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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. the other manny
    QUINTA BRUNSON, JOSH SEGARRA
    Let Janine Have ThisWe all know Abbott Elementary’s romantic endgame. In the meantime, this could be a love triangle made in sitcom heaven.
  2. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: Whole New ShowThis is a classic example of the chefs “doing too much” and struggling to get their dishes together.
  3. the rings of power
    How Much More Sauron Prologue Do We Need?Middle-earth has so much more to offer!
  4. aide de vamp
    Armand Comin’What Interview With the Vampire’s last-minute Rashid reveal means for season two.
  5. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: Conceptual ClumsinessThis season’s Restaurant Wars offers a classic example of a team not hitting the challenge brief and succeeding all the same.
  6. the fall guy
    What If The Fall Guy’s Diva Action Star Is Based on a Real Person?Let’s talk about Tom Ryder, the smug, showboating actor who lies about doing his own stunts.
  7. vulture lists
    Every Ryan Gosling Movie, RankedA closer look at the actor’s tortured men, silent heroes, and wounded lovers.
  8. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: Sausage ShowdownA high-anxiety challenge and a huge comeback might just be what we need to inject some healthy competition into the season.
  9. movie review
    It’s Desire vs. Domination in the Intensely Erotic FemmeThe razor’s edge between pleasure and pain gives this transgressive thriller its potency.
  10. bob’s belchers
    I Have So Many Questions About The Jinx’s Wonder TwinsThe standouts of the Durst prosecution team are John Grisham protagonists run through a Workaholics filter.
  11. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: Under PressureIt’s difficult to judge the chefs when the point of the challenge is so confusing.
  12. 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.”
  13. movie review
    An Exploited Neighborhood, Seen Through Children’s EyesMinhal Baig’s We Grown Now tells the story of two childhood best friends in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project.
  14. vulture lists
    The Stoner Canon: Over 100 Trippy Movies, Albums, Books, TV Shows, and MoreThe ultimate guide to experiencing the high.
  15. tv 101
    Every Shōgun Episode Ends PerfectlyThe best show on television right now is doing something simple: nailing its final minutes every week.
  16. art history
    RIPLEY
    37 Ripley Shots That Would Blow Caravaggio’s MindThe black-and-white Netflix series relies on visual motifs that reflect its central character’s alienation. It absolutely rips.
  17. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: Join the ClubLaura must be stopped.
  18. exit interview
    ‘I Hate Clear Blue Skies’Why Steven Zaillian brought a monstrous, black-and-white version of The Talented Mr. Ripley to Netflix.
  19. chat room
    Show Kasamatsu Isn’t Trying to Make Smoking Look So CoolThe Michael Corleone of Tokyo Vice on perfecting the cigarette etiquette of the period, Backstreet Boys karaoke, and why he ad-libbed a crucial scene.
  20. q+a
    Geoff Rickly Ripped the Band-Aid Off to Make a New Thursday SongTheir first single in 13 years arrived after a “contentious” writing session.
  21. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: Shaking Things UpWhy is Top Chef making these tweaks to the format? It already works. Just leave it!
  22. chat room
    Tokuma Nishioka Brought the Shōgun Set to Tears“I looked around and they were clapping, very, very silently, and some of them were crying. I thought, I guess I did well.”
  23. endings
    Tokyo Vice Goes to PressJake’s big exposé, and what it took to publish it, cements the series as a great gangster show that’s also a great journalism show.
  24. overnights
    Top Chef: Wisconsin Recap: The Great Croquette ConfluenceSome of the same faces are already popping up in the top and the bottom, as the chefs most willing to take risks begin to pull away.
  25. phonetics
    FYI, the ‘x’ in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Is SilentWe got an email about it.
  26. overnights
    Top Chef Recap: Raising the Bar SnacksThe show becomes a more recognizable version of itself as the Wisconsin season settles into its groove.
