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…
‘Black Rabbit’ Runs on Bateman and Law’s Sublime Brother Act
At Black Rabbit’s core is the relationship between gambling and heroin addict Vince (Jason Bateman) and restaurant owner…
John Oliver Is Late Night’s Last Hope
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: HBO John Oliver’s HBO show, Last Week Tonight, doesn’t lack for acclaim. Its Emmy total…
What the KPop Demon Hunters Directors Watch With Their Kids
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Everett Collection (20th Century Fox, Disney+/Ludo Studio), Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Studio Ghibli, Courtesy of…
Bing Liu on the Spiritual Cost of the American Dream
With his feature debut, Preparation for the Next Life, director Bing Liu probes the perils and illusory qualities…
Taylor Frankie Paul Is Perfect for ‘The Bachelorette’
Far from the Hail Mary it seems like, casting Mormon Wives’s Taylor Frankie Paul is the most on-brand…