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a complete babyratu christmas

Nosferatu Is So Cozy, Actually

 Am I the only one who finds Wisberg a suitable spot for a snowy romantic getaway? (Ignore the plague.) By Nicholas Quah
endings

Babygirl Just Isn’t An Erotic Thriller

 The film about a female CEO cheating with a male intern is less scintillating and more a chilly, half-formed women’s picture. By Angelica Jade Bastién
diamonds and rust

A Short History of Joan Baez Calling Bob Dylan on His Bullshit

 A Complete Unknown, to its credit, shows us that Baez has always been able to pierce the smoke and mirrors of Dylan’s lore-building. By Chris Stanton
  1. endings
    Babygirl Just Isn’t An Erotic ThrillerThe film about a female CEO cheating with a male intern is less scintillating and more a chilly, half-formed women’s picture.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  2. cue theme song
    Did You Know They Were in Skins?From Nicholas Hoult to Kaya Scodelario to Sean Teale, each generation of the beloved teen drama loomed large on screens big and small in 2024.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  3. rankings
    Why Can’t Music Biopics Be Good?The worst of the genre, ranked.
    By Rebecca Alter and Jason P. Frank
  4. coming soon
    Happy Gilmore 2 Gets a Release YearNetflix dropped a teaser trailer just before the first night of Hanukkah.
    By Bethy Squires
  5. a complete babyratu christmas
    Nosferatu Is So Cozy, ActuallyAm I the only one who finds Wisberg a suitable spot for a snowy romantic getaway? (Ignore the plague.)
    By Nicholas Quah
  7. diamonds and rust
    A Short History of Joan Baez Calling Bob Dylan on His BullshitA Complete Unknown, to its credit, shows us that Baez has always been able to pierce the smoke and mirrors of Dylan’s lore-building.
    By Chris Stanton
  8. now streaming
    The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This ChristmasWe’re holding space for “A Complete Babyratu.”
    By Savannah Salazar
  9. that’s all i wanted
    Be Our Father Figure, HarrisBabygirl’s best scene is when its upstart intern reaches for the brown liquor.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  10. babyratu
    Which Is the Better Christmas Movie: Babygirl or Nosferatu?This December, audiences have two excellent stealth Christmas movies to choose from. But only one truly captures the holiday spirit.
    By Laura Bradley
  11. vampire canon
    Nosferatu Is Absolutely Disgusting. Thank God.The default vampire has, for decades, been various flavors of dangerously sexy. Robert Eggers’s is just plain gross.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. endings
    Nosferatu’s Final Moment Is an Act of ConsentIn deliberately weaponizing her body, Nosferatu’s Ellen becomes her own hero.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  13. awards szn
    Forget About Last Year’s Golden GlobesAnd focus on Nikki Glaser instead.
    By Jason P. Frank
  14. fact vs. fiction
    ‘A Complete Unknown’ Fact Check: Were Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash Really Pen Pals?What’s fact and what’s fiction in the new Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown?
    By Brady Gerber
  15. movie review
    The Craziest Musical of the Year Is Finally HereTrying to describe the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, one sounds like a lunatic.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. the law
    Is Blake Lively Suing Justin Baldoni Over It Ends With Us Backlash?What to know, including who’s cutting ties with Baldoni and who’s supporting Lively.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  17. on the record
    A Timeline of the Allegations Against Amsterdam Director David O. RussellPlus, an overview of the projects that he has in the works, including a show that is reportedly set to star Ana de Armas and Oscar Isaac.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  18. mind equals blown
    Christopher Nolan to Bring The Odyssey to the Big ScreenNo, no vampires involved.
    By Jason P. Frank
  19. vulture lists
    Ring In 2025 With 12 Essential New Year’s Eve MoviesPlus one New Year’s Day movie.
    By James Grebey
  20. crisis pr
    Amber Heard Supports Blake Lively’s ‘Horrifying’ Smear-Campaign AllegationsIt Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni hired the same crisis-PR firm as Heard’s ex Johnny Depp.
    By Justin Curto
  21. masters of press
    The Year Movie Stars Cried, Flirted, and Cosplayed for FameIn 2024, we watched movie stars eat chicken, talk to Theo Von, and cry (a lot), all in the name of promotion.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  22. movie review
    Shouldn’t Nosferatu Be Scarier?Lily Rose-Depp stars in a vampire movie from The Witch director Robert Eggers that’s gorgeous and weirdly inert.
    By Alison Willmore
  23. profile
    Adrien Brody Found the PartThe Brutalist is his best, most personal work since The Pianist.
    By E. Alex Jung
  24. sisters
    Don’t Mess With The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsAmerica Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel issued a joint statement of support for Blake Lively amid the It Ends With Us lawsuit.
    By Bethy Squires
  25. let’s go to the mall
