Why tell a story that’s already been told before? We see it so much, particularly in the midst of the recent true crime boom, that we barely think about that question beyond the first obvi…
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:27PMFor one reason or another, I’ve seen a lot of vaudeville in movies this year — both recent and old releases. I have started to feel as though any depiction of this bygone working-class, …
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00AMThe idea of escapism became a hobbyhorse in the years following the September 11, 2001, attacks, right on time for the first of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings adaptation, The Fellowship…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:14PMIt is far easier to forgive a film for a weak first half than a weak second half. The films I’ve been seeing at Venice this week almost all pass the two hour mark — a lot of big, long mo…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:00AMCannes Jury President Cate Blanchett and Palme d’Or-winning director Agnes Varda stood atop the steps at the Lumiere Theater this evening, joining arms with 82 other women to demand an inc…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:34PMLike nearly any Broadway musical you can think of, Cold War is a love story told through love songs. They start off early in the film, sung by peasants in rural postwar Poland, plaintive, he…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:47AMOutside In is a love story featuring a great variety of loves. It’s the story of an ex-con (Jay Duplass) who returns to his small Washington hometown after 20 years in prison, bringing bac…
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