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Dakota Johnson Is Actually Great in Daddio

 Sean Penn is better than he’s been in years in Christy Hall’s old-fashioned strangers-in-a-cab drama. But Johnson nearly acts him off the screen. By Bilge Ebiri
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Welcome to the New Quiet Place, Same As the Old Quiet Place

 The prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is being sold as an expansion of the horror franchise, but in many ways it’s merely a reiteration. By A.A. Dowd
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Céline Dion Is Still Aiming for Perfection

 Her new documentary refuses to be a portrait of a diva in decline. By Madeline Leung Coleman
  1. box office
    How Did A Quiet Place: Day One and Horizon: An American Saga Do at Box Office?Spoiler alert: both movies couldn’t catch up to Inside Out 2.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  2. movie review
    Catherine Breillat Is Back, BabyThe transgressive French filmmaker is in fine, fucked-up form with Last Summer, about a middle-age lawyer who starts sleeping with her stepson.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. splits?
    Can You Handle Another Bennifer Breakup?As the couple prepare to sell their mansion, Affleck has reportedly moved his stuff out.
    By Justin Curto
  4. movie review
    Welcome to the New Quiet Place, Same As the Old Quiet PlaceThe prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is being sold as an expansion of the horror franchise, but in many ways it’s merely a reiteration.
    By A.A. Dowd
  5. now streaming
    The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendYes, chef!
    By Savannah Salazar
  7. movie review
    I Never Want to See This Movie AgainThe Devil’s Bath, a twisted horror drama from the directors of Goodnight Mommy, is both deeply captivating and deeply upsetting.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. cowboys don’t cry
    You Cannot Make Kevin Costner Do Therapy on TVHe just wants to talk about his movie!
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  9. movie review
    Dakota Johnson Is Actually Great in DaddioSean Penn is better than he’s been in years in Christy Hall’s old-fashioned strangers-in-a-cab drama. But Johnson nearly acts him off the screen.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  10. now streaming
    The 10 Best Tubi Original MoviesThe free streamer houses a vast library of intriguing obscurities without the pretensions.
    By Josh Bell
  11. obits
    Bill Cobbs, The Bodyguard and Air Bud Star, Dead at 90Whitney Houston’s manager and Air Bud’s coach? Now that’s a career.
    By Bethy Squires
  12. movie review
    Céline Dion Is Still Aiming for PerfectionHer new documentary refuses to be a portrait of a diva in decline.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  13. trailer mix
    Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Are De-Aged to Teenagers in HereReuniting with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis.
    By Zoe Guy
  14. nepo-pinions
    Emma Roberts Isn’t Into Nepo-Baby Discourse, Unsurprisingly“If you’re kind of not the girl from the middle of nowhere that broke into Hollywood, there’s kind of an eye roll.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  15. movie review
    Mia Goth Will Almost Convince You MaXXXine Has Something to SayFor that, the girl deserves an Oscar.
    By Alison Willmore
  16. film
    Gena Rowlands Has Alzheimer’s, Mirroring Her Character“We lived it, she acted it, and now it’s on us,” said her son, Nick Cassavetes.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. posture
    Will Someone Please Check on Austin Butler’s Neck?He always looks like he’s either working through a cramp or about to get one.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  18. in memoriam
    10 Essential Donald Sutherland PerformancesThe New Hollywood icon was an unusually grounded movie star.
    By A.A. Dowd
  19. donnnn-keigh!
    Merry Shrek-mas and a Donkey New Year!Shrek 5 and Donkey are coming to theaters near you.
    By Jason P. Frank
  20. i’ll be your guide
    The Boy and the Heron Is Now Pooping on DigitalMiyazaki’s Oscar winner is on VOD, with a streaming debut to come.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  21. vulture lists
    A Ranked Guide to John Wick–Inspired MoviesHollywood has been trying to make the next John Wick for the past decade with a new generation of stunt-heavy, fistfighting action movies.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  22. feeling joy
    Inside Out 2 Scores Another Win at the Box OfficeAfter eight days in theaters, it beat Dune 2 for the highest-earning movie of the year.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  23. living the dream
    Bravo Superfan Jennifer Lawrence Will Be a Real-ish HousewifeIn the sense that she’s starring in a Real Housewives–inspired murder mystery movie for A24 and Apple.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  24. movie review
