Maybe, Just Maybe, We Don’t Actually Need a Polly Pocket Movie?
Like any millennial woman who grew up chewing on plastic Polly Pocket clothes (It’s a thing!), I was excited when I first heard, back in 2021, that the teeny, tiny …
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As a Sequel to ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Looms, What Does a Good Movie About the Magazine Business Actually Look Like?
It’s a notably rough time to work in Hollywood—that is, apparently, unless you’re an executive tasked with rebooting once-successful movies and TV shows. For those types, business is booming: Practically …
Here’s the First Trailer for ‘Industry’ Season 3
Industry’s first season was a rare and seismic television event that united culture journalists and finance bros alike. United, that is, in their jaw-clenching displeasure, induced by the antics of …
Joey King and Nicole Kidman Talk ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ ‘Horton Hears a Who!,’ and Zac Efron in an ‘Off the Cuff’
Nicole Kidman and Joey King banter, bicker, and bow down to each other in the latest episode of Off the Cuff, pretty strongly evoking the mom-and-daughter duo they play in …
‘My Lady Jane’: Here’s Every Thought I Had Watching the First Episode
I love a good historical adaptation (actually, if it’s beautiful and fun enough, I’ve even been known to appreciate a bad historical adaptation, i.e. Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette), so naturally, …
Everything We Know (So Far) About ‘And Just Like That’ Season 3
In a nutshell: Following the Aidan-resurrecting, Big-denying, abortion-dodging, Nya-ignoring, wildly divisive second installment of Michael Patrick King’s And Just Like That, the series will be back for another round of …
The Best Shows to Binge Watch
What I love most about The Crown, especially the early seasons, is that every shot looks like it cost a million dollars. Playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan’s illustrious stab at …
Catherine Breillat and Léa Drucker on the Seductive Transgressions of ‘Last Summer’
As in Breillat’s previous films, however, a sense of timelessness pervades the aesthetic; the exact year and place are left intentionally unclear. “I don’t want my films to ever be …
Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix in July 2024
It’s almost July, and while that is traditionally a month deemed particularly good for “going outside” (I don’t know her), it can be equally satisfying to stay in, turn on …
Happy Birthday, Meryl Streep! 10 Things You Might Not Know About the Screen Icon
Meryl Streep dated John Cazale, her co-star in The Deer Hunter, for two years, until his death from lung cancer in 1978. Six months later, she married sculptor Don Gummer. …