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Interstellar’s Most Enduring Quality Is What People Used to Hate About It
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi spectacle is fascinating precisely because of what so many pegged as its fatal flaw in 2014: its unabashed emotionality.
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INTERSTELLAR is back in theaters, so of course I wrote about it. www.vulture.com/article/inte...
KNIFE, Alex Gibney’s documentary about the 2022 stabbing that almost killed Salman Rushdie, is powerful stuff. It includes startling footage of the attack itself. www.vulture.com/article/knif...
Alex Gibney Tells the Story of the Attack on Salman Rushdie
A new documentary about the attack on Salman Rushdie is informative, moving, and, yes, occasionally infuriating.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
KNIFE, Alex Gibney’s documentary about the 2022 stabbing that almost killed Salman Rushdie, is powerful stuff. It includes startling footage of the attack itself. www.vulture.com/article/knif...
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Nobody seems to have thought ‘The Moment’ through, writes Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri. The Charli XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The end result feels like pure brand management.
Nobody Thought The Moment Through
Nobody seems to have thought ‘The Moment’ through, writes Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri. The Charli XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The end result feels like pure brand management.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Nobody seems to have thought ‘The Moment’ through, writes Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri. The Charli XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The end result feels like pure brand management.
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“Like a living work of art. THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming” – Bilge Ebiri at @vulture.com
#SundanceFilmFestival
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#SundanceFilmFestival
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Sometimes, It Helps to Look at Another Human’s Face
For a movie so filled with death, The Oldest Person in the World is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
“Like a living work of art. THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming” – Bilge Ebiri at @vulture.com
#SundanceFilmFestival
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#SundanceFilmFestival
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Most of my critic friends appear to have hated Cathy Yan's THE GALLERIST, but this strange, snappy art-world comedy starring Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega won me over. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Gallerist Is Not For All Tastes
But what can I say? I found myself fully invested in its extreme performances and absurdist tone.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Most of my critic friends appear to have hated Cathy Yan's THE GALLERIST, but this strange, snappy art-world comedy starring Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega won me over. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The late William Greaves's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM has finally been finished, and it is a monumental work of art. www.vulture.com/article/once...
One of the Best Movies of 2026 Was Shot in 1972
Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a monumental work of art.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The late William Greaves's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM has finally been finished, and it is a monumental work of art. www.vulture.com/article/once...
Will Poulter is one of those actors who always seems capable of so much more, and with UNION COUNTY, he gets a great lead role. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
Will Poulter Gets His Movie
The British actor is one of those who has stood out in supporting parts for so long that it seems high time he got some meaty lead roles.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Will Poulter is one of those actors who always seems capable of so much more, and with UNION COUNTY, he gets a great lead role. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
JOSEPHINE is one of the strongest films at Sundance this year. www.vulture.com/article/jose...
How Do You Talk About a Movie Like Josephine?
Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, and a startling young newcomer give us one of Sundance’s most disturbing films.
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January 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM
JOSEPHINE is one of the strongest films at Sundance this year. www.vulture.com/article/jose...
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Nobody seems to have thought ‘The Moment’ through, writes Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri. The Charlie XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The end result feels like pure brand management.
Nobody Thought The Moment Through
Nobody seems to have thought ‘The Moment’ through, writes Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri. The Charlie XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The end result feels like pure brand management.
www.vulture.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Nobody seems to have thought ‘The Moment’ through, writes Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri. The Charlie XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The end result feels like pure brand management.
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Olivia Wilde always stands out when she’s allowed to go big and controversial in her movie roles. As a self-described “pretentious bitch from hell’ in Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex,’ she gets what might be her best part yet.
I Want Your Sex Gives Olivia Wilde Her Best Role Yet
Olivia Wilde always stands out when she’s allowed to go big and controversial in her movie roles. As a self-described “pretentious bitch from hell’ in Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex,’ she gets what might be her best part yet.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Olivia Wilde always stands out when she’s allowed to go big and controversial in her movie roles. As a self-described “pretentious bitch from hell’ in Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex,’ she gets what might be her best part yet.
The new Charli XCX film THE MOMENT sort of wants to be a satire and sort of wants to be a behind-the-scenes look at a superstar. It winds up being neither. It's more brand management than movie. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
Nobody Thought The Moment Through
The Charlie XCX film is neither funny enough to be a mockumentary nor real enough to be a concert doc. The result is pure brand management.
www.vulture.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The new Charli XCX film THE MOMENT sort of wants to be a satire and sort of wants to be a behind-the-scenes look at a superstar. It winds up being neither. It's more brand management than movie. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
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January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
For a movie so filled with death, Sam Green's Sundance premiere THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
Sometimes, It Helps to Look at Another Human’s Face
For a movie so filled with death, The Oldest Person in the World is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming.
www.vulture.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
For a movie so filled with death, Sam Green's Sundance premiere THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
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a formalist golf movie from the Philippines?
how messed up is it gonna be? sounds like at least an 8.
(I don't golf, no particular reason, just never picked it up, but my brother does, and he has a Hunter S. Thompson-like story about golfing in Mindanao.)
how messed up is it gonna be? sounds like at least an 8.
(I don't golf, no particular reason, just never picked it up, but my brother does, and he has a Hunter S. Thompson-like story about golfing in Mindanao.)
