‘Babes’ gives us a funny (and gross) portrait of parenthood
The new movie Babes stars Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau as longtime best friends who’ve made very different life choices. It’s also about the inherent joys, stressors, and grossness of parenthood, and what it means to embrace your chosen family. It’s the feature directorial debut of Pamela Adlon (Better Things).
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‘Evil Does Not Exist’ — or does it? — in this mysterious Japanese eco-drama
The residents of a bucolic woodland community face off against a developer with big plans for the land in a film that will leave you rapt — and profoundly unnerved.
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is weird and transfixing
I Saw the TV Glow is a strange and pleasantly unsettling new film from writer and director Jane Schoenbrun. It’s about two teenagers (Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine) who bond so strongly over a cult monster-of-the-week TV show that it becomes t…
Francis Galluppi on ‘The Last Stop In Yuma County’, his feature debut
Francis Galluppi wrote and directed the new film “The Last Stop In Yuma County.” His says his feature debut is a genre mix of neo-noir and westerns. He talks to NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe.
Roger Corman, the B-movie legend who launched A-list careers, dies at 98
Over some five decades, Corman filled America’s drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies. Many of Hollywood’s most respected directors have at least one Corman picture buried in their resumes.
Critics hated ‘The Phantom Menace.’ It might be time to reconsider
When Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace hit screens across the country in 1999, Return of the Jedi felt like ancient history to Star Wars fans. But after 16 long years, the movie let down fans and critics alike. Twenty-five years have changed ho…
The adventures of Middle Earth will soon continue in theaters
Andy Serkis, the actor who portrayed Gollum, the tormented creature obsessed with the One Ring to rule them all, in Lord of the Rings, will reprise the role in two films centered around the character.
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ swings us back to a familiar franchise
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes follows Noa (Owen Teague), an extraordinary chimpanzee whose clan is enslaved by a mercenary ape king named Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand). As he sets out to gets them back, he’s joined by a sage orangutan (Peter Mayk…
Issa Rae on the belief that gets her through ‘stupid mistakes and bad decisions’
Last year, Issa Rae was in three Oscar-nominated movies (Barbie, American Fiction and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) and she also won a Peabody. Despite her success, the Insecure creator tells Rachel there have been forks in the road that still k…
Jane Schoenbrun tells story of two outcast teens in the 1990s in ‘I Saw the TV Glow’
It’s Been a Minute’s Brittany Luse talks with Jane Schoenbrun, the writer and director of I Saw the TV Glow, about two suburban teens in the 1990s who bond over a show.
The 1970 documentary ‘Let It Be’ is getting its first official release since 1981
The documentary is about the making of the Beatles’ album of the same name. Its raw footage was the basis of Peter Jackson’s eight hour series Get Back. The new release is only 80 minutes long.
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