The Future of Movies Is Marvel
The studio’s upcoming slate of film and TV projects, announced over the weekend at Comic-Con, lays claim to its continued cultural ubiquity.
Film
The Art of Self-Defense Explores the Absurd Horrors of Masculinity
The satirical karate movie starring Jesse Eisenberg posits that these days, men do not have to dig deeply to find their inner brutes.
I Watched the Cats Trailer, and I Have Some Questions
Four legs good, two legs completely bonkers
Can a Film Be a Love Letter to a Country?
New movies from the writer-directors Lulu Wang and Diana Peralta explore complex questions about national belonging and communal responsibility.
Steel Magnolias Is a Beloved Weepy With a Dark Side
Released 30 years ago, the star-studded melodrama has an uncomfortable message about people who choose to have children despite the medical risks.
When a Lie Becomes Your Breakout Film
With The Farewell, the writer-director Lulu Wang has made a bittersweet drama about her family’s choice to deceive one of their own.
If You Give a Cop an Uber
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are a lovable odd couple in Stuber, an old-school buddy comedy made for 2019.
Disney’s New Lion King Remake Is Predictably Weird
Jon Favreau’s CGI-heavy version of 1994’s animated classic uses a stellar cast—including Beyoncé, Donald Glover, and Seth Rogen—to uneven effect.
Why Yesterday Made Me Cry
A writer contemplates how a film that imagines a 78-year-old John Lennon could actually be moving.
Awkwafina Gives a Stellar Breakout Performance in The Farewell
The comedian and rapper shines in Lulu Wang’s new film about a young woman who has to hide a painful truth from her dying grandmother.