John Powers
Vogue Magazine
Pasadena, CA, United States
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The Best Movies of 2018: From Burning to Zama
Vogue’s film critic unveils his favorite movies of the year. → Read More
Burning Is a South Korean Movie About Toxic Masculinity That You Didn’t Know You Needed
Lee Chang-dong’s film was the best thing at Cannes this year, and if there were any justice in Hollywood, all three of its stars would be winning big awards. → Read More
First Man, Roma, and More Reviews From the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
Reviewing the most talked about films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, from First Man to Roma. → Read More
At This Year's Toronto Film Festival, Women Get All the Best Roles
Highlights from performances by Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, and more. → Read More
5 Great Things From the Opening of the 2018 Toronto Film Festival
Highlights from performances by Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman, Timothée Chalamet, and more. → Read More
Cannes 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story and Under the Silver Lake
The latest from on the ground at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where two big Hollywood movies look back to the future. → Read More
At Cannes 2018, Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman and Lars Von Triers The House that Jack Built
Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' wins ecstatic raves, while Lars von Trier's 'The House that Jack Built' has audiences fleeing for the exit. → Read More
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Women Rally for Change On the Red Carpet
Cate Blanchett and Agnès Varda lead an 82-woman march up the red carpet to protest gender inequality, Jean-Luc Godard, Joanna Kulig, Gaspar Noé, Alice Rohrwacher, and more standout news from this year's Cannes Film Festival. → Read More
John Powers
Vogue.com's film critic is a Contributing Editor at the magazine, where he writes about film, television, and politics. When not working on his book about Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, he serves as a slave to his two cats, Nico and Chubbington. → Read More
Cannes 2018: Life After Netflix and Selfies
After Netflix withdrew from Cannes, overnight the 2018 festival lost most of its big English-language films, and no small part of its glamour, but Afghar Farhadi’s film Everybody Knows, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, left an impression. → Read More
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Holds Court in the New Documentary RBG
Famously quiet and devoutly serious, the spectacularly bespectacled 85-year-old Supreme Court justice is one of the architects of modern American life. How she achieved this is the subject of the new celebratory documentary RBG by filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West. → Read More
Lucrecia Martel, One of the Greatest Directors in the World Right Now, Gets a Well Earned Retrospective at Lincoln Center
The Argentinian director behind Zama, La Ciénaga, The Holy Girl, and The Headless Woman is the subject of a well deserved retrospective at Lincoln Center. → Read More
How Chloé Zhao Reinvented the Western
Chinese-born, English-educated Chloé Zhao has done more than upend expectations. Her film The Rider reinvents a genre. → Read More
The 7 Best Holiday Movies Out in December 2017
Reviewing Star Wars, Phantom Thread, The Post and more December 2017 releases. → Read More
The Best Movies of 2017 (and Oscar Predictions), According to Vogue's Film Critic
The best movies of 2017 as chosen by Vogue's film critic, including Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, and more, with Oscar predictions. → Read More
How Michael B. Jordan Is Redefining the Role of the All-American Actor
Michael B. Jordan wants his career to carry weight. John Powers catches up with the quiet force redefining the role of the all-American actor. → Read More
All the Best Movies at the Toronto Film Festival 2017 Are Powered by Women
Looking back at the movies and performances that people have loved and discussed, it was unprecedented how women dominated the Toronto International Film Festival. → Read More
mother!, Molly's Game, Three Billboards, Darkest Hour, and More From the 2017 Toronto Film Festival
Will the hotly anticipated 'Downsizing' face accusations of racism? Will Gary Oldman finally win an Oscar? Can Aaron Sorkin get out of his own way? These and more questions from Toronto. → Read More
Toronto Film Festival 2017: Call Me By Your Name, On Chesil Beach, Borg/McEnroe Premiere
Borg/McEnroe, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, and Ian McEwan and Dominic Cooke’s On Chesil Beach bow at the Toronto International Film Festival. → Read More
2017 Fall Movie Preview: Star Wars, Battle of the Sexes, Mother, Blade Runner, Justice League and More
With our selection of the most anticipated releases to come for Fall 2017—including Star Wars, Battle of the Sexes, Justice League, Wonder, Marshall, Blade Runner, and Mother!—get ready to spend more time indoors. → Read More