Photo: Spencer Pazer/A24 I saw Friendship in a packed theater at SXSW, sitting next to a stranger who kept moaning “nooooo” under his breath whenever Tim Robinson’s character — a husband, father, and corporate drone named Craig Waterman — was about to do something he shouldn’t. There are plenty of contexts in which this …
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Photo: Warner Bros. What happens when two queens link up to maximize their joint slay? We get a second movie out of it. Godzilla x Kong: Supernova is in production, Warner Bros. confirmed in a May 9 teaser. Supernova will be the third in the Godzilla x Kong series and the sixth movie in …
Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. Spoilers ahead for the second season of Andor through episode eight, “Who Are You?” Here’s the thing about Syril Karn, Andor’s resident ideological romantic and bureaucrat king: If he grew up in, say, modern-day Connecticut, he probably would’ve aspired to be a management consultant, or a tech bro, or a wellness …
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Sideshow/Janus Films The man tells the woman he’s leaving. The woman runs out in tears. Though neither speaks a word, we read his message to her in a title card: “I want to leave and have a try outside. Once I get settled I’ll come to fetch you.” A train pulls out of the …
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Photo: Still Watching Netflix via YouTube An early moment in Black Mirror’s 2018 episode Bandersnatch prompts the viewer to decide Stefan’s (Fionn Whitehead) breakfast cereal: He can choose between two different sugary cereals. The margins onscreen narrow allowing the viewer to click (using a trackpad or a remote) and select the option before the …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Ralph Bavaro/Peacock, Elizabeth Morris/Netflix, MTV, Max There’s nothing substantially new in theaters for Mother’s Day weekend. I can’t tell if that’s a slight or just a way for Hollywood to go spend time with their moms. Maybe you and yours can just stay in and watch Poker Face. They’ll love pointing …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Netflix, Everett Collection This article was originally published on August 3, 2023. With the new action-comedy thriller Fight or Flight in theaters, we’re revisiting our favorite high-flying flicks (and one TV show). You’d better brace for a bumpy ride. Airplanes are spaces where we sort of can’t help but be vulnerable. …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Ian Dickson/Redferns In the early ’90s, Karlheinz Brandenburg was searching for a song with optimal humanity. As the creator of the MP3, his ideal test subject needed to be warm enough to challenge his highly refined compression algorithm. Then, down the hallway from his office in West Germany, he heard the …
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Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images When the white smoke billowed out from a chimney on May 8, announcing that the papal conclave had chosen a new pope, the first account that many saw trumpet the news on X was Pope Crave, a parody account that has been relentlessly covering the ins and outs …
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Dimension Films, Disney, MGM, New Line Cinema, Nickelodeon, RLJE Films, Shudder, Warner Bros. Ask the internet why clowns are scary, and you’ll come up with a variety of answers, none of them particularly satisfying. Clowns are unpredictable, and that makes us nervous about what they have planned. (Nothing good, presumably.) Clowns …
