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Plus One Is The Perfect Movie For The Person Who Has 16 Weddings To Go ...

Dark Phoenix Isn’t Quite As Bad As The Game of Thrones Finale...

Ma Is The Unhinged Horror Movie Of The Summer & Octavia Spencer Is Its ...

Netflix’s The Perfection Is Completely Batshit (In A Goo...

I’m really thankful that The Perfection is being released on Netflix, mostly because I had to pause it approximately eight times to take a breather, regr

Game Of Thrones Season 8 Finale Recap: And Now Our Watch...

Friends, we gather here today to witness the end of an era. No matter how you feel about the actual ending of Game of Thrones — and believe me, I have th

Beanie Feldstein Is Ready For Her "Titular Role"

Beanie Feldstein and Olivia Wilde are holed up in a Las Vegas hotel, having arrived in what Wilde jokingly refers to as “our spot, where we feel most at

Last Night's Game of Thrones Has The Worst Rotten Tomato...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones’ “The Bells. Last night’s penultimate Game of Thrones episode, “The Bells,” is officially the most di

Game Of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5 Recap: All Hail The ...

Warning: This recap contains major spoilers for Season 8, episode 5 of Game of Thrones. And just like that, we’re only one super-sized episode away from

Wine Country Has Wine, Wine, More Wine & Maya Rudolph — ...

I would really like to be fancy and compare Wine Country to a Chardonnay but sadly, I have never paid enough attention during winery tours to say anything

Game Of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 Recap: The Battle Is ...

The Long Night has ended and morning is finally here. Rejoice! For one thing, it means our heroes (well, most of them — RIP Theon & Jorah) have made

How The World's First Female Director Was Erased From History

Between 1896 and 1920, Alice Guy directed, produced, or commissioned nearly 1,000 movies. As one of the first film directors ever — but also studio owner

At 90, Dr. Ruth Wants You All To Have More Sex (& Maybe An Oscar,...

When Dr. Ruth Westheimer calls to chat about the upcoming documentary about her life, Ask Dr. Ruth, I’m sitting in my grandparents’ living room in Mont

Netflix’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile Has...

There’s something deeply unsettling about watching Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, otherwise known as the Netflix movie in which Zac Efron pl

Game Of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3 Recap: The Battle Is...

After a lot of waiting around, many emotional reunions, some trading of fun stories by the fire, big genealogical reveals, a knigting ceremony, and even so

Sex, Scandals & Scammers: 23 Woman-Directed Films At The Tribeca ...

When your Venn diagram of interests intersects at the nexus of Women and Film, you end up dealing with a lot of disappointment. Case-in-point: this week’

Game Of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2 Recap: "Take Your Ow...

Warning: This recap contains major spoilers for Episode 2 of the final season of Game of Thrones, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” Last week?

Netflix's Someone Great Makes A Case For The Breakup Rom...

The very first scene in Someone Great, writer-director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s debut Netflix feature, is a visual feast of blue, purple, and soft pink

Game of Thrones Season 8 Premiere Recap: Reunited & It F...

After a nearly two-year wait, this is truly the beginning of the end. One down, only five to go. This week’s much anticipated Game of Thrones premiere, ?

Little Is A Funny, Fabulous Celebration Of Black Women, ...

“You went to bed grown, and you woke up little? That’s for white people, ‘cause Black people don’t have the time.” Those words, delivered with gl

Dumbo Is A Beautiful Movie About Humans Being Absolutely...

Dumbo was always one of the more forgettable Disney movies for me. I remember being deeply distressed by the sad scenes with his mom, and those crazy psych

So, What Exactly Happened At The End Of Jordan Peele’s Us?

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Us. Please don’t stab me with massive gold scissors. The premise of Us is deceptively simple: a family of four?

Jordan Peele’s Us Will Scare You Off Red Jumpsuits Forever

We’ve all had moments of introspection wondering what our lives would be like in different circumstances. How much are we defined by our environment? Our

Let's Get More Women On The National Film Registry

“And the winner is…well, the time has come. Kathryn Bigelow! Woo!” With that genuine yelp of excitement from presenter Barbra Streisand at the 82

Five Feet Apart Wants You To Cry & You Probably Will, Su...

Most teen romances rely on delayed gratification to keep viewers enthralled: Will they fall in love? Will they kiss? Will they have sex? Take Twilight, whi

The Aftermath Is The New Atonement, Sex Scene-Wise

Only a handful of movie sex scenes feel like they were written specifically for women, but the library scene from Atonement is undeniably one of them. The

Everyone Is Calling Olivia Wilde's Directorial Debut The...

Calling all Lady Bird fans! There's a new woman-centric coming-of-age tale on the horizon, and her name is Booksmart. Prepare to be obsessed. Olivia W

Captain Marvel Is Everything We Hoped For, Plus A Cat & ...

Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for Captain Marvel. At one point in Captain Marvel, Kree commander Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) yells some words at his

The First Teaser For Mindy Kaling's Late Night Is Giving...

The first teaser for Mindy Kaling's Late Night is here and Miranda Priestly is shaking in her Louboutins. The film, written by, and starring Kaling, a

Reese Witherspoon Was Always So Much More Than America's Sweethea...

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

The Favourite's Queen Anne Was A Victory For LGBTQ+ Repr...

The 91st Academy Awards may have been riddled with controversy, and some disappointments, but they made history. Spike Lee won his first Academy Award, for