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The Actress-Turned-Director You Need To Have On Your Radar

Kristen Stewart’s Charlie’s Angels Performance Is One Of Her Best Ever...

Why Did Two Movies By Women Of Color Get Disqualified From The 2020 Oscars?

Catherine The Great Finale Recap: What Goes Around Comes...

The fourth and final episode of Catherine the Great presents a conundrum. On the one hand, it pains me to admit that this show has been a slog, and I’m g

Honey Boy Director Alma Har’el Explains Why Shia LaBeouf...

Alma Har’el first met Shia LaBeouf in 2011 in a pretty unconventional way — but after you see Honey Boy, you might say it was fate. After coming across

Christmas Movies

Don’t Be A Grinch — Give Your Heart To Last Christmas

Did I almost immediately guess the twist in Last Christmas? Yes, and you probably will too. Did it in any way hinder my enjoyment of this festive Yuletide

Eliza Scanlen Says Little Women Cast Formed A Friends-For-...

In the wise words of Louisa May Alcott, the sisters of Little Women are squad goals. (Kidding, but she would.) It’s only fitting that an equally dynamic

The Most Underrated Movies You Should Be Watching, According To 1...

Catherine The Great Episode 3 Recap: Why Is This Show Al...

I confess: As much as I adore Jason Clarke’s zestful exuberance as Grigory Potemkin, I wish Catherine The Great was more about, Catherine (Helen Mirren).

Honey Boy Takes A Deep, Painful Dive Into Shia LaBeouf&#...

Shia LaBeouf wasn’t exaggerating when he described the making of his latest film as an “exorcism.” Part cathartic therapy session, part sadomasochist

Best of Netflix

Netflix’s Latest True Crime Docu-Series Is About A Chilling Holoc...

At first glance, John Demjanjuk appeared to be a poster boy for the American Dream. A Ukrainian immigrant, he settled in Cleveland with his wife and daught

Issa Rae & LaKeith Stanfield Fall In Love In The New Romance Movi...

This Valentine’s Day, prepare to be swept off your feet. Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield are co-starring in a romance movie, and it looks steamy. Th

Best of Netflix

Does The Irishman Have A Woman Problem?

Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Irishman, in theaters November 1, and available to stream on Netflix November 27. Martin Scorsese’s The Iri

Lady Reed In Dolemite Is My Name Is A New Kind Of Heroine

When Da’Vine Joy Randolph told her father she was up for the part of Lady Reed in Dolemite Is My Name, he warned her not to mess it up. “My d

Why The Upcoming Harriet Tubman Movie Is So Timely, Even 106 Year...

This story was originally published in February 2019. “Harriet” hits theaters on November 1. There’s enough material in Harriet Tubman’s bi

Cynthia Erivo Breaks Down Those Tense Scenes With Joe Alwyn In

Cynthia Erivo faces an almost impossible task in Harriet. She has to embody an American icon, a figure that looms so large in our history as to appear supe

Kiersey Clemons On Fighting Monsters — Real & Metaphorical — In <...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Sweetheart, now available on digital and VOD. Sweetheart is an unusual title for a horror movie about a young woman stran

Christmas Movies

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Is Going To Have A Very Diff...

Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women screened at the Director’s Guild in Los Angeles last night, and though I am personally seething with jealousy

What The Best Movies Of 2019 (So Far) Reveal About Our Current Mo...

Catherine The Great Premiere Recap: “There’s Always A Go...

Two hundred and sixty years ago, the most powerful monarch in Europe was a woman. And not just any woman. She who would become Catherine the Great was born

The Zombie Movies You Need To See If You Love The Walking Dea...

by Anne Cohen

Power Diaries
Daniela Taplin Lundberg Produced Shia LaBeouf’s Wildest Mov...
Daniela Taplin Lundberg is the founder of Stay Gold Features, a production and financing company based in New York City. Her reputation as a fearless produ
by Anne Cohen

Entertainment News
Why The Lighthouse Should Be The New Rocky Horror P...
Warning: This story includes spoilers for The Lighthouse. Haaaaaaark! If you’re expecting The Lighthouse to tell you a story, in the traditional beginnin
by Anne Cohen

Celebrity Couples
Timothée Chalamet & Saoirse Ronan Know They Have A Special Connec...
Every generation has its unforgettable Hollywood pairing, whose chemistry, on and off-screen, make them a powerful Hollywood force: Fred Astaire and Ginger
by Anne Cohen

Entertainment
Zoey Deutch Steals The Show In Zombieland: Double Tap
When Zoey Deutch first appeared in the trailer for Zombieland: Double Tap, I was worried. Her character, a blonde ditz named Madison, seemed as much a reli
by Anne Cohen

Movie Reviews
Can Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit Make You Laugh About Hit...
It’s impossible to talk about Jojo Rabbit without acknowledging the movie that made it possible in the first place. When Mel Brooks released The Producer
by Anne Cohen

Movies
What Does El Camino’s Ending Mean For Jesse Pinkman?
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Breaking Bad and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. For the last six years, fans have been speculating about
by Anne Cohen

Movies
Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Latest Role Will Definitely Surprise You
No sooner have I sat down for our interview than Priyanka Chopra Jonas has moved my chair closer and offered to hold my phone as it records our conversatio
by Anne Cohen

Entertainment
Parasite Is The Wildest, Most Thrilling Movie Of The Year
There is a moment in Parasite where everything changes. I won’t tell you how, or why, but at some point, everything you think you know about this movie g
by Anne Cohen

Movie Reviews
I Wish The King Was As Sharp As Timothée Chalamet’s Chee...
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for The King. Despite the hype, the first bowl cut we see in The King doesn’t belong to Timothée Chalamet,
by Anne Cohen