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A Different Man Might Be Overthinking Things

 Sebastian Stan is very good in this droll, distant drama about being unable to escape yourself, but it’s Adam Pearson who brings the film to life. By Alison Willmore
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Three of Our Best Actresses Elevate Netflix’s His Three Daughters

 Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne play three sisters watching over their dying father in Azazel Jacobs’s drama. By Bilge Ebiri
a long talk

This Might Be the Most Ambitious and Delirious Thing Joe Wright Has Ever Done

 Before he made M. Son of the Century, he was “watching the rise of the far right across the world” and growing “very concerned.” By Bilge Ebiri
  1. gimme all your money
    The Golden Globes Are Still Pay to PlayCan we borrow a dollar? We’re trying to get What We Do in the Shadows a Golden Globe or six.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. felt fight!
    Oh No, Muppet Twitter Is Feuding With the SNL MovieNo weapon formed against Jim Henson shall prosper.
    By Rebecca Alter
  3. instant classic
    Arrivederci, La Chimera at IFC CenterThe real song of the summer was the film’s 25-week theatrical run.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  4. there is still time
    I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to BeThere’s a way to read the end of Jane Schoenbrun’s masterful new movie as grim, even nihilistic. But you must actively choose to see it that way.
    By Emily St. James
  5. a how-to guide
    There Are Ways to Be Normal on the Substance From The SubstanceSorry to Elisabeth Sparkle, but I’m built different.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  7. fall preview 2024
    Adam Pearson Is No WallflowerIn A Different Man, the actor has his biggest role to date in a dark comedy inspired by his upbeat personality.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. movie review
    Three of Our Best Actresses Elevate Netflix’s His Three DaughtersCarrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne play three sisters watching over their dying father in Azazel Jacobs’s drama.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. now streaming
    The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIncluding “one of the most graphic body-horror films I’ve ever seen.”
    By Savannah Salazar
  10. cannes 2024
    The Substance Is Disgusting, Twisted, and Instantly DivisiveThe graphic body-horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley is lighting up debate at Cannes.
    By Rachel Handler
  11. movie review
    In Search of a More Welcoming RealityJane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow is an enveloping, confounding film about isolation, gender transition, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
    By Alison Willmore
  12. ratings
    The Limits of a Twice-Yearly Netflix Viewing ReportHere’s how the streamer could do better.
    By Josef Adalian
  13. vulture recommends
    Meet the Internet’s Scrappiest Home for Obscure CinemaLet’s go spelunking into “the cave of forgotten films.”
    By Gayle Sequeira
  14. vulture lists
    The 25 Goopiest, Grodiest, Gnarliest Body Horror Movies, RankedWhat if you couldn’t distance yourself from something horrific, because it’s impossible to escape your own flesh and blood.
    By Rory Doherty
  15. movie review
    A Different Man Might Be Overthinking ThingsSebastian Stan is very good in this droll, distant drama about being unable to escape yourself, but it’s Adam Pearson who brings the film to life.
    By Alison Willmore
  16. dramaturgically
    Release the Frog Cut of The ApprenticeWe could have had another “not a musical” musical in awards consideration this year!
    By Bethy Squires
  17. prolific
    Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to an Additional Sex Crime in New YorkWeinstein has been charged with an additional count of committing a criminal sex act.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  18. the law
    Diddy and Weinstein’s Day in CourtIt’s ultimately not shocking that Harvey Weinstein and Sean Combs both appeared in court on the same day for sex-crime charges.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  19. coming soon
    A New Joker: Folie à Deux Trailer? That’s Life!Gaga is singing standards, and this time it’s not with Tony Bennett.
    By Zoe Guy
  20. a long talk
    This Might Be the Most Ambitious and Delirious Thing Joe Wright Has Ever DoneBefore he made M. Son of the Century, he was “watching the rise of the far right across the world” and growing “very concerned.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  21. vulture lists
    22 Horror-Movie Remakes That You Should Actually WatchHollywood took a second stab (pun intended) at these scary flicks, and we’re glad it did.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  22. bong hive
    Robert Pattinson to Finally Awake from Cryogenic Sleep As Mickey 17It’s RPatz vs. RPatz in the new trailer.
    By Zoe Guy
  23. come on barney let’s go party
    What Else Is In the Mattel Films Toy Box?John Cena will attempt to fit into a Matchbox Car.
    By Bella Arnold and Alejandra Gularte
  24. girl erased
    Disney Put Inside Out 2 Through Conversion TherapyReportedly adjusting her relationship with Val to seem “less gay.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  25. splits
