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February 4, 2016
Elaine Teng
The boardinghouse in Brooklyn is getting its own spinoff.
February 4, 2016
Will Leitch
Hail, Caesar!: Song and Dance, What More Do You Want?
The Coen brothers have made their most entertaining movie in years—and also their most impenetrable.
February 4, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 2: Sundance’s Highs and Lows
The best movies from the festival, and the film everybody's talking about.
February 1, 2016
Esther Breger
Pope Francis is making his feature film debut—but don’t call him an actor.
January 29, 2016
Maggie Foucault
Some Best Director nominees think Hollywood isn’t to blame for the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars.
January 29, 2016
Elaine Teng
Jacques Rivette, one of the last directors of the French New Wave, has died.
January 29, 2016
Sam Fragoso
Werner Herzog Is Ready for the End of the World
The director on what it's like to be unplugged from the internet and why he would make an excellent survivalist.
January 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
In a better world, David Bowie played Elrond in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings.
January 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Abe Vigoda has died for the last time.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Amazon and Netflix are buying everything at Sundance.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Quit whining about gender equality and Hollywood, says actress in whiniest franchise ever.
January 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Sony is probably doing something involving Labyrinth—just don’t say it’s remaking it.
January 25, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Virginia Woolf was not impressed by the movies.
January 22, 2016
Will Leitch
Dirty Grandpa: Even Worse Than You Think
January 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Oscar-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling: #OscarsSoWhite is “racist to whites.”
January 22, 2016
Max Nelson
The Wonder of Hand-Painted Early Cinema
Two new books reveal the fantastical studios and vibrant colors of early film.
January 20, 2016
Tim Grierson
10 Movies We’re Excited to See at Sundance 2016
Werner Herzog, Kenneth Lonergan, and Barack and Michelle's first date.
January 20, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 1: The Importance of Being Michael Bay
The premiere episode looks at the merits of “13 Hours” and the fallout from the Oscar nominations.
January 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Which presidential candidates have seen Michael Bay’s new Benghazi movie 13 Hours?
January 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bad Robot pulled another Cloverfield with the 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer.

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