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Rachel Handler is a features writer at Vulture and New York Magazine who covers movies, TV, music, pop culture, and bucatini. She was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2020.

  1. after yang
    Colin Farrell Gets His Ex Machina Dance Moment at CannesOne has not lived until one has seen Farrell, solemn, in a full-body jumpsuit, doing a competitive TikTok challenge in After Yang.
  2. math
    An Important Note About Marry Me’s Math Competition in Peoria, IllinoisIt is the only part of the film that makes sense, yet it also fails spectacularly.
  3. a star is born
    The Worst Person in the World’s Glowing Reviews Made Renate Reinsve PukeThe Norwegian actress leads Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World. Her performance (and that tampon scene) is grabbing attention.
  4. vulture investigates
    What Do Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley ‘Agree to Disagree’ About?A quest to find out where her political (and astrologically sensitive) beliefs begin and his unchecked viral load ends.
  5. role call
    Julie Delpy Answers Every Question We Have About 2 Days in ParisOn tricking studio executives into making movies, dodging the word “crazy” throughout her career, and why she thinks she might be Larry David.
  6. sundance 2022
    18 Sundance Movies We Can’t Wait to Watch (from Home)From horror stories to news-breaking documentaries, here’s what’s we’re watching this year.
  7. vulture quiz
    Quiz: Which Cult Are You In?Do you worship Search Party’s Dory, Yellowjackets’ haunted forest, or the almighty dollar over all else?
  8. behind the seams
    How to Dress Like Alana Haim in Licorice PizzaThe costume team behind Licorice Pizza on the details of Alana Haim’s vintage ’70s fits, from babydoll dresses to halter tops and miniskirts.
  9. just look up
    I Rocket-Launched Myself Into Ariana Grande’s Outer SpaceFor the sake of beauty and the future of humanity.
  10. chekhov’s peloton
    Should Carrie Have Called 911? We Asked a Cardiologist.“This is a goddamn travesty.”
  11. she’s a maid
    Literally Any Meet-Cute Can Happen in a New York City Rom-ComEven if it could never happen.
  12. a blog for christmas
    An Attempt to Make Sense of This Year’s Netflix Christmas MoviesDiving deep into the similarities, differences, merits, and crimes against humanity of four holiday rom-coms.
  13. 😇 😇
    A Long Talk With the Hot Gay Nuns of BenedettaVirginie Efira and Daphné Patakia discuss working alongside Paul Verhoeven, the feminist bona fides of their movie, and Virgin Mary dildos.
  14. a long talk
    ‘Should I Call You Daddy?’How C’mon C’mon director Mike Mills convinced Joaquin Phoenix to father his movie son.
  15. emergency discussion
    A Few Serious Questions About The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the StarWhat is atonement, and why does it mainly involve other people pretending to be blonde like you?
  16. dyune
    A Brief Ode to Sand, a Powerful Cinematic SupervillainForget the lusty sea, it’s time to recognize sand, and then run away from her, screaming.
  17. scary
    Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ Is a Song About Her PoltergeistMany people, including Adele, are saying that her new song, “Easy On Me,” is about her divorce. Unfortunately, it is about a vengeful demon.
  18. between friends
    All the Things That Went Unsaid During the Making of Bergman IslandMia Hansen-Løve and Vicky Krieps on motherhood, the bad-dad allure of Ingmar Bergman, and their unspoken connection.
  19. profile
    Under Her SkinJulia Ducournau lets us in on the years of fury, angst, and comedy that fueled the Palme d’Or–winning, genre-smashing Titane.
  20. encounter
    You Don’t Know Amalia UlmanThe enigmatic artist cast herself and her mother in her new movie, El Planeta, set in her hometown. She swears it’s fiction anyway.
  21. a long talk
    A Conversation With Jessica Chastain and Liv UllmannChastain reprises Ullmann’s role in the Ingmar Bergman classic Scenes From a Marriage. Their approaches couldn’t be more different.
  22. the void
    All Your Questions About Adam Driver Singing During Cunnilingus, AnsweredDoes he belt directly into Marion Cotillard’s vagina in Annette, or nah?
  23. the hugh files
    Hugh Jackman’s Unquenched Thirst for Women Displaced in TimeAn unholy pattern has emerged.
  24. the big hippo
    A Real Jungle Cruise Operator Reviews Jungle CruiseA former Disney World skipper compares his experience on a simulated river cruise to the Rock’s. (Spoiler: They both carried guns.)
  25. cannes 2021
    The Best Movies Out of Cannes Are Slow, Introspective, and Utterly BonkersThis year’s French film festival was a polar-bear plunge back into the world of cinema.
