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  1. dance
    What Makes a Justin Peck a Justin PeckAccording to the New York City Ballet’s principal dancers, soloists, pianist, his wife — and Justin Peck.
    By Genevieve Smith
  2. performance review
    What Was Brangelina?The couple 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.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  3. deep dives
    A Guide to the References and Easter Eggs in Jordan Peele’s NopeFrom Buck and the Preacher to the Jesus Lizard and the work of Steven Spielberg.
    By Katie Rife
  4. deep dives
    How Tick, Tick … Boom! Filmed Its Eureka Moment in a Swimming PoolCinematographer Alice Brooks breaks down the musical’s “Swimming” scene, filmed in the very same pool where Jonathan Larson once swam.
    By Jackson McHenry
  5. deep dives
    A Guide to Every Easter Egg in Coming 2 America“This is true about sequels. If something is good, why ruin it?”
    By Jason Bailey
  6. deep dives
    How Coming to America Flipped the Script on Eddie Murphy’s CareerThe film would influence so much of what Murphy did in the years to follow — and continue to have a hold on contemporary audiences.
    By Jason Bailey
  7. deep dives
    How The Nest Shot the Year’s Most Cutting Dinner SceneCarrie Coon on wielding blondness, a wine bottle, and so much cigarette ash to needle Jude Law.
    By Alison Willmore
  8. book excerpt
    ‘We Basically Smoked Austin Out’In the new book Alright, Alright, Alright, the Dazed and Confused cast remembers what it was like at Richard Linklater’s “summer camp.”
    By Melissa Maerz
  9. tv
    Would Emily in Paris’s Bot-Like Instagram Actually Go Viral?Three Parisian influencers weigh in.
    By Rachel Handler
  10. deep dives
    RAD Is Back. Wait, What’s RAD?Nobody saw the 1986 movie about a hometown BMX hero directed by Hal Needham and produced by Jack Schwartzman. Well, almost nobody.
    By Amos Barshad
  11. deep dives
    The Women of Relic Will Bring You to TearsPersonal pain is woven into the year’s most despairing and disturbing horror movie yet.
    By Alison Willmore
  12. deep dives
    Watching Da 5 Bloods in SaigonNetflix subscribers in Vietnam describe their experiences watching Spike Lee’s latest movie about the American war.
    By Soraya Kishtwari
  13. movies
    The (Fake) Songs of SummerHow the surprisingly convincing faux pop tunes of the Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga got made.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  14. movies
    Spike Lee’s Forever WarHow the Vietnam War epic Da 5 Bloods became one of the most ambitious films of his career.
    By Lane Brown
  15. marky mark
    Someone Please Tell Mark Wahlberg He’s a Good ActorI realize the world has other, far more important things on its mind, but I need to get something off my chest: I’m worried about Mark Wahlberg.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. deep dives
    Untangling the Politics of The Hunt With Damon Lindelof and Nick CuseA talk about wokeness, bubbles, and conspiracy theories.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  17. deep dives
    All the Easter Eggs and Hidden References in Sonic the HedgehogFrom Badniks to the Green Hill Zone.
    By Rebecca Alter
  18. deep dives
    All the Easter Eggs and Hidden References in Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerFrom a punctuation mark we don’t often see to a John Williams tune we don’t often hear.
    By Ryan Britt
  19. deep dives
    A Close Reading of the Olsen Twins’ Ashley Benson Birthday VideoIt is worthy of Zapruder-level analysis.
    By Rachel Handler
  20. the gold rush
    Bombshell Director Says Minidress Scene Is Most Excruciating Thing He’s Filmed“There were good arguments about how disturbing Roger’s breathing [should] be,” says Jay Roach. “I wanted the breathing to be unmistakably monstrous.”
    By Chris Lee
  21. sad eyes
    ‘There Was Sadness in the Eyes’: The Story Behind Uncut Gems’ Bedazzled FurbyJosh and Benny Safdie demanded one thing: those sad eyes had to move.
    By Hannah Woodhead
  22. deep dives
    What Mister Rogers Can Teach Us About Gen X and the Generational DivideXers were more impacted by Fred Rogers than any other generation. What he taught them helps explain who they became.
    By Jen Chaney
  23. the real story
    Who’s Who in The Irishman: A Character GuideThe most fascinating mobsters and significant bystanders in Martin Scorsese’s gangster movie, explained.
    By Nick Allen
  24. deep dives
    Class Warfare Is All the Rage at the MoviesInequality ire isn’t a theme unique to Knives Out — it’s an undercurrent running through a slew of this season’s movies, from Hustlers to Parasite.
    By Alison Willmore
  25. role call
    Devon Sawa Answers Every Question We Have About Now and ThenAnd Christina Ricci, and that butt scene, and the sexual awakening of an entire generation.
