Spider-Man: Far From Home Satirizes the Way Marvel Movies Are Made
A final twist reveals the film’s true villain—and offers a layered critique of the systems that bring superheroes to the screen.
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What Kind of Movie Ari Aster Wanted Midsommar to Be
“It’s folk horror, but it’s being given to you with the trajectory of a high-school comedy.”
Midsommar Is a Fascinating Departure From the Brutality of Hereditary
Ari Aster’s follow-up to his wrenching debut renders the mundane gloom of a breakup as a Technicolor thriller.
Creating the First Visual History of Queer Life Before Stonewall
Making a landmark documentary about LGBTQ Americans before 1969 meant digging through countless archives to find traces of a forgotten subculture.
Why Rita Moreno Almost Quit Show Business
“They didn’t know what to do with a Latina girl.”
If the Beatles Had Been One Man
In the fantastical Yesterday, the only person in the world who remembers the Fab Four takes the band’s music as his own. How the film reimagines an iconic oeuvre through a single voice.
Jake Gyllenhaal Is the Real Star of Spider-Man: Far From Home
The latest entry in Marvel’s Spidey franchise has a welcome bizarre streak, thanks to a perfectly cast new caped crusader.
Yesterday Is Frustrating and Forgettable
Danny Boyle’s speculative film about a world without the Beatles has flashes of charm, but suffers from a forced, uneven script.
A Documentary That Shows Another Side of Toni Morrison
A new film captures the larger-than-life author in exceedingly human terms.
Netflix Is a Business, Not a Movement
While the streaming service has taken over cinema, it’s important not to overstate the company’s virtues or downplay its vulnerabilities.