Pleasure Is a Deeply Unerotic Portrait of the Porn Industry
The film offers the same clinical gaze to both the mundane and graphic sides of the adult-entertainment business.
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Alex Garland Knows You Might Hate Men
The director’s new horror film will probably alienate some viewers, but that was a risk he was prepared to take.
Knocked Up and the American Impulse to Edit Out Abortion
How the comedy, now 15 years old, foresaw Roe’s looming tragedies
David Lynch’s Unfathomable Masterpiece
A digital reissue of Inland Empire reveals the charms of the director’s inscrutability.
The New Doctor Strange Is Not Just Another Marvel Movie
The film is convoluted and overstuffed—but also surprisingly good.
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Takes On the Horror of Internet Echo Chambers
The film asks a question intrinsic to online storytelling: What separates real life from fiction?
The Northman’s Surprising Twist on Male Heroism
How the brutal Viking blockbuster uses a millennia-old tale to undermine the toxic masculinity of myth.
What Nicolas Cage Understands About Being a Movie Star
The actor’s latest, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, goes beyond the memes and eccentricities to uncover a deeper truth.
The Netflix Bubble Is Finally Bursting
The days of seemingly unlimited new content from the streamer appear to be ending.
Everything Everywhere All at Once Is Multiverse Storytelling at Its Best
How the film turns a comic-book trope into an unpretentiously profound message