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David Cronenberg's
Crimes of the Future
Is Silly and Elegant, and it Might Make You Squirm a Little
By Stephanie Zacharek
'Three Thousand Years of Longing' Leaves Much to Be Desired
By Stephanie Zacharek
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In the Film
Men
a Woman Tries—Unsuccessfully—To Be Left Alone
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James Gray's
Armageddon Time
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It's Time to Forgive Hayden Christensen for the
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Obi-Wan Kenobi arrives on Disney+ on May 27, and with it another wave of Star Wars prequel nostalgia. When LucasFilm announced that Hayden Christensen would don the Darth Vader suit to reprise his role as...
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The
Downton Abbey
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Though the Downton Abbey TV series had legions of fans during its six-season run, you don’t have to be one of them to enjoy Downton Abbey: A New Era, the second film to spin off...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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'The Hate of Men Will Pass.' Volodymyr Zelensky Makes an Emotional Appeal to the Power of Cinema at Cannes
The opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival is generally, not to put too fine a point on it, a snooze. A highly polished actor or entertainer steps out to host. This year—the festival’s 75th...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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How
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Fits In the Show's Timeline
The fabulously wealthy family at the center of Downtown Abbey is back in a new installment of the long-running story. Downton Abbey: A New Era, out May 18, is set in 1928 and finds the...
By Eliana Dockterman
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Jerrod Carmichael Revealed His Secrets in
Rothaniel
. Now He's Tackling New Ground
The comedian talks about coming out, suicide jokes, and sulking like Jackie Kennedy.
By Andrew R. Chow
May 13, 2022
Netflix's
Our Father
Tells The True Story of a Fertility Doctor Who Used His Own Sperm on Patients
During the 1970s and ‘80s, a fertility specialist in Indiana named Dr. Donald Cline inseminated dozens of patients with his own sperm, without their knowledge or consent. The stories of some of these women and...
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
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The New
Top Gun
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It no longer matters whether you like or dislike Tom Cruise: no matter how good he looks in his ultra-moisturized, deal-with-the-devil skin, his ship has sailed not just into the waters of middle age, but...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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The Director Behind
Happening
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Winner of the 2021 Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Audrey Diwan’s unflinching and suspense-ridden Happening follows its young female protagonist, Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei), a helpless middle-class college student who desperately tries...
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May 6, 2022
Two Former Mr. Darcys Delight in Netflix Espionage Caper
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Even the most imaginative spy novelist couldn’t have made it up: In 1943 a motley group of British operatives created an elaborate false identity for a corpse, which they then sent awash on a beach...
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 6, 2022
What
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Here’s a brief guide to the MCU multiverse, and where it stands to go next.
By James Grebey
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Breaking Down Every Significant Character Who Appears in
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Strange crosses paths with familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the comics.
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May 6, 2022
Let’s Talk About the
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
End-Credits Scenes
The mid-credits scene features Benedict Cumberbatch's Strange encountering a mysterious new character.
By Shannon Carlin
May 6, 2022
Happening
Is a Grim But Timely Warning from 1960s France
In Audrey Diwan’s tense and quietly radical film Happening, Anne, a bright young student in early 1960s France, discovers she’s pregnant. The law, as the doctor who breaks the news tells her, “is unsparing.” Anyone...
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 6, 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review
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May 3, 2022
How the Writers of
Crush
Turned Their High School Experiences Into the Queer Rom-Com They Needed
In a lot of ways, Crush, a love story starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’I Cravalho, is like every other teen rom-com—and that’s part of what makes it exceptional. In an era of increasingly discriminatory and...
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
April 29, 2022
With
Vortex
, Provocateur Filmmaker Gaspar Noé Tackles the Quiet Horror of Dementia—to Mixed Results
Noé doesn’t know when to quit, and that’s his calling card.
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 29, 2022
Dorothy's Dress From
The Wizard of Oz
Is Up for Sale
One of the most recognizable outfits in American movie history is to be auctioned in Los Angeles
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By Eliana Dockterman
April 27, 2022
Maybe It's Time to Finally Leave Marilyn Monroe Alone
In 1982, Los Angeles District Attorney John Van de Kamp reopened the case of Marilyn Monroe’s death, which had long been considered a “probable suicide”—only to close it a few months later, reaffirming the coroner’s...
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 27, 2022
A Guide to All the Major Cinematic Multiverses
The multiverse is everywhere. The niche, nerdy concept long discussed among comic book nerds and featured in shows like Doctor Who has taken over the movies—and not just superhero films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
By Eliana Dockterman
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MoviePass Co-Founder Stacy Spikes Is Trying to Stage a Comeback–and Save Movie Theaters in the Process
Any resemblance to Steve Jobs was unintentional, or so Stacy Spikes claims. Back in February, minutes before Spikes was set to take the stage at Lincoln Center in New York City to announce the resurrection...
By Eliana Dockterman
April 27, 2022
Alexander Skarsgård Wants to Teach You All About The Vikings With
The Northman
Alexander Skarsgård is worried he’s already said too much. “I feel the less people know when they go in to see the movie, the better,” the actor tells TIME about his latest film The Northman,...
By Shannon Carlin
April 22, 2022
11 Movies Where Actors Play Fictionalized Versions of Themselves
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a form of self-care. In the action-comedy, in theaters April 22, Cage plays...
By Shannon Carlin
April 22, 2022
Robert Eggers’
The Northman
Is a Visually Resplendent Viking Saga
Dads! Planning a motorcycle trip anytime soon with your sons? Mom staying behind because she has “stuff to do”? Vroom—don’t walk—to the nearest cinema showing Robert Eggers’ The Northman, a visually resplendent Viking saga enfolding...
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 22, 2022
The True Story Behind
The Northman
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By Shannon Carlin
April 22, 2022
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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To love Nicolas Cage doesn’t make you an underrepresented minority. For decades, his face on a movie poster was the key to worldwide ticket sales, though he’s more than just a global star. He has...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Michael Bay's
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
May Be Too Trippy for Its Own Good—But Michelle Yeoh Still Dazzles
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on Finding Humanity in the Chaotic Action Thriller
Ambulance
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By Eliana Dockterman
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Breaking Down The
Morbius
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By Eliana Dockterman
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In
Memoria,
Tilda Swinton Plays a Spiritual Adventuress Seeking the Source of a Mysterious Sound
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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Chris Pine Plays a Soulful Ex-Soldier Turned Gun-for-Hire in
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What happens to our fine young actors as they reach middle age? They get to play more characters who spend whole movies looking anxious and conscience-stricken. That’s the realm Chris Pine has entered with The...
By Stephanie Zacharek
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By Eliana Dockterman
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That
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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A Maid's Day Off Changes the Course of Her Life in
Mothering Sunday
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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The Outfit
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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'Licorice Pizza' Criticized For Featuring Fake Asian Accent
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By Hannah Lynn
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Deep Water
From Sinking
'Deep Water' is so tepid, so lacking in heat or even a pulse, that it’s about as sexy as a clogged artery.
By Stephanie Zacharek
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11 Time-Travel Movies to Watch After Netflix’s
The Adam Project
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By Shannon Carlin
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Ryan Reynolds'
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By Stephanie Zacharek
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TIME: How do you know when you're ready to write a memoir, I Was Better Last Night? Fierstein: It’s very simple. This is good instruction for any of your readers: you arrange for a global...
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