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The Best Movie Casts of the Last 50 Years
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The Best Movie Casts of the Last 50 Years

With the Achievement in Casting award debuting at the Oscars, we’re picking which movies should have won over the last half-century.

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Review: Raving on the road to hell in ‘Sirāt’
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Review: Raving on the road to hell in ‘Sirāt’

Get ready for one of the most unexpectedly tense and horrifying cinematic journeys in recent memory.

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Remember When Fascism Was A Bad Thing? These Movies Do
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Remember When Fascism Was A Bad Thing? These Movies Do

Let’s take a closer look at some beloved films that are WHOOPS now apparently too radical for today’s khaki-wearing tyrants.

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Review: ‘Blades of the Guardians’ brings Wuxia to the Fury Road
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Review: ‘Blades of the Guardians’ brings Wuxia to the Fury Road

With a massive cast and grand desert vistas, Yuen Woo-ping’s latest showcases the wuxia genre on an epic scale and should deliver anything a fan wants.

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Taryn Smith picks 4 movies to pair with rowing across the Atlantic Ocean
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Taryn Smith picks 4 movies to pair with rowing across the Atlantic Ocean

Rower and yoga instructor Taryn Smith on the movies that complement her recent transatlantic adventure.

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Review: ‘How to Make a Killing’ takes a nibble out of the rich
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Review: ‘How to Make a Killing’ takes a nibble out of the rich

John Patton Ford’s follow-up to Emily the Criminal is an enjoyable, often funny flick riding the current wave of late-stage capitalism cinema. Just don’t expect any real social commentary or airtight logic.

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Review: ‘Pillion’ shows the power, joy, and hilarity of submission
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Review: ‘Pillion’ shows the power, joy, and hilarity of submission

This is a smart, clever, well-crafted movie that offers a true representation of a highly stereotyped and often dismissed queer subculture and so much more.

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Rachel Griffin picks 5 movies to pair with ‘The Sun and the Starmaker’
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Rachel Griffin picks 5 movies to pair with ‘The Sun and the Starmaker’

Author Rachel Griffin on the movies that complement her new novel.

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Natasha Bowen picks 4 movies to pair with ‘Call of the Dragon’
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Natasha Bowen picks 4 movies to pair with ‘Call of the Dragon’

Writer and teacher Natasha Bowen on the movies that complement her new novel.

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Review: ‘Wuthering Heights’ should have gone even further
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Review: ‘Wuthering Heights’ should have gone even further

The visual storytelling, quirky details, and vibrant energy of Emerald Fennell’s enjoyable adaptation of the Emily Brontë novel are held back when the script veers too closely into tradition.

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If you like any of these movies, you are in fact woke
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If you like any of these movies, you are in fact woke

Sorry, we don’t make the rules.

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Interview: Andra Day on ‘Is This Thing On?’ and Doing Things That Scare You
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Interview: Andra Day on ‘Is This Thing On?’ and Doing Things That Scare You

12 questions with Grammy-nominated singer and Oscar-nominated actress Andra Day about working with Bradley Cooper, advice to aspiring actors, and more!

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Review: Charli XCX sells out Brat Summer in ‘The Moment’
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Review: Charli XCX sells out Brat Summer in ‘The Moment’

While there are quite a few funny moments and scenarios in The Moment, this mockumentary is conceptually more interesting to think about than to watch.

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Judd Winick picks 5 movies to pair with ‘The Mighty’
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Judd Winick picks 5 movies to pair with ‘The Mighty’

Cartoonist and author Judd Winick on the movies that complement his new graphic novel.

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Review: ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me’ is an achingly beautiful portrait of fatherhood
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Review: ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me’ is an achingly beautiful portrait of fatherhood

Gorgeously photographed, each frame of Walter Thompson-Hernández’s If I Go Will They Miss Me is stunning and elevates an often-told story to mythic proportions.

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Review: ‘Lady’ takes a cab through the neon nightlife of Lagos
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Review: ‘Lady’ takes a cab through the neon nightlife of Lagos

Set against one of the many economic protests in Nigeria, a tough-as-nails cab driver tries to make ends meet and squirrel enough away to escape.

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Review: ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ is a messy grief dramedy with fantastical ballroom dancing
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Review: ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ is a messy grief dramedy with fantastical ballroom dancing

Sure to be a crowd pleaser, the cheekily tilted Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! depicts the chaotic interior and exterior life of a fanciful woman after the death of her husband and ballroom dance partner.

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Review: ‘Shame and Money’ portrays the endless drudgery of just getting by
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Review: ‘Shame and Money’ portrays the endless drudgery of just getting by

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2026, Visar Morina’s Shame and Money could also win an award for the most on-the-nose film title.

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Review: ‘Josephine’ is extremely upsetting—and a cinematic achievement
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Review: ‘Josephine’ is extremely upsetting—and a cinematic achievement

Winner of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award Dramatic and Grand Jury Prize Dramatic, Josephine is an extremely upsetting and horrifying two hours—yet also a cinematic achievement.

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Review: ‘Take Me Home’ follows a family reckoning with disability and decline
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Review: ‘Take Me Home’ follows a family reckoning with disability and decline

Depicting the cold realities of the American medical system as well as the warm, quiet moments of family life that continue despite the circumstances, Liz Sargent’s Take Me Home dares to ask if it has to be this way. 

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