Angelica Jade Bastién
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‘Return to Seoul’ Movie Review: Park Ji-Min, a Star Is Born
Park Ji-min’s remarkable lead performance elevates ‘Return to Seoul,’ a withholding yet moving meditation on identity and culture from writer-director Davy Chou, to a masterwork. → Read More
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Doesn’t Have the Answers
How can any one film manage the expectations put on Ryan Coogler’s sequel to ‘Black Panther’ and make space for grief? It can’t. The Marvel framework falters when it comes to portraying genuine, complicated feelings. → Read More
The Best Movies of 2022 (So Far)
From ‘The Worst Person in the World’ and ‘Cyrano’ to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Tar,’ here are the best movies we’ve seen so far this year, according to Vulture’s film critics Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién. → Read More
What Was Brangelina?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were always known for their image-making savvy. Now, as their divorce reenters the press cycle, we’re reminded of who’s better at it. → Read More
The Best Movies of 2022 (So Far)
From The Worst Person in the World, Kimi, and Cyrano to Top Gun: Maverick and Jackass Forever, here are the best movies we’ve seen so far this year, according to Vulture’s film critics Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién. → Read More
The Tantalizing Failures of Irma Vep
Olivier Assayas’s remix of his own 1996 film (starring Maggie Cheung) is playful and wild, but the HBO series (starring Alicia Vikander) lacks what it needs to succeed: a true star performance. → Read More
What Will Be the Biggest Movie of the Summer?
Vulture bets on five films that will break through the hottest months of 2022, in whatever ways they can. → Read More
The Horror of Men Doesn’t Go Far Enough
A24 and ‘Ex Machina’ director Alex Garland’s latest body-mangling film, starring Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear, lacks the depth and bravado it needs to succeed. → Read More
There Is Hell, and Then There Is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Faced with infinite plot possibilities, Marvel couldn’t come up with a less sexist Wanda story line for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’? → Read More
Killing Eve Chose Cruelty
Let’s talk about the galling ending of Eve and Villanelle, and the finale of a four-season run that could never recapture the spark of its beginnings. → Read More
The 22 Best Movies of the Year (So Far)
From The Worst Person in the World, Kimi, and Cyrano to Playground and Jackass Forever, here are the best movies we’ve seen so far this year, according to Vulture’s film critics Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién. → Read More
The Nine Lives of Catwoman in Comic Recommendations
Want to know more about one of superhero comics’ greatest anti-heroes? Start here. → Read More
The 11 Best Movies of the Year (So Far)
From The Worst Person in the World, Kimi, and Cyrano to Playground and Jackass Forever, here are the best movies we’ve seen so far this year, according to Vulture’s film critics Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién. → Read More
The Matrix Resurrections Is a Messy, Imperfect Triumph
Directing solo for the first time, Lana Wachowski creates a thrillingly romantic blockbuster that expands the possibilities of the form. Keanu Reeves, Carrie Ann Moss, and a cast of new characters bring the franchise back. → Read More
What Made a Movie Great in 2021?
Our critics break down what goes into naming the best of the year. “This was an overwhelming year in film. There have been so many movies—some held over from last year, some new—that I have never felt less like I’ve had a handle on things.” → Read More
The 101 Best New York City Movies, Ranked
The greatest New York City movies, including West Side Story, Wall Street, The Warriors, Funny Girl, Saturday Night Fever, Midnight Cowboy, If Beale Street Could Talk, The French Connection, Working Girl, When Harry Met Sally, Shaft, and many more. → Read More
Joaquin Phoenix Gives a Career-Best Performance in C’mon C’mon
Not much happens in Mike Mills’s C’mon C’mon. There’s no overly grand gestures of love. There’s no arch monologues. There’s no teary reappraisals underscored by irrevocable shifts in the characters’ lives. But it features Joaquin Phoenix at his best. → Read More
The Cast of Queen Sugar Closes the Book on Season Six
Just days before Ava DuVernay confirmed the seventh season of ‘Queen Sugar’ would be its last, Kofi Siriboe, Bianca Lawson, Tina Lifford, Tammy Townsend, and Nicholas L. Ashe discussed the show’s legacy and the season-six finale at Vulture Festival. → Read More
Claws Is Perfect Summer TV
The TNT drama Claws, created by Eliot Laurence and headed by showrunner Janine Sherman-Barrois, is the ideal summer show. A darkly comedic celebration of South Floridian decadence, it’s akin to a meaty paperback thriller you lazily read on the beach. → Read More
Niecy Nash on the Claws Finale and Why Desna Is a ‘Strip-Mall Superhero’
Ahead of the Claws season three finale, Niecy Nash breaks down how she gets into character, the future of Desna’s relationship with Ann, and what it’s like dressing as a “strip-mall superhero”. → Read More