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A Guide To The Best Scenes In Outlaw King (Yes, Including That One)

The Girl In The Spider’s Web Is A Bland Male Fantasy Of Female Revenge

Outlaw King Is The Bloodiest, Beardiest Movie Of The Year

Outlander Season 4 Premiere Recap: 'Round & 'R...

Welcome back, Outlander enthusiasts! It’s been nearly a year since we left Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) laying on a sandy

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

Behold: The Wildlife Clip That Will Probably Play Before...

Whenever awards season rolls around, I start playing a little game while watching movies featuring truly great performances: Which scene will yield the

All The 2018 Movies We Can't Stop Talking About (So Far)

I talk about movies a lot. I talk about the ones I’ve seen, the ones I want to see, the ones I know I’ll hate, that one scene I’m obsessed with, a

Disney's The Nutcracker And The Four Realms Is Gorg...

Oddly, The Nutcracker has always been misnamed. The two-act ballet, famously scored by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Marius

Women Are Crushing The Halloween Box Office — But There's A ...

Women killed at the box office this weekend — literally. Halloween held strong at number one for the second weekend in a row, after its headline-making

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

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

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,

How Marielle Heller Made A Movie About The Worst People In New Yo...

Marielle Heller loves to make movies about unexpectedly scary women. Her directorial debut, The Diary of A Teenage Girl, was about a 15-year-old Minnie

Help! I'm Obsessed With Melissa McCarthy's Terrible Cha...

In a standout scene from Can You Ever Forgive Me, Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) begrudgingly attends a book party at her agent’s magnificent apartment

Wildlife Suggests Being Married To Jake Gyllenh...

Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for Wildlife. Everyone in Wildlife is waiting for it to snow. For the small town of Great Falls, Montana,

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

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

Jonah Hill Is The Newest Member Of The Cult Of Kathryn Hahn

Just last week, Private Life director Tamara Jenkins told Refinery29 about belatedly discovering Kathryn Hahn's extensive body of work after casting her

In Ben Is Back, Julia Roberts Is Fighting For Her Son (&...

The race for Best Actress just got a little more crowded. The latest trailer for Ben Is Back proves that Julia Roberts is in it to win as a mother

Why Tilda Swinton Was Cast As 82-Year-Old German Man In Suspi...

Yesterday, actress Tilda Swinton finally confirmed that she is indeed Lutz Ebersdorf, the mysterious male German actor credited in Luca Guadagnino's

by Anne Cohen

Movie Reviews
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.
by Anne Cohen

Movies
Let's Break Down A Star Is Born's Oscar Chances
If you’re one of the many, many people who enjoyed watching Bradley Cooper stroke Lady Gaga’s nose in A Star Is Born over the weekend, you’re in
by Anne Cohen

Movies
Our Favorite Movie Soundtracks Of All Time
Every year around Oscars season, I wonder why there are so many categories. I mean, do we really need Best Original Score AND Best Original Song? Couldn't
by Anne Cohen

Movie Reviews
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
by Anne Cohen

TV Shows
Here's A Sneak Peek At Outlander's Brand New S...
A new season of Outlander means a new set of credits to wave your arms to as you pretend to dance around time-traveling stones. The catchy theme song gets
by Anne Cohen

Movies
Timothée Chalamet Is "1000%" Ready To Cry In Front Of A Fire Again
Did you cry while reading Armie Hammer's love letter to Timothée Chalamet in Variety this week? Was it a cool balm for your wounded, battered soul? A
by Anne Cohen

Pop Culture
The Ultimate Game Of Thrones Gift Guide, For Every Kind ...
Winter is coming, and hot on its heels is the holiday season. You know: The time of year that screams twinkly lights and warm cocoa, along with a steaming
by Anne Cohen

Movies
Private Life Might Just Be The Best Netflix Movie Of The...
Warning: This story contains mild spoilers for Private Life, available to stream on Netflix October 5. The opening scene of Tamara Jenkins' Private Life
by Anne Cohen

Movies
Liver Pâté & Women's Rights: Behind-The-Scenes Of RBG Biopic...
It’s about 4pm on a Saturday, and I’ve been watching Justin Theroux eat pâté for seven hours. We’re reaching the end of a long day of shooting on
by Anne Cohen

Movie Reviews
Venom Is The Best Buddy Comedy Of The Year — & The Worst...
As a superhero movie, Venom, the first installment of the Sony Universe of Marvel Characters, is a dismal failure. The script is laughably bad, the action
by Anne Cohen