Eddie Izzard’s Greatest Joke Is ‘Death Star Canteen’
I was lucky enough to watch an early performance of Eddie Izzard’s “Death Star Canteen” at Chicago’s Royal…
Is Zack Snyder in Directors’ Jail?
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Out of the Toronto International Film Festival last week, reviews for Zack Snyder’s The…
Julianne Moore’s Performance in ‘The Debut’ Is an All-Timer
Julianne Moore effectively gives three different performances in Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut, though it’s all the same character,…
Everything Chris Hansen Has Said About A24’s ‘Primetime’
Photo: MTV Documentary Films/YouTube/A24 Being a figure who gets the fictional Hollywood treatment is always an unnerving prospect,…
How Tears for Fears Conquered Fame, Fortune, and Therapy
Photo: Ilpo Musto/Shutterstock Roland Orzabal didn’t set out to write a standard musician’s memoir. “Live Aid was a…
Steven Van Zandt on His Best and Coolest Music
Superlatives A Vulture series in which artists judge the best and worst of their own careers. “I’m not…
Matt Johnson Crosses the Border With ‘Tony’
Photo: Jon Laytner for New York Magazine On a leafy corner in Toronto’s Roncesvalles neighborhood, Matt Johnson leads…
Kate O’Flynn on ‘Widow’s Bay’ Is Not Like Other Final Girls
Before Widow’s Bay, Kate O’Flynn had never heard of a final girl. The actress didn’t care much for…
How Pace Gallery Broke Itself
The mega-gallery embraced a fantasy of endless growth and hype and the assumption that bigger means better. The…
Connor Storrie on ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’: First Look
Photo: Michael Yarish/Paramount+ Criminal Minds, now Criminal Minds: Evolution, has had legendary celebrity guest stars over the course…
‘Masters of the Universe’ Wants to Talk About Masculinity
It just isn’t sure what, exactly. Photo: Giles Keyte/Amazon MGM Studios/Everett Collection There’s a maybe half-hour stretch of…
‘Pressure’ Review: A Gripping New Addition to the WWII Canon
Photo: Alex Bailey/Focus Features/STUDIOCANAL The version of Dwight D. Eisenhower portrayed by Brendan Fraser in the gripping new…