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  1. not quite reality tv
    How Escape at Dannemora Actors Compare to Their Real-life CounterpartsMeet the real people behind Ben Stiller’s dramatization of Richard Matt and David Sweat’s prison escape, and learn where they are now.
    By Kenny Herzog
  2. movie review
    Adam Sandler Is All Wrong for SpacemanSandler plays a Czech astronaut. Paul Dano plays a giant spider from outer space that comes out of his nose. This movie should have been a lot better.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. coming soon
    Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith Series Is Actually HappeningWith a trailer to prove it.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. tiff 2023
    How to Make a Movie Based on Extremely Recent HistoryDumb Money hits theaters less than three years after the GameStop short squeeze it dramatizes. Director Craig Gillespie shows us how it was done.
    By Nate Jones
  5. tiff 2023
    The GameStop Movie Is More Entertaining Than It Has Any Right to BeIs Dumb Money the first Pete Davidson role that works in its entirety?
    By Alison Willmore
  6. to to to to the moon
    Dumb Money to Force Stonks Down Your Throat AgainJust when the GameStop short squeeze was a distant memory.
    By Zoe Guy
  7. tiff 2022
    Don’t Worry, The Fabelmans Doesn’t Overdo the ‘Magic of Movies’ ShtickSteven Spielberg’s self-portrait is as endearing as it is indulgent.
    By Alison Willmore
  8. trailer mix
    Paul Dano, Michelle Williams Wage Marital War in The Fabelmans TrailerSteven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama.
    By Charu Sinha
  9. way too close reads
    The Batman Predicts Our Grim Future: an Incels-vs.-Furries Civil WarIf you can piece together the clues, The Batman is an accurate predictor of 21st-century America’s worst-case scenario.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. employee of the month
    Of Course Paul Dano Is Writing a DC Comic Book About the RiddlerHis villain origin story will be illustrated by Stevan Subic.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  11. movie review
    The Batman Is Sad, Scary, and Even a Little SexyMatt Reeves and Robert Pattinson give us an austere, tense serial-killer thriller as much as a superhero action flick.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  12. trailer mix
    The Batman Trailer Dances Around That Riddling Little Freak Paul DanoThe sunglasses … Bruce, honey, did Alfred say you could pull these off?
    By Rebecca Alter
  13. casting
    Paul Dano Will Antagonize Robert Pattinson’s The Batman As the RiddlerBut will he wear bedazzled spandex jumpsuits like Jim Carrey?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  14. Paul Dano on Filming in a Real Prison for Escape at Dannemora“The size of the cells, frankly, was really shocking.”
    By Anne Clark and Masen Colucci
  15. theater review
    Theater Review: A True West That Simmers Instead of Boiling OverA dose of restraint in a play that typically calls for amped-up intensity.
    By Sara Holdren
  16. anatomy of a scene
    How Ben Stiller Made Escape at Dannemora’s Heart-Pounding Prison BreakYes, Paul Dano really did squeeze into that claustrophobia-inducing pipe.
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  17. tv review
    Escape at Dannemora Is an Extraordinary Prison Break Turned HumdrumEven with stellar performances by Patricia Arquette and Benicio del Toro, this Showtime drama is longer than it needs to be.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  18. trailer mix
    Benicio Del Toro Seduces Patricia Arquette in a New Escape at Dannemora TrailerArquette portrays Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell, the prison employee who helped two convicts, played by Benicio Del Toro and Paul Dano, plan a break.
    By Halle Kiefer
  19. movies
    Wildlife Is Superb — and a Major Moment for Carey MulliganZoe Kazan co-wrote the adaptation of Richard Ford’s novel with Paul Dano, and it’s brilliant.
    By David Edelstein
  20. party report
    Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan Say They Probably Won’t Act Together AgainAnd they traded drafts of Wildlife together over three years before Dano directed it.
    By Hunter Harris
  21. broadway
    Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Will Star in Sam Shepard’s True West on BroadwayIt’ll be the first Broadway production of a Sam Shepard play since his death in 2017.
    By Jackson McHenry
  22. How Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan Work Together As a CoupleAnd how Paul is considering starting a secret Twitter account to read Zoe’s tweets about him.
    By Rachel Handler, Kenny Wassus, Granger Willson, and Carmen Hilbert
  23. new gigs
    Ben Stiller to Direct Showtime Drama About the Real-Life Dannemora Prison BreakEscape at Dannemora will star Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, and Paul Dano.