  26. cannes 2021
    Titane Director Julia Ducournau Doesn’t See Herself As a Provocateur“Honestly, I think if I were a man, nobody would say that.”
  27. cannes 2021
    100 Bewildering Hours at CannesThe most glamorous film festival remains unchanged — except for that pesky Delta variant.
  28. cannes 2021
    Everything You Need to Know About Aline, the Unofficial Celine Dion BiopicIn which a 57-year-old Valérie Lemercier plays the singer at all ages of life, including 5 years old.
  29. cannes 2021
    Bergman Island Is for the Ingmar Bergman HeadsLet Mia Hansen-Løve explain you to yourself.
  30. cannes 2021
    The Wildest Moments from Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven’s Lesbian Nunsploitation FilmPaul Verhoeven’s latest Cannes movie is an onslaught of graphic sex, graphic deaths, elaborate nun gossip, and incredibly groomed pubic hair.
  31. cannes 2021
    Val Kilmer Is Finally the Main CharacterThe actor says he’s been filming himself for decades, and now his footage is a surprising and strange documentary, Val.
  32. cannes 2021
    Against All Odds, Cannes Film Festival Is BackHere are the 12 movies we’re excited to see on the Croisette this year.
  33. a long talk
    Zola Is Janicza Bravo’s Comic Horror ShowThe director sees the Twitter thread turned movie as both a classic comedy and a singular white nightmare.
  34. cars go smash
    A Desperate Attempt to Make Sense of Life, Death, and the Fast FamilyNotes on F9, and incest, from someone who hasn’t seen any of the other movies.
  35. cannes 2021
    Julia Ducournau’s Titane Trailer Wants to Knock Us Out Cold AgainThe French writer-director’s second feature, about a woman on some kind of metal-related rampage, will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
  36. lorde
    Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ Was Inspired by Larry David’s Vacation HomeShe was “on Martha’s Vineyard with my good friend Cazzie, staying at her house.”
  37. emmys 2021
    Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer on Sea Blobs and Checking in With Jules in Quarantine“She became a vehicle for working through things I was thinking about at her age and haven’t finished processing.”
  38. encounter
    The Sopranos Star Aida Turturro Finds Her Second Calling on Cameo“When I’m old and gray, I’ll be going, ‘Look, they liked me! They said they liked me!’ ”
  39. role call
    Regina Hall Answers Every Question We Have About Support The GirlsThe actress looks back on that pivotal role, as well as her psychic premonitions, the arc of her career, and her incredible 50th birthday video.
  40. coping mechanisms
    An Ode to the People in My Workout VideoI have made 11 friends during the pandemic. All of them, coincidentally, happen to be characters in my workout video.
  41. page to screen
    Made For Love’s Creators on Adapting a Uniquely Weird Book to Equally Weird TVNovelist Alissa Nutting and showrunner Christina Lee on making satire both timely and timeless and the need to present sci-fi through a female lens.
  42. profile
    Molly Gordon Didn’t Mean to Steal That SceneThe Shiva Baby co-star is thrilled to be a supporting player, but she’s got big theater-kid ambitions.
  43. q&a
    Come True Sees Straight Into Your NightmaresWe talked to writer-director Anthony Scott Burns about the glowing-eyed men in our dreams, sleep paralysis, Twin Peaks and his film’s divisive ending.
  44. a long talk
    Almodóvar on The Human Voice, a Film Inspired by ‘Desperation’“I can’t see myself writing about a happy woman.”
  45. that’s nuts
    The Golden Globes Were an Edge-of-Your-Seat Psychological ThrillerThe award for Best TV Series, Drama, should have gone to the awards ceremony itself.
  46. q&a
    How The Descent Ended Up With Two Famously Bleak EndingsWriter-director Neil Marshall breaks down his horror film’s alternate conclusions — and which one he thinks is the worse fate.
  47. the art of ending things
    The 101 Greatest Endings in Movies HistoryGood finales offer catharsis. The best deny us closure altogether.
  48. seat belt when i ride it
    A Brief History of Ariana Grande’s Obsession With Driving MetaphorsOn “test drive,” the pleasures of the open road draw Ari back again.
  49. chat room
    Minari’s 8-Year-Old Breakout Star Thought Being in a Movie Would Be Kinda NiceAfter Steven Yeun, who does Alan Kim want to act with next? “Honestly, I’d go with anybody.”
  50. french exit
    Group Therapy With Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas HedgesThe French Exit co-stars discuss their first impressions of each other, the “heinous” drawing Hedges made of Pfeiffer, and, of course, ghosts.
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