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Vulture Movie Club
the fog of nostalgia
Aug. 26, 2024
No Movie Captures the Essence of Neil Young’s Best Songs Like
Inherent Vice
Just as Neil sings of an elusive past,
Inherent Vice
dangles a rush of emotions in front of you only to slip away the second you try to grasp them.
By
Chris Stanton
goth excellence
Aug. 21, 2024
The Action-Goth Masterpiece That Never Got Its Due
The ahead-of-its-time epic
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
was meant to be the movie that proved action anime could work on the big screen in America.
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
it can’t rain all the time
Aug. 13, 2024
Without Brandon Lee,
The Crow
Doesn’t Fly
The textured humanity Lee gives
The Crow
is still its strongest asset, and 30 years after the film’s debut, still its most memorable quality.
By
Roxana Hadadi
wednesday night movie club
Aug. 6, 2024
Signs
Is the M. Night Shyamalan Experience at Its Best
M. Night Shyamalan has talked about
Signs
as the most joyous movie he’s ever made. And you can see it.
By
Nicholas Quah
vulture movie club
May 21, 2024
Bryant Park and Movies Go Together Like Peas and Carrots
Starting June 10, we’re giving you a reason to look forward to Mondays.
By
Vulture Editors
vulture movie club
Sept. 25, 2023
Cellooo, It’s Time to Go Back to
School of Rock
Twenty years later, one great rock show can still change the world.
By
Chris Stanton
vulture movie club
July 3, 2023
There’s Still Only One Great
Indiana Jones
Movie
Maybe Hollywood can’t quit Indiana Jones because the magic of his first adventure still hasn’t been recaptured. Not by a long shot.
By
A.A. Dowd
vulture movie club
May 4, 2023
Hollywood’s First Celebrated Film About Drag Is As Flawed As It Is Fabulous
Here is a statement about the emancipatory power of drag wrapped in a tale of allyship — embalmed as it is in the limitations of the ’90s.
By
Manuel Betancourt
vulture movie club
Apr. 26, 2023
Bend It Like Beckham
Wants You to Be Your Bravest Self
What
Bend It Like Beckham
articulated so well is that the adolescent desire to prove oneself has no borders or boundaries.
By
Roxana Hadadi
vulture movie club
Apr. 12, 2023
Kill Bill
Isn’t the Simple Revenge Story You Remember
The Bride’s quest for vengeance is morally gray. But that gray is overshadowed by the bright yellow of her jumpsuit and kick-ass katana fights.
By
Bethy Squires
role call
Mar. 29, 2023
Scott Speedman Answers All Our Questions About
Underworld
On why he left the franchise after two films, the pressures of fame at a young age, and wild times in Budapest.
By
Wolfgang Ruth
wednesday night movie club
Oct. 12, 2022
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
’ Winking Burlesque of Femininity
There’s verve and wit to these women’s bouncing walks, their sideways exchanged looks, their lipsticked mouths curling into satisfied little grins.
By
Christina Newland
wednesday night movie club
Apr. 4, 2022
How to Watch
Basic Instinct
With Your Significant Other
Let a
whodunnit
lead to a
whoisdoingit
. (You are.)
By
Dave Schilling
and
Halle Kiefer
vulture movie club
Mar. 7, 2022
The Time Has Come to Appreciate
John Carter
As the Goofy Throwback Epic It Is
The colossal bomb that lost Disney $200 million now seems far from the creative disaster it was dismissed as back in 2012.
By
Roxana Hadadi
vulture movie club
Feb. 21, 2022
The Reality-Breaking Joy of
Speed Racer
’s Final Race
On the glorious abstraction of
Speed Racer
’s CGI climax, a sequence that plays boldly with the very idea of filmed spectacle.
By
Jackson McHenry
vulture movie club
Oct. 25, 2021
Twilight
’s Final Vampire Battle Is Better Than Anything Marvel Has Ever Done
Slay, TCU (Twilight Cinematic Universe)!
By
Rebecca Alter
and
Wolfgang Ruth
vulture movie club
Oct. 4, 2021
Miami Vice
’s Journey From Misfire to Masterpiece
Michael Mann’s 2006
Miami Vice
film wasn’t supposed to be anything like this.
By
Bilge Ebiri