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  1. health updates
    Harvey Weinstein Is Being Treated for Cancer in JailHe has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.
    By Justin Curto
  2. the industry
    Romeo and Juliet Was a TragedyIn 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.
    By Lila Shapiro
  3. profile
    Trust the Kieran Culkin ProcessFirst, he nearly dropped out of Oscar hopeful A Real Pain. Then he convinced Jesse Eisenberg to change the way he directs.
    By Rachel Handler
  4. lawsuits
    Judge Dismisses Romeo and Juliet Underage Nudity LawsuitOlivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting stated that they did not consent to the nude scene in the 1968 film.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  5. big ana de armas news
    Elon Musk Sued Over Copyright Because He Copied, Right?Blade Runner 2049 might have served as more than just inspiration for a “robotaxi†demonstration.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. celebrity memoir
    ‘Please Tell Me, What’s Wrong With Me?’In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, Al Pacino looks back on his “moon shot†of a life in Hollywood — and a few acute regrets.
    By Chris Stanton
  8. close read
    No One Is Afraid of The ApprenticeTrump decided he has nothing to fear from a movie about his infamous relationship with Roy Cohn. And he’s mostly right.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. close read
    Why Did Sean Baker Avoid Politics in His Films Until Anora?If his previous work implies a stacked deck, it stays vague about who stacked it. Anora just tells us: It was the ultrarich.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  10. trailer mix
    Dr. Ross Gellar Unleashes Hell in Goosebumps: The Vanishing TrailerAll the 2024 New York Comic Con content.
    By Jason P. Frank
  11. nycc 2024
    Mike Flanagan’s Exorcist ‘Isn’t a Remake’“My goal is to make the scariest movie I’ve ever made and make something that scares the shit out of me.â€
    By Eric Francisco
  12. now streaming
    The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendTime to conjure up some Halloween classics.
    By Savannah Salazar
  13. oscar futures
    What Makes Us So Sure Sean Baker Can Sneak Anora Into the Oscars?And nine other unanswered questions hovering over the 2025 Academy Awards season.
    By Nate Jones
  14. coming soon
    Italian Auteur Takes the American PsychoLuca Guadagnino is directing a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  15. candid camera
    He Never Stood a ChanceBecause the best Chicken Shop Dates are the ones with guests who submit to getting pounded into oblivion by Amelia Dimoldenberg.
    By Nicholas Quah
  16. movie review
    Union Is a Reminder That Documentaries Can Be Artful As Well As PoliticalStephen Maing and Brett Story’s film is a gorgeously made document of a labor battle against the behemoth that is Amazon.
    By Alison Willmore
  17. movie review
    Netflix’s Woman of the Hour Makes a Wild True Story Feel Dry and AcademicAnna Kendrick shows some promise as a director, and the film’s real-life serial-killer story is insane. But the whole film feels a bit too careful.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  18. sooo meta
    Chicken Shop Date Flirts With Meta-Textual HonestyAndrew Garfield and Amelia Dimoldenberg attempt to define the relationship.
    By Jason P. Frank
  19. movie review
    Rumours’ Goofy Political Satire Has a Giant Glowing BrainRumours, the latest from legendary Canadian director Guy Maddin, has a glorious B-movie sheen.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  20. movie review
    It’s No Wonder That Everyone Falls for AnoraSean Baker’s Anora latest is a movie about the way people look at each other, though it may not seem that way on the surface.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  21. a long talk
    A Night Out With the Strippers of Sean Baker’s AnoraThe breakout stars reflect on making it in Hollywood “not in spite of being a sex worker but because of it.â€
    By Rachel Handler
  22. parody and puppetry
    How Did Cate Blanchett Wind Up in the Year’s Funniest Movie?With her starring role in Guy Maddin’s Rumours, she’s made one of her strangest and most perverse pictures to date.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  23. movie review
    Goodrich Feels More Like a Therapy Session Than a MovieThe new film from Hallie Meyers-Shyer stars Michael Keaton as a genial bad dad.
    By Alison Willmore
  24. fact vs. fiction
    The Real Rodney Alcala Story Was More Gruesome Than Woman of the Hour Lets OnAnna Kendrick’s directorial debut relives a chilling moment in true crime history but rushes past its gruesome backstory.
