Everyone Is Getting Joker Wrong
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Movies
Joker Director Todd Phillips Says Woke Scolds and Twitter Mobs Killed Comedy
"Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture."
Reviews: Ad Astra and One Cut of the Dead
Brad Pitt’s outer-space daddy issues and a look behind the scenes at the zombie apocalypse.
Review: It Chapter Two
Bill Hader and Jessica Chastain in a very long and crowded horror sequel.
Reviews: Don't Let Go and The Fanatic
David Oyelowo in a sci-fi crime thriller and John Travolta in a movie by Fred Durst.
Can Adam Driver Make Americans Care About CIA Torture Again?
A new movie, The Report, documents the Senate struggle to inform the public about our wartime waterboarding and "enhanced interrogations."
Sarah Silverman Has Been Canceled
The comedian and activist was fired from a film after a 2007 blackface photo emerged.
A Violent Movie Satirizing America's Culture War Gets Canceled by America's Culture War
After outraged responses from Fox and Trump, Universal yanks The Hunt from its schedule.
Does Walmart Really Think a 30-Second Clip of Call of Duty Will Traumatize Us All?
Store orders ban of violent displays, but is still selling guns and video games.
Reviews: A Score to Settle and Them That Follow
A low-intensity Nic Cage (what’s the point?) and a long-overdue visit with some hillbilly snake handlers.
The Horror of War and the Thrill of Horror
A new book explores the First World War's role in creating the horror genre.
Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Is a Nostalgic Defense of Movie Violence
It's a throwback to an earlier Hollywood era, and an argument for why movies still matter.
Review: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino journeys into the movie-biz past and replays the Manson murders.
Review: Stuber
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are well worth seeing, but not in this movie.
The Backlash Over The Little Mermaid Casting a Black Ariel Is Fake News
Few people who tweeted #NotMyAriel were actually upset about Halle Bailey portraying the mermaid princess.
Spider-Man: Far From Home Pits Spidey Against Fake News
The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is fun, frivolous, and forgettable.
With Toy Story 4, the Toy Story Series Is Now Hollywood's Greatest Franchise
No other series has been so good for so long.
Reviews: Men in Black: International and The Dead Don't Die
The unrequested return of a vintage comedy franchise, and a brand-new brain-dead zombie riff.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Is a Reminder That Eco-Terrorists Make Effective Movie Villains
The eternal battle between man and megalizard continues.
Movie Review: All Is True
Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen—three great Shakespeareans—in a glowing tribute to Shakespeare himself.
Hail Satan? A New Documentary Shows Devil Worshipers Are Unlikely Defenders of the First Amendment
Director Penny Lane chronicles the rise of the Satanic Temple, a group that combines theatrical stunts with political activism.
Hail Satan? A New Documentary Depicts Devil Worshipers as Unlikely Defenders of the First Amendment
Director Penny Lane chronicles the rise of the Satanic Temple, a group that combines theatrical stunts with political activism.
Movie Review: Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth assemble a decade’s worth of superheroes for a long, fond…farewell?
This Marine Videographer Went Rogue To Show the Brutal Reality of War
Miles Lagoze: "They weren't really watching an 18-year-old Combat Camera kid and where he was going, what he was filming."
What If Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Had Been a Maoist Revolutionary Epic?
Friday A/V Club: Springtime for Mao
The Hellboy Reboot Is a Damned Awful Movie
Director Neil Marshall's revival is a sad imitation of Guillermo del Toro's comic-book movie masterpiece.
