Tag: Movies

He’s Playing Elvis Presley. But Who Is Austin Butler?

He sent the single-take recording to Luhrmann. Within days, Butler, who lives in Los Angeles, had been summoned…

George Miller on ‘Furiosa’ and His New Cannes Film

Miller wrote the script with his daughter, Augusta Gore; his wife, Margaret Sixel, edited the movie. She’s edited…

Tom Cruise Aims to Fly High at the Box Office With ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Yet there is Mr. Cruise, trundling along as if the world hasn’t changed at all. For him, in…

‘Men’ Review: Putting the ‘Male’ in Malevolent

Arriving at the handsome English country cottage she has rented for a few weeks, Harper (Jessie Buckley, last…

‘Bros’ Is a Rom-Com That’s True to 21st-Century Gay Life

“I’m the diversity hire,” Stoller, who is straight, told me.He thought immediately of Eichner, whom he had worked…

How Hollywood and the Media Fueled the Political Rise of J.D. Vance

Members of New York’s smart set gathered on a warm Thursday evening in the early summer of 2016…

In ‘The Innocents,’ Kids Behaving Deadly

It’s no biggie for horror movie villains to be rabid grannies or killer Santas. But what kind of…

The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision

Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is sitting in a Manhattan coffee shop with the woman he’s loved since the…

‘Montana Story’ Review: A Domestic Drama in Big Sky Country

In the deft genre rethink “Montana Story,” the American flag doesn’t just flutter and wave, it also sends…

When Motherhood Is a Horror Show

“The Baby” is clever to convert this mode into comedy, though the mood soon darkens. At first, Natasha’s…

How Elizabeth Olsen Came Into Her Powers

Elizabeth Olsen is used to waiting in the wings. When she was an acting student at New York…

What to Know Before Seeing ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’

It was already challenging enough to keep up with the 27 films and half-dozen Disney+ TV shows in…