to follow in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s footsteps, it’s time to work with a better director.
movies
July 12, 2018
Why Has the Romance Gone Out of Summer Movies?
Some of the biggest romantic classics came out in the summer, but this year hasn’t given us much.
queer cinema
July 9, 2018
What Is the Gayest Marvel Movie?
We ranked them, honey.
July 6, 2018
How
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Director Peyton Reed Wooed Michelle Pfeiffer
And how he really feels when Paul Rudd goes off to make an
Avengers
movie.
June 27, 2018
After Launching Jennifer Lawrence, Director Debra Granik Is Finally Back
Eight years after
Winter’s Bone
was nominated for Best Picture, Granik has a new narrative film. What has she been up to?
June 22, 2018
Why Do the
Jurassic World
Movies Keep Making Up Dinosaurs?
Justice for the dinosaurs that actually existed!
June 18, 2018
Why Holly Hunter Put Her Faith in
Incredibles 2
And the unique thing it has in common with
Batman v. Superman
.
June 14, 2018
Samuel L. Jackson Is in Most Movies, But He Wants Even More
The actor tells Vulture about
Incredibles 2
,
Captain Marvel
, and the long-awaited
Unbreakable
sequel.
June 11, 2018
How Brad Bird Steered
Incredibles 2
Through ‘Complete Chaos’
The director also talks about John Lasseter and the Iron Giant turning up in
Ready Player One
.
June 8, 2018
A Day With Ezra Miller, His Band, and an Oscar-Nominated Sloth
How music and radical honesty helped the
Justice League
actor figure himself out.
June 5, 2018
Watch the NSFW Trailer for the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Movie
London Fields
The movie has had a controversial road to release, to put it mildly.
May 30, 2018
Solo
Needed Way More of Donald Glover’s Lando
Why was he in it so little?
May 22, 2018
Jessica Chastain Challenged Cannes on Female Representation. Did Things Improve?
Even jury president Cate Blanchett noticed.
May 21, 2018
14 Things We Can’t Stop Thinking About After This Year’s Cannes Film Festival
The songs, murders, and lesbian love stories that have stuck with us.
May 19, 2018
Cate Blanchett’s Cannes Jury Awards
Shoplifters
, Spike Lee
Here’s the full list of winners.
May 19, 2018
At Cannes, Asia Argento Makes a Scalding Speech About Harvey Weinstein
She appeared at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, and did not hold back.
May 17, 2018
Watch the Wild Exclusive Trailer for the Killer Cannes Film
Knife + Heart
Vanessa Paradis stars in a slasher film set in the world of gay porn, with an M83 soundtrack.
May 16, 2018
Whitney Houston Bombshell: New Documentary Says Dee Dee Warwick Molested Houston
It’s an explosive new revelation from
Whitney
, which just premiered at Cannes.
May 16, 2018
Gaspar Noé Can’t Believe Everyone Loves His New Film
Climax
“I’m so used to bad reviews!”
May 15, 2018
‘That Motherfucker’: Read Spike Lee’s Passionate Anti-Trump Monologue at Cannes
At the press conference for his film
BlacKkKlansman
, Lee was left shaken after this five-minute speech.
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