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Nov
29
Cynthia Erivo, made up in all green, stars as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande (in all pink) plays Galinda.

What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?

4 min read
Nov
22
Karla Sofia Gascon stars as Emilia Pérez. This photo is a close-up of her looking at something nearby.

2024: The year in trans cinema (made by cis people)

12 min read
Nov
08
Robin Wright and Tom Hanks stand in a 1970s-ish living room. They both look subtly, creepily younger.

Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art

6 min read
Oct
11
Bandleader Lawrence Welk spreads his arms out wide to celebrate the end of another number.

Liked Saturday Night? Here are more backstage TV stories that should be movies.

9 min read
Sep
27
Our present-day Demi Moore sits on a couch right in front of a picture depicting her in the '80s.

The transness inherent to The Substance

8 min read
Sep
20
The many actors and people involved in Shogun stand on the purple-hued Emmy stage in their finery.

September mailbag

11 min read
Aug
30
Kevin Costner's Horizon is really more of a 12-hour TV show

Kevin Costner's Horizon is really more of a 12-hour TV show

6 min read
Aug
28
Pop star Chappell Roan wears a sash with her name on it, cradling flowers and a trophy.

Chappell Roan and our ever more parasocial world

In 2024, we're all living out Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation -- on both ends.
10 min read
Aug
16
A young boy (Haley Joel Osment) stares down as a man (Bruce Willis) looks at him. They are in a stairwell.

M. Night Shyamalan, ranked (Part 2)

10 min read
Aug
14
Dev Patel, dressed in a black and red robe, strikes a martial arts pose in a snowy temple.

M. Night Shyamalan, ranked (Part 1)

The beloved, beleaguered Philadelphia auteur's filmography, from worst to first.
8 min read