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Note: The writer of this review watched Stardust on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see it—or any other film—in a movie theater, please consider the health risks involved. Here’s an interview on the matter with scientific experts.

There are two movies at war with each other inside Uncle Frank. In the first, Frank (Paul Bettany), a celebrated literature professor at New York University, crumples before the tombstone of a long-lost loved one. He lifts a desperate palm to the stone’s face and covers part of the name there, turning “Samuel” into…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: David Fincher’s Mank, about Herman J. Mankiewicz’s work on Citizen Kane, is coming soon to Netflix. Before it drops, check out these earlier films penned by some of…

The history of queer movies—and in particular movies featuring two female protagonists who fall in love—is marked rather thoroughly with sadness, death, and wistful longing. More often than not in queer movies from years past, the main characters find that they can’t be together, torn asunder by family, society,…

Just like quite a few of you, Netflix began decking its many halls the second that Halloween was over. Let’s be real: Some of you are already well into your holiday binge fest or, at minimum, on your second rewatch of Dash & Lily and that’s fine. We certainly won’t begrudge anyone of some much-needed holiday cheer…

Last week, Euphoria actor Lukas Gage made some social media waves when he posted a screen recording of a pretty disastrous Zoom audition with an unnamed director. The virtual try-out wasn’t a trainwreck through any fault of Gage’s; instead, the meeting spiraled when the director began commenting on the actor’s small…

The nominees for the upcoming 63rd Grammy Awards have been announced, and as you might expect, Beyoncé is front and center. Appallingly, what is not front and center is the world-conquering (and Gilbert Gottfried-endorsed) “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, an oversight we will chalk up to the Recording…

It might be hard for many of us to remember, but there was a time when Rudy Giuliani wasn’t America’s Hobgoblin, but rather America’s Mayor. Long before the man ranted about voter fraud conspiracies behind a podium while hair dye dribbled down his cheeks like petrol tears, there was even a USA Network-produced TV…

Steve McQueen’s second Small Axe film, Lovers Rock, was the opening presentation at this year’s virtual New York Film Festival and, pretty immediately, it set a high bar for the rest of the fest. Our own A.A. Dowd claimed that the director “has never made a film this loose and joyful,” and later—on our Push The…

Thank the digital heavens for small favors, like the swift return of Search Party, the mercilessly hilarious dark comedy that migrated from TBS to its new (and hopefully more visible) home at HBO Max. Following the debut of its third season back in June, the series returns to HBO Max in January 2021—like a lil…

Dan O’Conor is an artist and clothing designer from Chicago who’s shown the world a simple method for relieving the stress of living through a pandemic. Each day since June 13th, he’s headed to Lake Michigan and jumped into the water, regardless of the weather. It’s a simple action, but it seems to work wonders.

Lacking in good cult content now that the dueling NXIVM documentaries have wrapped? Good news: HBO Max will soon launch a four-episode docuseries about Heaven’s Gate, the UFO cult that resulted in the largest mass suicide on U.S. soil. A trailer for the series dropped today.

Last summer, Marilyn Manson revealed that he’d been cast in The Stand, Josh Boone and Benjamin Cavell’s miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalypse epic, sparking rumors that Manson would (obviously) play the role of the pyromaniac Trashcan Man—the musician even collaborated with Shooter Jennings on a…

Incredibly, the Saved By The Bell reboot has turned out well, managing to bring a new generation of Bayside High students into 2020 without losing the original’s dopey charm along the way. But that’s nü-Saved By The Bell, and what we’re interested in here is the older version’s intro, one of the many TV show credit…

Trump and his cult love to rail against the Hollywood elite, but the man’s sad desire to be embraced by celebrities can’t be smothered. That makes it all the more funny when celebs sue him for using their music, or turn down offers to play at his inauguration, or drop out of wildly expensive COVID propaganda programs, …

Cinephiles tend to be a fragile lot to begin with, but going almost a year without seeing a movie in the theater has more than likely left your most ardent movie-loving friends and family even more depressed than usual. But whether they’re unapologetically nostalgic ’80s babies who worship at the altar of Spielberg…

As Glenn Close’s Mamaw claims in the trailer for Hillbilly Elegy, “Everyone in this world is one of three kinds: Good Terminator, a Bad Terminator, and Neutral.” If that’s the case, then we can definitely say that the Hair, Makeup, and Costuming Departments of Ron Howard’s new drama are Good Terminators, at least in…

We knew that some shit was about to go down the second Taylor Swift tweeted this:

Mere hours ahead of Tuesday morning’s Grammy Awards nominations livestream, the Recording Academy has officially announced a host. Per Variety, comedian and The Daily Show host Trevor Noah is stepping in to helm 63rd Grammy Awards. This will be his first time hosting the event, taking over for two-time host Alicia…

Parties—remember those?—celebrate existing relationships while also offering the chance to meet someone new, that elusive person who’ll transform our lives. Director Steve McQueen throws one hell of a bash in Lovers Rock, the second installment in his Small Axe anthology, an ambitious exploration of London’s West…

Two-thirds of the way through The Crown’s fourth season finale, Charles unknowingly echoes his father. Back in “Favourites,” Philip lovingly teased Elizabeth by saying, “Your lack of self-knowledge sometimes is breathtaking.” In this episode, Charles cruelly insults Diana by sneering, “Your capacity for self-delusion…

It’s been a long and strange November for the hobby of gaming, as both Sony and Microsoft launched big, fancy, expensive new consoles directly into the middle of both a global pandemic and a (somehow still ongoing) U.S. national election. The dust is still settling on the arrival of the Xbox Series X/S and the …

This pandemic has been tough on everyone, especially those of us who’ve actually taken this generational health crisis seriously enough to self-isolate (and, for example, not trail our suspect COVID breath back to mom’s house for Thanksgiving). On Monday’s Late Show, Stephen Colbert noted how he’s had to ask…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, November 24. All times are Eastern. 

In the world of TV spin-offs, it is essential to name your new series after the transitory character to remind people exactly why they’re supposed to watch: a chance to see a familiar face in a whole new light. It’s a hit-or-miss proposition. For every Frasier, there’s a Joey. For every Laverne & Shirley, a Joanie…