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The Movies & TV Shows You Absolutely Have To Catch Up On Before T...

Welcome to (almost) 2019! It’s a brand-new year, full of hopes, dreams, and new possibilities. Maybe you’ll finally be the kind of person who makes

How The Holiday Came To Replace Love, Actually ...

According to a recent study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, film criticism is a field overwhelmingly dominated by (surprise, surprise) white

Aquaman Is A Beautiful Ol' Mess

Aquaman is creative, colourful, and a raucous good time. It’s also a damn mess. This sixth installment in the DC Universe comes closest to nailing that

Make Call Me By Your Name Your Hanukkah Movie This Year

Hanukkah is once again upon us, giving me yet another chance to decry the fact that while Netflix has produced 86 bajillion original Christmas films, it

The Best Performances By Women In Movies This Year (So Far)

The first time I remember being struck by a actress’ performance was while watching Gone With The Wind when I was 8 years old. Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett

It Only Took Nicole Kidman 2 Years To Work With 5 Female Director...

Nicole Kidman doesn't do things by half-measures. According to a new Variety interview, the actress was so precise in her imitation of the Virginia

Widows Is A Brutal, Exhilarating Look At Women’s Power, ...

Widows opens with Viola Davis and Liam Neeson in bed, tongues buried deep in each other’s mouths. It’s hot — but that’s not what’s striking. The

Twilight Was Savaged By Critics — But Did It Deserve All...

It takes an hour and a quarter for anyone to kiss in Twilight, but the buildup is well worth the wait. In the moments before the fateful moment, Bella

21 Actors Who Did Full-Frontal Nude Scenes — & Why

Outlaw King, Netflix's bloodiest (and beardiest) movie of the year, has landed and quickly garnered a lot of attention. While on the film's press tour,

Julianne Moore Is A Divorcée Dancing Queen In Gloria Bell

The first thing to know about Sebastián Lelio's upcoming film, Gloria Bell, is that he's made it before. And not in an A Star Is Born, once every 25

Outlaw King Is The Bloodiest, Beardiest Movie Of The Year

Outlaw King makes me wish there was an Oscar category for hairiest movie of the year. All the lush beards are working so hard, they deserve some

Boy Erased Should Be Required Viewing For All Parents

“They’re going to do things for you,” Nancy Eamons (Nicole Kidman) tells her son Jared (Lucas Hedges) before enrolling him into a gay conversion

In Troubled Times, We Turn To Witches & The Craft Led Th...

It’s Witch Week at Refinery29 Canada, and we’re exploring the modern world of witchcraft. Each day, we'll examine a different aspect of the culture

Suspiria Is The Only Witch Hunt Worth Talking About

There’s a lot of guilt in Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic, Suspiria, a burden of shame borne by a nation, Germany,

Bohemian Rhapsody Is Fine — But Freddie Mercury Deserves...

Bohemian Rhapsody opens with a cough. It’s July 13, 1985, the morning of Live Aid. Hours later, Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek), lead singer of Queen,

Maggie Gyllenhaal Is Mesmerizing As A Disturbed, Thwarted Artist ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing at the age of 5. He was a prodigy, a child born with a rare artistic gift that was nurtured and allowed to

Beautiful Boy Is A Frustrating Movie To Watch — But Mayb...

The opening scene of Beautiful Boy shows freelance journalist David Sheff (Steve Carell) sitting in a San Francisco doctor’s office, asking questions.

First Man Will Make You Question Everything You Thought ...

Let’s get it out of the way: First Man is full of American flags, rendering the controversy regarding its presumed erasure of American achievements

Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga's A Star Is Born Should ...

Barbra Streisand reportedly once said that A Star Is Born “seems to work every 20 years.” Her math more or less checks out. Practically every

American Horror Story-Themed Costumes For Every Occasion

You don't have to be a die-hard American Horror Story fan to want to dress like one. Glamorous ghosts, wild witches, kinky vampires, naughty nuns, and