  27. bug out
    3 Body Problem’s Imagination ProblemIn ignoring humanity’s wider reaction to the end of the world, the Netflix adaptation fails to find gravity in its final scene.
  28. wine and crime
    11 Signs You’re Watching a MotherthrillerA crappy husband, an elite Zip Code, and women supporting (other rich) women? Check, check, and check.
  29. no chef!
    Top Chef Serves Up Chaos MenuThe venerable cooking competition returns in reinvention mode, but its newly Bear-ified visual style feels undercooked.
  30. moment of tooth
    Girls5eva Delivers 2024 TV’s Most Horrifying ImageNight Country’s corpsicle’s got nothing on this.
  31. close read
    Shōgun Explodes Into the FutureCannon fire soundtracks a polite society being ushered into a new, more indiscriminately brutal age.
  32. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 OscarsIs this a show for everyone or just the diehards? Is Hollywood back and better than ever, or has it lost its sense of identity?
  33. finale thoughts
    C.T. Tamburello Made a Pact Going Into The Traitors“We’re The Challenge. We started this competition reality-TV stuff, and we’re gonna finish it.”
  34. backstories
    A Party, a Spanking, a Radio PlayThe past came looking for Killers of the Flower Moon in its three most ambitious scenes.
  35. trope tracker
    How Does The Gentlemen Do It?A terrible movie becomes a surprisingly entertaining TV series thanks to its handling of Guy Ritchie’s favorite tropes.
  36. take two
    And the Winners of the 2024 Stunt Awards Are …Over 200 action pros voted on the bruisingest, nakedist, and base-jumpiest achievements of the year.
  37. a long talk
    The Action Sofia Boutella Wants to SeeThe busiest woman in genre film is asking writers and editors to treat her face-smashing characters as seriously as she does.
  38. let’s go
    The 100 Fights That Shaped Action CinemaWhether the scenes featured fists, firearms, or blades, the result was always the same: The crowd was pleased.
  39. tv review
    Constellation Is a Mother of a Space StoryMove over, sad space dad. Noomi Rapace’s space mom is here to challenge assumptions about the galactic void as a place for self-discovery.
  40. exit interview
    Issa López Wants You to DecideThe showrunner calls True Detective: Night Country’s ambiguous ending “my gift and my curse.”
  41. lingering questions
    True Detective Is Over, But Its Ghosts RemainNight Country’s showrunner and star explain their interpretations of Navarro’s ambiguous fate.
  42. found in translation
    The Two NandorsThe meeting between What We Do in the Shadows’s loneliest vampire and his ghost exposes the fragile bonds between heritage, language, and identity.
  43. vulture recommends
    2011’s Wuthering Heights Is the Horny, Twisted Romance Saltburn Wishes It WasAndrea Arnold’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic is a hauntingly kinky Valentine’s Day watch.
  44. my preciousss moments
    The Lord of the FeelingsOne does not simply walk into Mordor without crying 39 times.
  45. vibe squad
    We’re Going to Miss Vibing With Tokyo ViceSeason two of Max’s yakuza drama seems likely to be its last, so let’s celebrate its ineffable appeal while we still can.
  46. a long talk
    Holt McCallany Saw His Own Father in The Iron ClawOn coming full circle from his Lights Out days, empathizing with Fritz Von Erich, and the scenes left on the cutting-room floor.
  47. endings
    Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s Faux Love StoryThe series’ open ending amounts to little more than anticlimax thanks its misrepresentation of what John and Jane really care about.
  48. movie review
    Under the Fig Trees Lets Its Women Talk BackThe Tunisian film is a beautifully shot exploration of love, life, and labor.
  49. a chill in the air
    Issa López Responds to Nic Pizzolatto Criticism of True Detective: Night Country“That’s his prerogative.”
  50. awards season
    Martin Scorsese Praises Leonardo DiCaprio’s Flirtation SkillsHe wasn’t nominated for Best Actor, but he is in the running for Best Flirt in Martin Scorsese’s heart.
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