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  1. Marvel Dropped Some Juicy Reveals About Captain Marvel and Ant-Man and the WaspNew concept art reveals potential details from two of Marvel’s most anticipated films.
  2. villain performance review
    Did Charlize Theron’s Evil Plan in Fate of the Furious Make Any Sense?What, exactly, is she going to do with those nukes?
  3. star wars: the last jedi
    Honestly, How Dare Star Wars Not Show Us Laura Dern in SpaceImagine, for a moment, that you possess footage of Laura Dern in space. Would you keep it to yourself?
  4. feuds
    Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson Are Never Onscreen Together in Fate of the FuriousThe creative contortions Fate puts itself through will seem awfully familiar to anyone who’s a fan of CBS prestige dramas.
  5. gap years
    Why Did These Three Directors Make the Same Movie?Movies like Gifted, The Book of Henry, and A Monster Calls are starting to feel a little familiar.
  6. media narratives
    It’s Not Cool to Hate Anne Hathaway AnymoreWhy is it bad for a woman to be big, and to inhabit that space fully?
  7. chat room
    Personal Shopper’s Olivier Assayas on Kristen Stewart’s ‘Punk-Rock Energy’“Just watching her move and how she functioned, I thought she had something that was just so raw, so authentic, and so cinematic.”
  8. the awards show show
    What It Was Like Being in the Room at This Year’s Crazy Oscars CeremonyIn the season finale of The Awards Show Show, Kyle Buchanan and John Horn discuss what it was like being in the theater where it happened.
  9. oscars 2017
    How Did Moonlight Win Best Picture?To Moonlight’s voters, it simply mattered more.
  10. oscars 2017
    What Will You Do If Suicide Squad Wins an Oscar?It could happen. Prepare yourself.
  11. oscars 2017
    Vulture’s Oscar Predictions: What Movie Will Win in Each Category?From the super-close acting races to the tricky tech categories, we’ll try to help you win your Oscar pool.
  12. the sense of an ending and also a beginning
    Damien Chazelle’s Guide to Beginnings and EndingsThe La La Land director is Hollywood’s master of beginnings and endings. Here’s how he does it.
  13. the awards show show
    How This Year’s Oscar Movies Are Revamping Their Awards-Season NarrativesOn this week’s episode of The Awards Show Show, hosts Kyle Buchanan and John Horn look at films that have pivoted to new talking points.
  14. let’s talk about sex scenes
    Why Are American Directors So Bad at Sex?The gulf between how American directors present sex and how their colleagues across the pond do it has never been wider.
  15. chat room
    Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘Chase What Inspires You, and Finish It’“You’re talking to a guy who hasn’t moved out his neighborhood yet, and my characters seem to traverse oceans and change the world.”
  16. chat room
    Dev Patel on Oscar Attention, Typecasting, and Hair-Care Secrets“Everyone uses that term, ‘The film’s more relevant now than ever.’ And I get scared by that sometimes.”
  17. cross promotion
    The Best Actor in Fifty Shades Darker Is a Chronicles of Riddick PosterThis thing pulls focus even when it’s not in focus.
  18. the awards show show
    The Oscars Will Be More Political Than Ever This Year. That’s a Good Thing.In this episode of the Awards Show Show, Kyle Buchanan and John Horn discuss the politicized awards season.
  19. the awards show show
    Barry Jenkins Won’t Let You Pit Moonlight Against La La Land“I wasn’t on set thinking, ‘I’m going to make a film that can take down the ‘white, fascist musical.’”
  20. the rom com lives
    Why Young A-List Actresses Don’t Make Romantic Comedies AnymoreStars like Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan made their careers in rom-coms. Why have their successors stayed away?
  21. exclusive
    Turn Anne Hathaway Into a Monster With This Colossal SliderSlide over this image to make Anne a dancing beast.
  22. sundance 2017
    Meet the 15 Breakout Stars of Sundance 2017Including Emily Browning, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Jessica Williams.
  23. sundance 2017
    Which Sundance Films Will Be Awards-Season Contenders Next Year?Some of these could make history.
