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Roxana Hadadi is a TV critic who also writes about film and pop culture, with the closed captions on and motion smoothing off.

  1. lumon is listening
    Yes, It’s KeanuHow the Severance team got the superstar to go full Rankin/Bass for Lumon’s spookiest propaganda push yet.
  2. only murders in the castle
    The Traitors - Season 3
    I Regret to Inform You That Sandoval Steals Every Scene in The TraitorsThreat level: laughably low. Entertainment value: extremely high.
  3. movie review
    You Can’t Ignore Pamela Anderson’s FaceAnderson’s performance in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl often elevates a rote, repetitive plot.
  4. a long talk
    Making a Movie in Secret, and Living With the RepercussionsMohammad Rasoulof on the logistical challenges of making The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the Academy Award–shortlisted film that forced him to flee Iran.
  5. tv review
    American Primeval Is Three Westerns in OneOne of them is gripping and good, one of them is fine, and one of them is basically The Revenant.
  6. backstories
    ‘Here’s This School, and We’ve Just Introduced 5 Sociopaths’Court-ordered community service, urine-soaked animal pelts, and a Billy Madison homage: How It’s Always Sunny infiltrated Abbott Elementary.
  7. 2025 preview
    68 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2025Old favorites will return, new favorites will emerge, and we will be watching all of it.
  8. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2025 Golden GlobesHIGH: Nikki Glaser’s lightly searing opening monologue. LOW: Not getting to hear “Pope-ular” in full.
  9. finale thoughts
    Shōgun’s Tadanobu Asano Had to Consider Every Side of Yabushige“He would have been a wonderful jam-session performer because he is able to get going with whatever vibe is surrounding him.”
  10. the gold rush
    Nicole Kidman’s 17 Career Golden Globe Nominations, RankedThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association may have snubbed Eyes Wide Shut and Paddington, but at least it gave these performances their due.
  11. reconsideration
    Is America Ready for Observe and Report Yet?Nobody understood the R-rated mall cop movie 15 years ago. Rewatching it today is like seeing a bad omen too late.
  12. close read
    The Recruiter’s Squid Game Return Hits HardGong Yoo’s demented performance in the second season premiere delivers a different sort of slap in the face.
  13. tv review
    Squid Game Rebukes Its Own PopularitySeason two of the Netflix phenomenon sinks its claws into the proletariat.
  14. that’s all i wanted
    Be Our Father Figure, HarrisBabygirl’s best scene is when its upstart intern reaches for the brown liquor.
  15. endings
    Nosferatu’s Final Moment Is an Act of ConsentIn deliberately weaponizing her body, Nosferatu’s Ellen becomes her own hero.
  16. close read
    The Ted Lasso-ing of ShrinkingBill Lawrence’s therapy dramedy didn’t start as a harmony-at-all-costs clone of his other TV shows. But it unfortunately became one.
  17. finale thoughts
    ‘She Was Just Trying to Fly’Anne-Marie Duff gives Grace’s perspective, and hers, on Bad Sisters’s seasonlong mystery.
  18. the roomy award
    ‘There Are Always Lessons’ When Making Abbott ElementaryThe writers of the hit sitcom shed light on their Roomy Award-winning process.
  19. endings
    You Want Closure? What We Do in the Shadows Will Give You Closure.The series finale deploys an array of endings that highlights the folly of seeking a closing beat for immortal creatures.
  20. best of 2024
    The 12 Best TV Performances of 2024These actors found fresh depths in returning characters or introduced us to new ones with confidence and style.
  21. vulture investigates
    Where is HomeBilly Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in season 1, episode 5 of Landman
    Is Landman Funny?Taylor Sheridan’s latest may not have actual jokes, but it does have a perpetually cranky Billy Bob Thornton, and that might be enough.
  22. close read
    Say Nothing Says Too MuchAnd shows too little.
  23. movie review
    You’ve Seen This One BeforeThe Colleen Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us plays like an overfamiliar Lifetime movie with a lot more gloss and only slightly more grit.
  24. tv review
    Black Doves Is Everything You Could Want From a Spy ThrillerYou thought Dune: Part Two had the best knife fight of the year? Incorrect.