    A Movie About Being Cool Shouldn’t Be This UptightHow is The Bikeriders, a movie in which Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy are a biker love triangle, so emotionally constipated?
    By Alison Willmore
  25. on the horizon
    Kevin Costner ‘Just Realized’ He’s Too Busy for YellowstoneGo see him in an actual movie if you like him so much.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  26. papa-paparazzi
    Ben Affleck Has ‘Resting Hard Face,’ Not RBF“People are projecting something onto me that I don’t feel about myself at all.”
    By Justin Curto
  27. vulture lists
    The 15 Best Biker MoviesThe Bikeriders is an anomaly in 2024, but there was a time when outlaw bikers regularly fascinated and terrified moviegoers.
    By Katie Rife
  28. movie review
    Janet Planet Will Grow on YouAnnie Baker’s coming-of-age film features a career-best performance from Julianne Nicholson as a crunchy single mom living in Western Massachusetts.
    By Alison Willmore
  29. now streaming
    The 10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIt’s hot out, let’s ride.
    By Savannah Salazar
  30. vulture recommends
    Ghost in the Shell’s Weirder, Unloved Sequel Is Actually GreatInnocence and its dreamlike CGI have returned in 4K.
    By Dan Schindel
  31. cannes 2024
    Sicko Yorgos Is BackYorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness delights and luxuriates in absurdity and abasement. He’s fully back in his sandbox.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  32. movie review
    You’ll Never Forget the Things You See in Green BorderAgnieszka Holland’s award-winning epic refugee drama is a riveting, devastating piece of work.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  33. encounter
    June Squibb Made ItShe yelled at Woody Allen in her 60s, earned an Oscar nod in her 80s, and at 94, has her first starring role.
    By Rachel Handler
  34. movie review
    Thelma Gives 94-Year-Old June Squibb the Role of a LifetimeJosh Margolin’s Sundance comedy, about an elderly woman on a quest to find the crooks who scammed her, never feels lazy, cheap, or cruel.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  35. remembrance
    Donald Sutherland Was Some Kind of Movie StarFew actors committed as ferociously. Few actors were so damned much fun to watch.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  36. tributes
    Kiefer Sutherland Remembers His Father, Donald“I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film.”
    By Zoe Guy
  37. venice 2023
    Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border Is an Urgent Warning“I never had such a strong experience with audience reaction like I did with this film.”
    By Rachel Handler
  38. moving right along
    Muppet Movies, RankedIt’s time to start the music, it’s time to light the lights.
    By Barry Levitt
  39. now streaming
    The 10 Best Horror Movies on StarzNope, An American Werewolf in London, Hostel, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  40. close read
    Yorgos Lanthimos Is Not Your FriendPoor Things was an empowerment fantasy. The director’s latest film, Kinds of Kindness, is a return to his primary interest — control.
    By Alison Willmore
  41. spicy runners
    The Hottest Star Wars Characters Are SmugglersThese 16 irresistible rogues and scoundrels make the galaxy a much more interesting, sexier place.
    By Roxana Hadadi and Nicholas Quah
  42. huh…?
    ‘Netflix House’ Rolls Right Off the Tongue (and Into a Mall Near You)Netflix is now making immersive shopping experiences.
    By Jason P. Frank
  43. vulture lists
    16 Noteworthy Documentaries Celebrating LGBTQ+ WomenFrom 1920s lesbians appreciating art in Paris to a retired Illinois couple coming out after six decades together.
    By Emily Maskell
  44. the festival circuit
    TIFF Hearts Amy AdamsShe’s receiving the TIFF Tribute Performer Award for her work in Nightbitch.
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. the boy whispers
    Kevin Costner Isn’t Sorry for Casting His Beautiful, Whispering Boy“We would drive to the set every day and he would whisper.”
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  46. heads will roll
    The Bloody, Bawdy History of Henry VIII OnscreenFrom Richard Burton to Jude Law, the king with six wives frequently plays second fiddle to a more interesting woman.
    By Elle Carroll
  47. happy pride!
    Were You Also Baited By the Inside Out 2 Post-Credits Scene?Is she … you know?
    By Nate Jones
  48. coming not so soon
    Jordan Peele Drops a Cryptic Release DateNothing scarier than a movie with no details.
    By Zoe Guy
  49. coming soon
    Adam Driver Can Freeze Time in MegalopolisWith a confirmed fall release date, hopefully he can speed it up, too.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  50. generation brat
    Do We Have a Modern-Day Brat Pack?Let’s consider a few candidates.
    By Tom Smyth
  51. profile
    Annie Baker Goes to HollywoodThe renowned playwright switches mediums with her sneakily expansive debut film, Janet Planet, about a possessive mother-daughter relationship.
    By Jackson McHenry
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