  24. sundance 2017
    Rooney Mara Eats Pie, Steals SundanceIn A Ghost Story, the actress downs an entire pie in two long shots.
  25. oscars 2017
    Could La La Land Win the Most Oscars Ever?Appraising the musical’s chances in every category.
  26. oscars 2017
    The Snubs and Surprises of the 2017 Oscar NominationsNot everyone was as lucky as La La Land.
  27. sundance 2017
    Why Sundance Fell in Love With the Gay Romance Call Me by Your NameThe Armie Hammer drama got a standing ovation.
  28. sundance 2017
    Sundance: Jessica Williams at the Women’s March“I am my ancestors’ dream,” she told the crowd.
  29. sundance 2017
    Kristen Stewart Makes a Mysterious Splash at Sundance With Her Directorial DebutWhat was it about? Well …
  30. oscar futures
    Vulture’s Final Oscar-Nomination PredictionsOur last best guess before the announcement.
  31. chat room
    Pharrell on Hidden Figures in a Post-Trump World“The uneducated or high-school-educated white male is fearful.”
  32. sundance 2017
    The 23 Most Anticipated Movies at Sundance This YearFeaturing young Han Solo, robot Jon Hamm, and a secret look at Donald Trump.
  33. chat room
    Andrew Garfield on Silence and ‘This Sick Man’ Donald Trump“The sickness, the toxicity, that is emanating out of his every pore — energetically, you can just feel it.”
  34. oscar futures
    After DGA and the Golden Globes, Who Comes Out Ahead for Oscar?Featuring Mel Gibson, Isabelle Huppert, Natalie Portman, and more changed fortunes.
  35. oscars 2017
    For Years, No One in Hollywood Wanted to Make La La Land “It’s the typical Hollywood story,” says director Damien Chazelle. “Everything falls apart.”
  36. oscar futures
    How Will La La Land’s Golden Globes Sweep Affect the Oscar Race?The movie might begin with a sequence set in deadlocked traffic, but from here, expect La La Land to enjoy a smooth journey to Oscar.
  37. the awards show show
    Which Shocking Oscar Nomination Might Actually Happen?Deadpool? Vince Vaughn? Colin Farrell?
  38. oscar futures
    Is There Really a La La Land Backlash?And will Martin Scorsese be left out in the cold?
  39. awards
    Who Should Win at the Golden Globes This Weekend?Moonlight or Manchester by the Sea? This Is Us or Game of Thrones?
  40. most anticipated of 2017
    58 Movies We’re Excited About in 2017Indie dramas, political comedies, and sequels to Guardians of the Galaxy and John Wick.
  41. the awards show show
    What Does the Creator of #OscarsSoWhite Make of This Awards Season?April Reign stops by The Awards Show Show to discuss why the industry can’t get complacent.
  42. chat room
    Mike Mills on Directing 20th Century Women“I’d rather watch people trying their hardest to understand each other instead of watching them be shitty to each other.”
  43. what to stream now
    Where to Stream Carrie Fisher’s Best Non–Star Wars WorkFisher may be best known as Princess Leia, but her legacy goes far beyond Star Wars. 
  44. the awards show show
    Crazy Ex’s Rachel Bloom Discusses La La LandIt’s the latest episode of The Awards Show Show podcast, which also includes our hosts’ year-end top-ten lists.
  45. chat room
    Kevin Costner Gets Candid About Hidden Figures“We didn’t have a lot of time for niceties, to be honest.”
  46. chat room
    Riz Ahmed on Rogue One, Sweeping Reshoots, and His Breakthrough Year“I’ve got to be honest, the character was a different character at one point.”
  47. star wars
    Are These Rogue One Characters Gay?Spoilers and speculation.
  48. the awards show show
    The Awards Show Show: What Are the Best Screenplays of the Year?Plus, a discussion of the SAG nominations.
  49. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Suddenly, Viggo Mortensen Comes On StrongAnd La La Land is dealt a blow.
  50. chat room
    Rogue One’s Ben Mendelsohn on Vader and His Cape“That cape is, and you’ll pardon my language, a motherf**king movie star.”
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