    Can You Handle Another Bennifer Breakup?All the rumors, reports, and potential clues that led up to this … potential re-coupling?
    By Justin Curto
  26. battle of the bats
    Is The Penguin Better Than Joker: Folie à Deux?Critics seem to think so.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  27. now streaming
    The 13 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIncluding Scary Jesse Plemons.
    By Savannah Salazar
  28. endings
    Rebel Ridge’s Unexpectedly Non-Violent Ending, Explained By Jeremy SaulnierFilmmaker Jeremy Saulnier on crafting Terry Richmond’s “mission of morality.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  29. work history
    How Quickly Did Joaquin Phoenix Split Up With Split?James McAvoy has an estimate.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  30. tiff 2024
    You’d Think Watching Tilda Swinton in an Apocalypse Movie Musical Would Be FunBut at two and a half very staid hours, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End is a punishing picture.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  31. endings
    The Speak No Evil Remake’s Ending Is a Cowardly Cop-outSpeak No Evil is meant to be a sick joke, and it doesn’t work without the punch line.
    By Louis Peitzman
  32. bad omens
    All of Neil Gaiman’s Halted and Canceled ProjectsFollowing sexual-assault allegations made by multiple women.
    By Jason P. Frank
  33. movie review
    The Speak No Evil Remake Is Sillier (and Better) Than the OriginalThe American remake loses something in ditching the unrelenting darkness, but it also avoids the original’s borderline reactionary message.
    By Alison Willmore
  34. vulture lists
    Forgotten YA Adaptations, Ranked by Cultural ImpactWill Netflix’s Uglies leave a bigger mark than these 15 Twilight–Harry Potter–Hunger Games rip-offs?
    By Rory Doherty
  35. movie review
    Girls Will Be Girls Sneaks Up on YouShuchi Talati’s debut feature, one of the best films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is now in theaters.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  36. movie review
    My Old Ass Is Low-Key DevastatingMaisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza star in a rewarding coming-of-age story about getting the chance to advise your teenage self.
    By Alison Willmore
  37. tiff 2024
    The Piano Lesson Can’t Quite Live Up to August Wilson’s PlayMalcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson is a worthwhile and occasionally quite moving adaptation. But it lives uncomfortably between two forms.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  38. the law
    Francis Ford Coppola Sues Variety for $15 MillionOver a report that included video of the director allegedly sexually harassing female extras on the set of Megalopolis.
    By Jason P. Frank
  39. movies fantasy league
    The MFL Podcast Competitions Are Back, Now With Serious StakesWhat you need to know about the Movies Fantasy League’s Podcaster Division, podcast listener mini-leagues, and how to get involved.
    By Vulture Editors
  40. movie review
    The New Hayao Miyazaki Doc Is Obsessed with DeathIn Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron, the legendary animation director loses close friends to old age and grapples with the twilight of his own life.
    By Nicholas Quah
  41. overcome with emotion
    Inside Out 2 Is Heading to Streaming IslandThe core memories are coming soon to Disney+.
    By Savannah Salazar
  42. tiff 2024
    The Penguin Lessons Is the Perfect Film Festival Chill-Down MovieAs essential as any gala premiere or awards-buzz breakthrough, the chill-down movie is the cure for film-festival burnout.
    By Joe Reid
  43. movie review
    Is a Movie About Electing a Pope Allowed to Be This Entertaining?Conclave combines the pulp velocity of a great airport read with the gravitas of high drama.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  44. happy birthday
    The Twilight Saga’s Renesmee Cullen Is Old Enough to VoteThree questions for the Cullens as the 2024 election approaches.
    By Bethy Squires
  45. coming soon
    Steven Spielberg’s Latest War Movie? Pepsi vs. CokeSorry, we’re all out of Coke movies. Is a Pepsi movie okay?
    By Bethy Squires
  46. tiff 2024
    The Thing About BarryAt Toronto International Film Festival, Barry Keoghan is a meme king who’s extremely good at his actual job (acting).
    By Joe Reid
  47. theatrics
    Looks Like Trump’s Team Couldn’t Get the Trump Movie DumpedSebastian Stan’s Donald Trump puckers up to kiss ass in The Apprentice trailer.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  48. tiff 2024
    Hugh Grant Was Born to Play the VillainGrant’s been terrific in recent years as characters of questionable moral standing, but his riveting turn in Heretic is something else entirely.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  49. movies fantasy league
    The Complete 2024–25 Movies Fantasy League Draft GuideVital tips and intel for an awards season with no clear favorites.
    By Joe Reid
  50. movies fantasy league
    It’s Time to Draft Your Team for the 2024–25 Movies Fantasy LeagueSign up by October 3 in order to secure your chance to score big this season.
    By Vulture Editors
  51. tiff 2024
    Relay Might Be the Next Great Corporate Espionage ThrillerBut it’s the rare movie where I might recommend leaving ten minutes before the end.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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