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The artificially-intelligent world director Gareth Edwards paints in "The Creator" — of vibrant, sprawling cities side by side with preserved natural beauty and a rural way of life — is one we should not fear but rather aspire to achieve.
In the hybrid documentary, fiction-docu film "Savoy", director Zohar Wagner crafts a humanizing portrait of a complicated relationship built on mutual understanding.
Martin Scorsese's powerful and profoundly empathetic portrayal of Mollie Burkhart and the entire Osage community makes “Killers of the Flower Moon” a triumph.
The 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show will be Usher's second time on the Super Bowl stage.
Fans across the world are growing more and more excited as the release date for “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” creeps ever closer. Here’s to 19 years of fame, "Scott Pilgrim!”
The Writers Guild of America's monthslong strike ultimately led to a deal in their favor – but many remain concerned about the future of the film industry.
Modern horror may have the highest ceiling of any genre, bringing an even greater level of entertainment than its classic predecessors. Here's a list of the top 10 greatest modern horror films.
Whatever the reason, horror movies have established themselves as a central part of cinema and pop culture. So in honor of Halloween, we're ranking the top 10 greatest horror classics of all time.
Why was the immediate coverage of this family’s restructuring taken as an opportunity for verbal violence rather than empathy? And why did (or didn’t) the public fall for the PR tricks this time?
In her sophomore album "Bewitched," Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey blends her classical roots with her love of pop and traditional jazz to create a magical, anachronistic masterpiece.
In Christian Petzold’s Silver Bear-winning film "Afire" (2023), love is all-consuming.
In "Walk Up", a building acts as both a bridge beyond and above the self-centeredness of the lead character and a vessel for his worst qualities.
Our social media feeds are full of "girl math," "girl dinner" and the "strawberry girl." Why is every recent TikTok trend based on girls – especially given the cancellation of “girlboss” just a few years ago?
In “Lost in Translation” (2003), an eighteen-year-old Scarlett Johansson and mid-to-late career Bill Murray have a semi-platonic one-week fling in Japan that's influenced as much by director Sofia Coppola's relationship to her father as her crumbling marriage.
Fast fashion and single-wear outfits are inextricably tied to the festival and concert industry – and a major contributor to overconsumption.
Park Chan-wook’s 2003 film, re-released last month for its 20th anniversary, is violent, action-packed and extremely visceral – but "Oldboy" is so much more than the sheer shock value it provides.
While it occasionally strains under the weight of its admittedly bizarre core concept, “Fionna and Cake” makes it clear that the ingredients making “Adventure Time” special haven’t gone anywhere.
“In the End” is, to be sure, an album about loss, despair, mourning and the frustration of failing to obtain one’s object of desire. But what is so distinctive about Bain’s production is the playful exuberance with which she broaches the vicissitude of her desire.
Watching TV in the 2000s and early 2010s, I felt like the only Indian characters in the media were those that had just immigrated from India and embodied the stereotypical tropes. There are over one billion of us in the world, yet it seemed every Indian on TV was a variant of Baljeet.
I recommend that everyone read Asimov's “Foundation.” Its interesting ideas, compelling story and exciting plot twists will keep you entertained while making you think deeply about the world.