    Of Course George Lucas Went to See Wicked at the MallGeorge Lucas is a man of the people.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. gotta go fast
    Sonic 3 Just Can’t Wait to Be King of the Box OfficeHe’s running laps around Mufasa, at least in the domestic market.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  27. now streaming
    The 13 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIt’s a big weekend for “live-action” talking animals.
    By Savannah Salazar
  28. oscar futures
    The 12 Oscar Contenders of ChristmasWhich movies have done enough to secure a place in the Best Picture ten, and which are still on the bubble?
    By Nate Jones
  29. ooh ooh ah ah
    So, It’s Robbie Williams … But a Monkey?Here’s your primer on the primate-starring biopic Better Man.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  30. cinema
    SZA Wants a ‘Scorsese Baby Daddy’Is she talking Goodfellas or The Wolf of Wall Street?
    By Justin Curto
  31. movie review
    Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Are Perfectly Imperfect TogetherWho could blame Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door for being more interested in its leading ladies than in contemplating death?
    By Alison Willmore
  32. movie review
    Tyler Perry’s Cosplay of a War Movie Hardly Does Its Subjects JusticeThe Six Triple Eight ends up being more about what these women endured than about what they accomplished.
    By Alison Willmore
  33. vulture lists
    How to Watch All the Early 2025 Oscar ContendersArchitects! Catholics! Demi Moore!
    By Brian Tallerico
  34. mystery and intrigue
    Oh, Colleen Hoover’s Next Movie Is Going to Be UnhingedDakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway are having a diva-off.
    By Jason P. Frank
  35. the festival circuit
    The Sundance Film Festival 2025 LineupThe full lineup no longer includes the Julian Assange–focused doc The Six Billion Dollar Man.
    By Jason P. Frank
  36. vulture investigates
    Can Timothée Chalamet Sing? We Have the ReceiptsHere’s all the evidence, including the new soundtrack for A Complete Unknown.
    By Zoe Guy and Jason P. Frank
  37. year in culture
    The Bests of 2024All the books, podcasts, and anime (plus TV, movies, music, and more) that captivated our critics (and John Waters) this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  38. 300 pounds of movie
    A Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of The BrutalistA mostly spoiler-free summary of how Adrien Brody’s new movie spends its 215 minutes. (Yes, that’s three and a half hours.)
    By Nate Jones
  39. movie review
    The Brutalist Is Half Of A Great MovieA terrific Adrien Brody anchors this three-and-a-half-hour American saga whose ambitions end up exceeding its grasp.
    By Alison Willmore
  40. press tourist
    Mikey Madison’s Road to Potential Oscar GloryThe discourse is beginning, and intimacy coordinators are probably just the start.
    By Jason P. Frank
  41. buffering
    ‘Subscribers Were Overwhelmed’: How Disney Made Streaming ProfitableDana Walden and Alan Bergman on the past, present, and future of Disney+.
    By Josef Adalian
  42. best of 2024
    The 19 Best Horror Movies of 2024Here’s to the movies that spoke to and sometimes literalized the nagging fears in the back of our minds.
    By Louis Peitzman
  43. coming soon
    It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s (Everything We Know About James Gunn’s) SupermanLois Lane is cheating on Clark Kent with Superman in the trailer.
    By Zoe Guy
  44. movie review
    All the Technological Wizardry in the World Can’t Save Mufasa: The Lion KingBarry Jenkins’s prequel to the 2019 “live-action” remake of the 1994 Disney animated classic leaves much to be desired.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. scene report
    Watching Home Alone With Macaulay CulkinHe’s considered buying and Airbnb-ing the McCallister house, but it seems like “a lot of work.”
    By Erin Somers
  46. oral history
    ‘More Snow, You Forehead’The untold story of the chaotic made-for-TV Christmas movie Arnold Schwarzenegger improbably directed in the early ’90s.
    By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey
  47. street view
    Architecture Is an Act of Vengeance in The BrutalistThe film uses the field as a metaphor within a metaphor about trauma and mediocrity. The result is murk.
    By Justin Davidson
  48. chat room
    Julio Torres Has Bold and Bright New Color TheoriesThe Problemista and Fantasmas creator shares how colors have shaped his work (and life).
    By Jason P. Frank
  49. movie review
    It’s Everyone Around Bob Dylan That Makes A Complete Unknown Worth WatchingTimothée Chalamet is good as the enigmatic musician, but this is really a movie about what it’s like to bob around in the wake of greatness.
    By Alison Willmore
  50. for miles morales stans
    Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Is Coming to Our UniverseWhile there’s still no release date, at least we know who’s directing.
    By Jason P. Frank
  51. role call
    Nicholas Guest Answers Every Question We Have About Christmas VacationHow he and Julia Louis-Dreyfus helped create the quintessential yuppie couple: Todd and Margot Chester.
    By Matthew Jacobs
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