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‘One Battle After Another’ Revives Pynchon’s ‘Vineland’

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new action film draws from the California novel.

By Tom Zito
road flicks

5 Movies That Capture Unforgettable Trips

From noir classics to indie gems, these five California-set road trip films reflect the adventure, humor, and heartbreak of hitting the open road. Curated by writer Robert Ito.

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More Than a Sound

The documentary New Wave captures the ’80s music sacred to the young Vietnamese diaspora.

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Griffin Dunne Stars in ‘Ex-Husbands’

The new comedy about fathers and sons demonstrates the power of the indie film.

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Studio Title Cards: The Most Magical Movie Moment

Title cards are masterpieces of semiotics.

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‘Megalopolis’ Now

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Zorro Returns Again. And Again. And Again.

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“The Black Singing Cowboy”

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Reckoning with the West(ern)

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Falling in and out of Love with Sierra On-Line

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Reel Reptiles

kenneth anger

Look Back on Anger

oppenheimer, 2023, starring cillian murphy, the scientist was stripped of his security clearance despite his leadership role in the manhattan project

Movie Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’

oppenheimer, 2023, starring cillian murphy, the scientist was stripped of his security clearance despite his leadership role in the manhattan project

An Oppenheimer Watchlist

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‘Yeggs’ and ‘Crusting’ on ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2

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Pop Moments: Movies

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Pop Moments: TV Shows

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Pop Moments: Music Videos

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Rosebud Awards: Best TV Show

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Rosebud Awards: Best Movie

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Rosebud Awards: Best Documentary

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Alta Picks: Our Binge List

space movies

The Sounds of Space (Movies)

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The Pervasive Loneliness of ‘Play It As It Lays’

didion with her nephew, the actor and filmmaker griffin dunne, in her new york apartment, october 2017

Seven Minutes for Joan

mythic quest

Why I Love This Show: ‘Mythic Quest’

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Movies No Longer Allow Us to Hide in the Dark

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Tightening the Reins on Runaway Production

succession

Why I Love This Show: ‘Succession’

veteran development executive amy baer heads landline pictures, a new division of independent studio mrc that is devoted to the over 50 demo

A Middle-Age Rom-Com Boom

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Why I Love This Show: ‘We Are Lady Parts’

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The Oscars? Give It a Rest.

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Why I Love This Show: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

spring 2021 runway shows owed a debt to costume designer ellen mirojnick, who created 7,500 period pieces for the hit netflix series bridgerton

Fashion Gone Streamable

i may destroy you

Why I Love This Show: ‘I May Destroy You’

the magicians

Why I Love This Show: ‘The Magicians’

cinematographers

Three Cinematographers Take the Long View

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A Rock Star Boswell Becomes a Doc Star

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Sitting on a Powder Keg

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Save the Movie Theaters!

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John Wayne’s Main Street

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The Show Did Go On

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Embarrassment of Riches

Denzel Washington in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995).

California Schemin’

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Four Films That Shaped a Critic