    By Rachel Handler
  26. deep dives
    The Discomforting Legacy of Wendy TorranceShelley Duvall’s performance in The Shining is just one of the many bold, perplexing aspects of Stanley Kubrick’s beloved adaptation.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  27. briefcases
    Why Watchmen Turned Laurie Into a Comedian, and Gave Her That Big Blue DildoJean Smart’s FBI agent is a key character from the graphic novel in a very different position.
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. the politics of fiction
    Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story?Ten authors on the most divisive question in fiction, and the times they wrote outside their own identities.
    By Lila Shapiro
  29. how mysterious!
    All the Mystery-Writing Insight and Advice You Could Ever NeedThe 12 stories featured in our How Mysterious! series serve as an online university* for budding crime writers. (*Unaccredited)
    By Vulture Editors
  30. backstories
    How Hustlers Pulled Off the Meta Cameo of the YearHow the film’s producers (and Jennifer Lopez) convinced a music superstar to show up in Hustlers — and 200 extras to stay quiet while it happened.
    By Rachel Handler
  31. fall preview 2019
    The Hustle Behind HustlersHow do you get a film about rich white men getting scammed made in an industry run by rich white men? First step: Get J.Lo to sign on.
    By Rachel Handler
  32. deep dives
    Quentin Tarantino’s Music Supervisor on 9 Memorable Song SelectionsFrom Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” to the James Brown–Tupac Shakur mash-up in Django Unchained.
    By Dan Hyman
  33. i’m not tony stark
    ‘With a Box of Scraps!’: How an Iconic Marvel Cinematic Insult Came to BeSpider-Man: Far From Home actor Peter Billingsley (of A Christmas Story fame) explains what it was like to get screamed at by a shaved Jeff Bridges.
    By Abraham Riesman
  34. deep dives
    Tracing the Career Arc of Donald Glover, a Bonafide Quintuple ThreatThe actor, writer, comedian, rapper, and showrunner plays Simba in the live-action remake of The Lion King. Here’s what came before that.
    By Nate Jones
  35. deep dives
    They Were the First All-Women Crew to Conquer the Ocean. Then They Came Home.A new documentary tells the grueling story of a female yacht crew that exploded barriers at sea. Here’s what happened when they stepped back on land.
    By Rachel Handler
  36. behind the scenes
    The True Story Behind John Early and Kate Berlant’s Freaky Short RachelThe comedians share the bizarre true story behind their new short about a mysterious woman who crashes Early’s party.
    By Rachel Handler
  37. remember that time
    An Oral History of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Perfect Men in Black PerformanceTwo words: sugar water.
    By Rachel Handler
  38. set visits
    Veep Is Over. Is America Next?A behind-the-scenes look at the series finale.
    By Jen Chaney
  39. avengers: endgame
    Nothing Is More Mystifying Than Avengers: Endgame’s Insane Credit SequenceOne woman’s descent into Marvel’s madness.
    By Hunter Harris
  40. the file
    Who Is Ariana Grande, Really? A Quick Catch-up.In less than six years, she has become one of the most successful pop artists of all time. Who is she?
    By Rachel Handler
  41. deep dives
    How Netflix’s Mötley Crüe Movie Compares to the Band’s Wild Memoir, The DirtThe film version involves Pete Davidson, Machine Gun Kelly, and that time Ozzy Osbourne licked up his own urine.
    By Nick Allen
  42. deep dives
    A Guide to the References and Easter Eggs in Jordan Peele’s UsEven the throwaway minutiae of Us warrants pause, deliberation, and some attempt at analysis.
    By Jason Bailey
  43. burning questions
    A Conversation With a Quantum Physicist About The OA: Part IICould we really hop between multiple dimensions using the power of dance? Can trees really talk? Could I live in a mirror?
    By Rachel Handler
  44. podcasts
    How Podcasts Learned to SpeakThe once useless-seeming medium that became essential.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  45. deep dives
    What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Maps Reveal About Its Prequel SeriesIt won’t be about Young Aragorn. But Amazon dropped a trove of clues about its upcoming Lord of the Rings show.
    By Austin Gilkeson
  46. deep dives
    The Fascinating Story Behind Sergei Bondarchuk’s 1968 Epic War and PeaceThe shoot went on for five and a half years, with brutal winters, actors threatening to quit, and the director suffering a heart attack.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  47. deep dives
    To Whom Does Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Owe Its Sound?If the question is whether or not “7 Rings” owes its existence to appropriation, then the answer is yes.
    By Lauren Michele Jackson
  48. movies
    Nixon, Betty Boop, and Tampons: Revisiting Joe Dante’s Infamous Movie OrgyBefore Gremlins, Dante made The Movie Orgy, a hard-to-find, extremely lengthy, extremely bizarre compilation of found footage. We watched it.
    By Charles Bramesco
  49. deep dives
    The 10 Best Versions of the Song ‘Sleigh Ride’According to a person who really, really loves the song “Sleigh Ride.”
    By C.D. Hermelin
  50. movies
    The Stories Behind the Songs in Cold WarWriter-director Pawel Pawlikowski goes deep on the folk songs at the heart of his tale of star-crossed lovers.
    By Lisa Liebman
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