Why Are Blumhouse Horror Movies Flailing at the Box Office?
The production company is battling a box office cold streak, and its Hollywood competition is noticing. Photo: Universal…
The 7 Types of Housewives Lies
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‘Roofman’ Director Derek Cianfrance’s Midlife Crisis
Photo: Davi Russo/Paramount Pictures Writer and director Derek Cianfrance knows what audiences might think of him. The worst…
‘Red Alert,’ “One Day in October’ Tell Incomplete Stories
Yael Abecassis as Sabine Taasa in One Day in October. Photo: HBO Max In the fourth episode of…
When Exactly Does One Battle After Another Take Place?
Illustration: Warner Bros. Pictures There’s only one concrete fact about time in One Battle After Another — at…
Daryl Stuermer and Phil Collins Were a Perfect Music Match
In Session A Vulture series in which studio musicians select their best performances. “Phil was just a blue-collar…
In Praise of Leonardo DiCaprio, Our Finest Comic Actor
DiCaprio’s hilarious performance is the glue that holds One Battle After Another together — as it does so…
‘Scarlet’ Director Mamoru Hosoda Won’t Deify Hayao Miyazaki
Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Mamoru Hosoda is troubled by a world where children die. The director and father…
Even Jim Jarmusch Has Trouble Paying His Bills These Days
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Earth’ Ends Clinging to Childish Things: Review
Wendy ends Alien: Earth by kicking against her father figure and connecting with a xenomorph she’s been told…
Oscar Winner ‘Apollo 13’ Is Back in Theaters
Photo: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection There’s a throwaway moment early in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 that I find…
Making the ’60s Weird Again at at the Whitney Museum
Art: Kiki Kogelnik Foundation, New York. © Kiki Kogelnik We’ve been swimming in the 1960s for decades, replaying…