Is Taylor Swift ushering in a new era for movie theaters?
The Eras Tour ’s success may indicate a path back to profitability for movie theaters, if not movies themselves
Movies
Monday
Friday
The Sweet East is the first film to capture 2020s America
Everyone can find their own niche now, but we have so little to talk about together
Thursday
Spooky season’s religious revival
This year’s horror movies lean on supernatural evils
Wednesday
What does the end of the WGA strike really mean?
At first glance, this suggests that business as usual can resume, but the actors’ strike continues
Monday
Why didn’t William Friedkin get much credit when he was alive?
There’s more to the late director than The Exorcist and The French Connection
Tuesday
Allan’s big moment: discontinued doll’s price rises thanks to Barbie
The eBay value of Ken’s friend is skyrocketing
Sunday
Tom Hanks should stick to acting
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is as clumsy as its plodding title
Thursday
The importance of going to the movies
Something happens when you watch a movie alone together, laughing, crying and fidgeting in unison
Monday
Why is there no great Thanksgiving movie?
The holiday lacks the magic of Christmas and already has too much drama
Friday
The Woman King is satisfying but it sanitizes African slavery
The real-life kingdom of Dahomey was not so progressive
Thursday
The new Pinocchio is straight up trash
This reincarnation of a classic chooses pointless nihilism over redemption
Wednesday
The ongoing farce of Ezra Miller
Why does the actor still have such a hold on film executives?
Thursday
Ron Howard: nobody’s favorite Hollywood director
He’s a careful pair of hands but little else
Tuesday
Another moral panic over on-screen violence?
Movies and video games didn’t cause Uvalde but the questions don’t end there
Friday
Zelensky is the star of the Cannes Festival
Cannes is back, bébé
Friday
Netflix changes woke course after Chappelle attack
They went woke and now they’re going broke
Tuesday
What is David Lynch up to now?
As rumors about ‘Wisteria’ swirl, the director is being typically mysterious
Thursday
Time to slay J.K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’
Let’s hope the latest film in the series is the last
Friday
The bitter irony of Bruce Willis bowing out
Wealth and success don’t make one immune to aging
Wednesday
Why does Hollywood ruin literature’s best characters?
What Kenneth Branagh has done to Poirot borders on literary mutiny