    By Laura Bradley
  25. coming soon
    Fran Drescher to Play Timothée Chalamet’s Mom in Marty SupremeEverything we know about the first solo effort by Josh Safdie.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. nobody wants this
    Lonely Planet Is the Most Evil of This Year’s Age-Gap RomancesWhat if the only person who understood you was a guy in private equity who hates his girlfriend?
    By Fran Hoepfner
  27. endings
    The Platform 2’s Ending Casts the Original in a Depressing New LightIn its bleak final minutes, the sequel reverses the first film’s message about hope as a force of political change.
    By A.A. Dowd
  28. movie review
    Smile 2’s Ideas Are Scarier Than the Movie ItselfWhat starts off as a thoughtful thriller set in the world of pop stardom winds up mired in the usual horror-movie clichés.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  29. teenage dirtbag
    Terrifier 3 Gives The Wild Robot an AssistChildren love Art the Clown!
    By Jason P. Frank
  30. movies fantasy league
    Coulrophobia Strikes the Movies LeagueA dud-coded box office weekend and a conversation with the Podcaster Division’s reigning champ, Katey Rich.
    By Joe Reid
  31. party report
    Add Anora to the Pantheon of New York City Rom-ComsWe asked the cast about some of their favorite Big Apple romances.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  32. poster children
    Cynthia Erivo Thinks Your Edits Are Wicked Inappropriate“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,†she said in response to a fan-made poster.
    By Jason P. Frank
  33. 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.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  34. am i the drama?
    Zendaya to Cause Drama with Robert PattinsonAnd Alana Haim has reportedly joined them in the cast of Kristoffer Borgli’s upcoming film.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  35. box office beatdown
    Animated Movies Are Taking Over the Box-Office Top 10For the first time ever. Ani-mazing!
    By Jason P. Frank
  36. 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.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  37. vulture lists
    Every Laura Dern Role, RankedOften volatile and warped onscreen, immensely likable off-screen.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  38. box office report card
    Terrifier 3 Wins Box Office Battle of the Killer ClownsAudiences say Art the Clown > Arthur Fleck.
    By Bethy Squires
  39. now streaming
    The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch On Your Day OffThere’s the new Terrifier movie, and then there’s a bunch of things that are not the new Terrifier movie.
    By Savannah Salazar
  40. hey that’s me
    How the Original SNL Cast Reacted to Saturday Night MovieDan Aykroyd calls the 90 minutes of pre-production chaos “pretty accurate.â€
    By Alejandra Gularte
  41. oscar futures
    Saoirse Ronan Has Two Shots at Making This Her Oscar YearHer passion project The Outrun and her first maternal role in Blitz. One is a better bet than the other.
    By Nate Jones
  42. meet cute
    Love Is a (Cinematrix) GameWe’ll always have rom-com week (in the archives).
    By Britina Cheng
  43. vulture lists
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movies, RankedIt’s been 50 years since Tobe Hooper unleashed Leatherface, and horror cinema has never been the same.
    By Daniel Dockery
  44. journeys
    Does Jessica Chastain Know She Won an Oscar?It’s not necessary to yell at JetBlue over in-flight entertainment!
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. that’s (not) entertainment
    Why Do a Joker Musical If You Don’t Want to Do a Joker Musical?Todd Phillips, a one-time purveyor of boys-will-be-boys frat comedies, can’t seem to embrace the flamboyance of the genre.
    By A.A. Dowd
  46. movie review
    The Lego Pharrell Movie Has a Lego Black Lives Matter SegmentSome thoughts on Piece by Piece and the dangers of committing to the bit.
    By Alison Willmore
  47. movie review
    We Live in Time Failed to Move My Cold, Cold HeartI never really bought the onscreen relationship, in part because I could constantly feel the movie trying too hard.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. movie review
    The Apprentice Gets Dumber the Longer It Goes OnDirector Ali Abbasi’s portrait of a young Donald Trump never lives up to its strongest performance: Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  49. vulture lists
    Movies About Live TV, Ranked by StressSaturday Night recreates the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first SNL episode; see how other filmmakers have explored live TV’s highs and lows.
    By Gayle Sequeira
  50. trailer mix
    A Martha Stewart Documentary: It’s a Good ThingMartha comes to Netflix October 30, in some anti-Halloween counterprogramming.
    By Bethy Squires
  51. backstory
    How a Rape Scene Blew Up the Trump Movie“Part of me is like, Sue us,†says the Apprentice director. “The other part is like, This can ruin my life.â€
    By Chris Lee
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