  25. tv review
    Skeleton Crew Plays With Its Jedi ObsessionWhat if being a fan of the Star Wars galaxy was actually desperately uncool?
  26. best of 2024
    The Best TV Shows of 2024We’re past Peak TV, but these series prove we’re still reaching new creative heights.
  27. spoilers
    Anatomy of a Great British Baking Show FlameoutAt what point should we start considering that the Hollywood Handshake is cursed?
  28. movie review
    The Seed of the Sacred Fig Is Furious, and It Wants You to Be, TooThe boldness of Iranian girls and women is the inspiration and essence of Mohammad Rasoulof’s new film.
  29. endings
    From’s Body Count Keeps RisingSeason three’s finale disabuses us of the notion that any player is essential enough to keep on the board.
  30. performance review
    Denzel Washington Should Always Have a Little ShawlOnly one element of Gladiator II is serving the pomposity and archness the movie needs: Denzel Washington and his many, many lavish fits.
  31. thumb down
    Gladiator II Should’ve Let Paul Mescal KissThe “dream of Rome,” yeah, whatever. The dream of Lucius and Ravi, though!
  32. the vulture transcript
    How The Penguin Became the Sofia Falcone ShowCristin Milioti thought through every motivation, music cue, and mullet option to craft the most sympathetic psychopath on TV.
  33. tv review
    Stuck in Prequel QuicksandDune: Prophecy’s derivativeness is both its greatest flaw and its most defining characteristic.
  34. chat room
    We Asked Anora’s Yura Borisov About That Final Scene Inside the CarAnora’s breakout heartthrob Yura Borisov approached the ending like “every second is a new second” for Igor and Ani.
  35. your sandworm syllabus
    5 Things to Remember About Dune Before Dune: ProphecySpice sex. It’s a thing!
  36. endings
    The Diplomat Is Testing the Limits of My Feminism AgainSeason two ends in a catfight cliffhanger and a Margaret Thatcher namedrop. Bleak.
  37. finales
    The Penguin Always Had to End Like ThisNo villain origin story is complete without one final, excruciating heel turn.
  38. chat room
    How Kayvan Novak’s Dad Helped Shape Nandor’s Big WWDITS Episode“It’s worth fighting for a good koobideh.”
  39. eliminations
    Thanks for the Tears, Paul and PrueA heartbreaking Great British Baking Show decision underlines what an all-timer this season is.
  40. tropes
    4 (More) Things I Never Want to See on TV Again, Courtesy of The DiplomatKate still doesn’t know how to use a hair tie.
  41. close read
    For the Love of Pop CultureOnly Murders in the Building returned to the ties that bind in season four.
  42. vulture lists
    21 Scary Horror Shows to Watch Before HalloweenNow is the perfect time to watch these series with the lights off.
  43. finale thoughts
    The Old Man and the New ParwanaHow Alia Shawkat brought her character to a place where she’s “standing in her power in the deepest way.”
  44. nightmare fuel
    Uzumaki’s Body Horror Isn’t Even the Scariest Thing About ItIt is pretty damn scary, though.
  45. chat room
    The Penguin’s Shohreh Aghdashloo Couldn’t Let Nadia Stay Quiet“I couldn’t help myself. I thought, She would have to say something here.”
  46. role call
    Holt McCallany Answers Every Question We Have About Fight ClubOn working with the man he calls “Meat” (last name Loaf), the catharsis of terrorizing a priest, and his decades-old beef with Rosie O’Donnell.
  47. finale thoughts
    La Máquina Runs on Its Final SacrificeFor their first TV show, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna challenged themselves to write “an anti-fable where losing was winning your freedom.”
  48. making myths
    A Hard-to-Find Cult Classic Is Finally Streaming — and Coming Back to Blu-RayTarsem Singh’s 2006 epic The Fall is now back in theaters, and the director says a physical re-release is on the way, too.
  49. single tear
    Coldplay’s Most Earnest Lyrics, RankedFrom the rabidly heartfelt to the disgustingly sincere.
  50. behind the scenes
    My Favorite TeethTen behind-the-scenes creators on how some of film and TV’s scariest, silliest, and most iconic chompers came to be.
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