    By Hunter Harris
  24. New Okja Trailer: Tilda Swinton Swindles a Girl and Her Pet BeastOkja will be available on Netflix June 28.
    By Hunter Harris
  25. the industry
    Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan to Star in Paul Dano’s First FilmWildlife is based on the Richard Ford novel about the dissolution of a marriage.
    By Nate Jones
  26. the industry
    Paul Dano Making Directorial Debut With IndieCo-written with his girlfriend, Zoe Kazan.
    By Devon Ivie
  27. trailer mix
    Watch Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man TrailerIf Castaway was gross.
    By Karen Brill
  28. there goes your social life
    Bradley Cooper, Seth Rogen Audition for CluelessFour full-on Monets.
    By Emma Barrie
  29. movie review
    Movie Review: Love and MercyBut it catches the spectacular, drug-addled self-indulgence of the ’60s L.A. music scene only glancingly.
    By David Edelstein
  30. video
    See Paul Dano in an Exclusive Love & Mercy ClipHis turn as the Beach Boys singer is one of the most acclaimed of the year.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  31. the industry
    A Roots Remake Is Officially HappeningIt’ll air simultaneously on History, A&E, and Lifetime.
    By Dee Lockett
  32. trailer mix
    Sand and Dancing Are Big in Beach Boys Biopic TeaserLove & Mercy focuses on front man Brian Wilson.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  33. trailer mix
    Prisoners Trailer: Hugh Jackman Hates KidnappersAlso starring Viola Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Paul Dano.
    By Zach Dionne
  34. casting couch
    Paul Dano to Play The Beach Boys’ Brian WilsonThe director feels he has the appropriately good vibrations.
    By Jesse David Fox
  35. david edelstein
    Movie Review: Ruby SparksThe newest from the directors of Little Miss Sunshine is a thesis film, with one joke and one variation.
    By David Edelstein
  36. chat room
    Zoe Kazan Does Not Write Manic Pixie Dream Girls“I just think it’s misogynist.”
    By Patti Greco
  37. exclusive
    Watch an Exclusive Clip From Ruby SparksPlus some blessed Amish wood.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  38. exclusive
    Vulture Premieres the Poster for Ruby SparksFrom the directors of Little Miss Sunshine.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  39. trailer mix
    Ruby Sparks Trailer: Little Miss Sunshine ReduxStarring Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  40. chat room
    Paul Dano on Being Flynn, Tight Pants, and Making Elaborate Playlists to Get Into Character“For Little Miss Sunshine, I listened to Rage Against the Machine, Pavement, and Elliott Smith.”
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  41. trailer mix
    Being Flynn Trailer: Robert De Niro and Paul Dano Meet in Suck CityAnother Bullshit Night in Suck City gets a movie.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  42. casting
    Deborah Ann Woll to Play Paul Dano’s Dream GirlIn a movie from the ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ directors.
    By Mike Vilensky
  43. the industry
    Little Miss Sunshine Directors Finally Pick Next FilmAnd they’ll reunite with star Paul Dano.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  44. the industry
    Paul Dano Will Co-Star With Robert De Niro in Another NightIt’s almost a ‘Little Fockers’ reunion!
    By Amos Barshad
  45. theatre
    Mos Def To Take The Stage Again In A Free Man of ColorBut now he’s going by just “Mos.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. chat room
    Kevin Kline on The Extra ManThe actor talks about playing a mentor, the difference between “wing man” and “extra man,” and learning an accent from an audiobook.
    By Michael D. Ayers
  47. chat room
    The Good Heart’s Brian Cox on What’s Wrong With the Movie Industry“We’ve been living in that model for 30 years, and I think we need to move into a new model.”
    By Amos Barshad
  48. quote machine
    Ryan Phillippe Highly Underrated As a Rapper, Says Ryan PhillippePlus: Bill Murray still not interested in ‘Ghostbusters 3.’
  49. tear sheets
    April’s Best and Worst Star PhotosSee a dapper Shia LeBeouf, an awkwardly styled Penn Badgley, a sexy Amanda Seyfried, and more from this month’s magazines.
    By Amy Odell and Jillian Goodman
  50. movies
    Watch the Trailer for The Good Heart, Starring Brian Cox and Paul DanoA bar owner and a suicide-attempter forge an unlikely friendship.
    By Edith Zimmerman
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