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May 15, 2026
The Classiest Late-Night Host
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert has balanced earnestness with pointed gags.
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April 29, 2026
Miranda Priestley Hangs Up Her Own Coat Now
The Devil Wears Prada 2 finds the magazine industry in a much less glamorous place.
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April 27, 2026
Even Hollywood’s Funniest People Have to Compromise
One of comedy’s best leading men returns to cinemas with … an action thriller?
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April 18, 2026
A Beguiling Film About the Downsides of Pop Stardom
Mother Mary offers a spooky spin on what it takes to stay famous.
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April 17, 2026
<em>The Pitt </em>Brings the Crisis Home
What the hit show’s approach to Dr. Robby reveals
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April 10, 2026
The Real Heist in Steven Soderbergh’s New Movie
The Christophers starts as the tale of a forgery, but ends as an intimate meditation on art.
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April 3, 2026
Do You Ever Really Know Who You’re Marrying?
The Drama poses the question by taking it to an extreme.
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March 31, 2026
Working a Fake Job Is a Great Pastime
A video game about running a rental store offers comfort in mundanity.
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March 26, 2026
The Tacit Politics of Pixar’s Latest Hit
Hoppers offers a surprisingly radical message for a story about talking animals.
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March 20, 2026
Who Says You Can’t Have Fun During the Apocalypse?
Project Hail Mary mashes up goofy antics with high-stakes space drama.
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March 16, 2026
What Are the Oscars for, if Not This?
This year’s ceremony managed to celebrate two equally beloved frontrunners.
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March 13, 2026
Who Will (and Should) Win the Oscars This Year
The front-runners for some of the ceremony’s biggest prizes are far from certain.
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March 13, 2026
The Movie Star Hiding in Plain Sight
The actor Stellan Skarsgård has slowly cultivated one of Hollywood’s most impressive résumés.
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March 8, 2026
The Household Names Hollywood Has Been Seeking
Auteur filmmakers have become as much of a selling point as the actors they work with.
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March 6, 2026
<em>The Bride!</em> Is a Failed Experiment
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s follow-up toThe Lost Daughter is an incomprehensible genre mash-up.
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February 27, 2026
Netflix Just Avoided a Huge Headache
The streamer saved more than money by giving up on Warner Bros. Discovery.
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February 16, 2026
Robert Duvall Was a Different Kind of Leading Man
The actor could carry a film thunderously, yet also stand out in the subtlest of roles.
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February 16, 2026
The YouTuber Who Paid His Own Way Into Hollywood
One of the year’s biggest box-office hits thus far came as a surprise—except to the director’s 38 million–plus subscribers.
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