I was really impressed by Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiñana,” an invigorating dose of formalism in the Sundance lineup. Produced by Jia Zhangke! www.vulture.com/article/fili...
A Tale of Golf, Heat, and Capitalism
Filipiñana is the kind of movie that asks for attention and patience — not because it is slow but because it’s built entirely out of details.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:15 AM
a formalist golf movie from the Philippines?
how messed up is it gonna be? sounds like at least an 8.
(I don't golf, no particular reason, just never picked it up, but my brother does, and he has a Hunter S. Thompson-like story about golfing in Mindanao.)
how messed up is it gonna be? sounds like at least an 8.
(I don't golf, no particular reason, just never picked it up, but my brother does, and he has a Hunter S. Thompson-like story about golfing in Mindanao.)
One of the best films at Sundance this year is ONE IN A MILLION, a documentary following a decade in the life of a young Syrian refugee; she's 11 when the movie begins. It's an extraordinary real-life epic. www.vulture.com/article/one-...
One in a Million Is a Stunning Real-Life Refugee Epic
The new documentary traverses borders but then outdoes itself with an absorbing, complex tale about the challenges of assimilation.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
One of the best films at Sundance this year is ONE IN A MILLION, a documentary following a decade in the life of a young Syrian refugee; she's 11 when the movie begins. It's an extraordinary real-life epic. www.vulture.com/article/one-...
In Gregg Araki's delightfully deranged BDSM comedy I WANT YOUR SEX, Olivia Wilde makes Cooper Hoffman her sub. www.vulture.com/article/i-wa...
I Want Your Sex Gives Olivia Wilde Her Best Role Yet
The actor always stands out when she’s allowed to go big and controversial.
www.vulture.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In Gregg Araki's delightfully deranged BDSM comedy I WANT YOUR SEX, Olivia Wilde makes Cooper Hoffman her sub. www.vulture.com/article/i-wa...
I was really impressed by Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiñana,” an invigorating dose of formalism in the Sundance lineup. Produced by Jia Zhangke! www.vulture.com/article/fili...
A Tale of Golf, Heat, and Capitalism
Filipiñana is the kind of movie that asks for attention and patience — not because it is slow but because it’s built entirely out of details.
www.vulture.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I was really impressed by Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiñana,” an invigorating dose of formalism in the Sundance lineup. Produced by Jia Zhangke! www.vulture.com/article/fili...
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The Judd Apatow–directed new documentary ‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ is driven by genuine curiosity about a comedian described as ‘a lobster whose shell has been removed.’
Judd Apatow Tries to Explain Maria Bamford
The Judd Apatow–directed new documentary ‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ is driven by genuine curiosity about a comedian described as ‘a lobster whose shell has been removed.’
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January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Judd Apatow–directed new documentary ‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ is driven by genuine curiosity about a comedian described as ‘a lobster whose shell has been removed.’
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The People vs. ICE
Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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The Judd Apatow–directed new documentary ‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ is driven by genuine curiosity about a comedian described as ‘a lobster whose shell has been removed.’
Judd Apatow Tries to Explain Maria Bamford
The Judd Apatow–directed new documentary ‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ is driven by genuine curiosity about a comedian described as ‘a lobster whose shell has been removed.’
www.vulture.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The Judd Apatow–directed new documentary ‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ is driven by genuine curiosity about a comedian described as ‘a lobster whose shell has been removed.’
I quite enjoyed PARALYZED BY HOPE: THE MARIA BAMFORD STORY, Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley’s documentary about the comedian, premiering at Sundance. www.vulture.com/article/judd...
Judd Apatow Tries to Explain Maria Bamford
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story doesn’t seem to have been made with a thesis already in hand. Instead, it’s driven by genuine curiosity.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I quite enjoyed PARALYZED BY HOPE: THE MARIA BAMFORD STORY, Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley’s documentary about the comedian, premiering at Sundance. www.vulture.com/article/judd...
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SIGH: 8 out of 10 screenplay noms went to the directors of those films.
This trend sucks. Period.
Writing FOR a director is a very different skillset than writing AS the director. Night & day.
I will continue to argue these are more interesting categories than the fakakta definition of "adapted."
This trend sucks. Period.
Writing FOR a director is a very different skillset than writing AS the director. Night & day.
I will continue to argue these are more interesting categories than the fakakta definition of "adapted."
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
SIGH: 8 out of 10 screenplay noms went to the directors of those films.
This trend sucks. Period.
Writing FOR a director is a very different skillset than writing AS the director. Night & day.
I will continue to argue these are more interesting categories than the fakakta definition of "adapted."
This trend sucks. Period.
Writing FOR a director is a very different skillset than writing AS the director. Night & day.
I will continue to argue these are more interesting categories than the fakakta definition of "adapted."
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An astonishing factoid from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, looking at data over the last decade: "the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States."
If you are appalled at the tactics of ICE and CBP, you should be! They in fact are *NOT* trained for the work they're doing in America's interior right now—and they're scared of interacting with US citizens. That's a recipe for the exact disaster we see: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
An astonishing factoid from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, looking at data over the last decade: "the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States."
I’ll get right on it, bro. Thanks for the reminder.
January 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I’ll get right on it, bro. Thanks for the reminder.
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So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.