TV Updates Diego Luna shines in Andor Rogue One is arguably the second-best film to come out of New New Star Wars (the best is The Last Jedi, argue with a wall). The middle of Rogue One is a goddamn mess, but it has a memorable ending and in just one film introduced a compelling gallery of By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 02:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana de Armas sets her narrative Blonde, the quasi-biopic of Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas, is in limited theatrical release now, but it hits Netflix next week, which is when Blonde-mania will crest. It’s also when Ana de Armas will launch into the forefront of the Best Actress Oscar race, as she will get By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde takes the stand Pretty sure I don’t have to recap for you how messy the Don’t Worry Darling promotional tour has been. It was messy even before the tour started, with online speculation building over months about whether or not Florence Pugh was over Olivia Wilde, Darling, and refusing to support By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia and Harry but no Chris The New York premiere of Don’t Worry Darling happened last night. It had already been previously confirmed for a couple of weeks that Florence Pugh, the film’s lead, would not be in attendance – because of scheduling conflicts… which… is still a thing for me. Promoting a film is By Lainey • Sep 20, 2022 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 20, 2022 Dear Gossips, At our etalk morning meeting yesterday I derailed the conversation – with apologies – when one of our producers tried to talk about how good the latest episode of House of the Dragon is and I jumped in with… I don’t know her, I only know DO REVENGE. It’ By Lainey • Sep 20, 2022 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu gets his wish For nigh on 20 years, Keanu Reeves has expressed a desire to play John Constantine, the DC comics character, in a sequel to 2005’s Constantine. That film was not well regarded when it came out, it did okay business but fanboys—gaining pop culture power via nascent comic book By Sarah • Sep 19, 2022 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Moonage Daydream Filmmaker Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck) takes a non-traditional approach to his latest subject, David Bowie. Moonage Daydream is neither a traditional concert film nor a traditional documentary, but instead blends concert footage, archival interviews with Bowie, and hundreds—thousands?—of clips By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde: Worry is a Week Away Well, actually, there’s been a lot of worry for weeks now over Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling with the mess behind the scenes between Olivia and Florence Pugh, and Olivia and Florence and Shia LaBeouf dominated headlines. The situation has calmed down a bit lately as other By Lainey • Sep 16, 2022 11:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 16, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s a Friday mystery! Henry Cavill has a new spy movie coming out—no, not James Bond, sorry—called Argylle. It’s coming from Apple TV+ sometime in 2023. It’s directed by Matthew Vaughn and adapted for the screen by Jason Fuchs (who has a story By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 09:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Glen and Jonathan: My New Favourite Bromance Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, and Joe Jonas were in Toronto earlier this week for the world premiere of Devotion. Glen is a producer on the film and during an interview with all three of them on The Social on Monday, he talked about how he decided to turn the book By Lainey • Sep 15, 2022 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Hunt Squid Game star and newly minted Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae makes his feature directorial debut with Hunt, a spy thriller that elicited an overwhelming WTF reaction from critics at TIFF. Though ever more Korean cinema has crossed over with English-speaking audiences over the last 20 years, there remains a distinct By Sarah • Sep 15, 2022 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Banshees of Inisherin After bringing his tales of violence, vengeance, and the difficulty—if not outright impossibility—of forgiveness to America in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh returns to Ireland with The Banshees of Inisherin. Set in 1920s Ireland on a remote island isolated from the civil war unfolding on the By Sarah • Sep 14, 2022 03:32 pm
BFFs Jane Fonda's fight(s) It’s a busy time for Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Their latest collaboration on the big screen, a film called Moving On, made its world premiere at TIFF. So far, it’s getting great reviews – and that should come as no surprise. Tomlin and Fonda are the duo of By Stephanie • Sep 14, 2022 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Women Talking Content warning for sexual assault. Sarah Polley writes and directs this adaption of Miriam Toews’ novel, Women Talking. It’s a gutting drama in which a group of women must decide between two drastic courses of action. As Mennonites, they are at the mercy of the men in their community, By Sarah • Sep 14, 2022 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Babylon says not so fast Lest the fall festival triad of Venice, Telluride, and TIFF convince you that awards season is all but set in stone, the trailer for Babylon dropped yesterday, introducing one of the later-season players and, potentially, a major contender. Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, Babylon has an A++ list cast, By Sarah • Sep 14, 2022 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Fabelmans The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical account of filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s childhood, marking the first time Spielberg is credited for a screenplay since 2001’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Playwright Tony Kushner returns after adapting West Side Story for Spielberg last year to co-write the script, and Spielberg continues his By Sarah • Sep 13, 2022 01:34 pm
