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Topic: Movies (page 6)

Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in "Materialists" (Atsushi Nishijima)

Don't call "Materialists" a rom-com

Coleman Spilde
Barbara Walters as seen in "Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything" (ABC News Studios)

Barbara Walters, the unflattering truth

Gary M. Kramer
Parker Posey attends the "Party Girl" movie re-release party on April 27, 2023, in New York City. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Parker Posey is still fluent in cool

Coleman Spilde
Bono in "Bono: Stories of Surrender" (Apple TV+)

Bono finds power in restraint

Caryn Rose
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Hassie Harrison in "Dangerous Animals" (IFC/Shudder)

Sharksploitation films are lacking bite

Coleman Spilde
Callie Hernandez as Carrie in "Invention" (Courtesy of Courtney Stephens/Mubi)

The conspiracy-laden film you can't miss

Coleman Spilde
Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Josh Brolin, Ke Huy Quan and Sean Astin in a scene from "The Goonies," 1985. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

"The Goonies" is a guide for hard times

Megan Volpert
Al Pacino in "The Ritual" (XYZ Films)

Christianity still haunts cinema

Andy Crump
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Various characters from HBO shows (Photo Illustration by Salon / Courtesy HBO)

Lesbians get more crumbs for Pride Month

Kelly McClure
(L to R) Mia Threapleton as Liesl, Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda and Michael Cera as Bjorn in director Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" (Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focus Features)

Wes Anderson's perfection leaves us cold

Coleman Spilde
Sally Hawkins in "Bring Her Back" (Ingvar Kenne/A24)

The horror of loving too much

Coleman Spilde
Camille Rutherford as Agathe in "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)

World-weary bookworms crave rom-coms too

Gary M. Kramer
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Tom Cruise on the set of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" (Paramount Pictures/Skydance)

Tom Cruise’s real “Mission: Impossible”

Coleman Spilde
"Fear Street: Prom Queen" (Netflix)

“Fear Street" drowns in tropes

Andy Crump
Paul Reubens (Dennis Keeley/HBO)

The man who broke past Pee-wee to Paul

Gary M. Kramer
Various old televisions play modern shows and movies (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images/xavierarnau / Netflix / Elizabeth Morris/Netflix / AppleTV+ / Focus Features / Kenny Laubbaucher/Max)

So much to watch but impossible to find

Coleman Spilde
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Barry Keoghan as Lee and Abel Tesfaye as a fictionalized version of himself in "Hurry Up Tomorrow" (Andrew Cooper )

The Weeknd's egomaniacal disaster

Coleman Spilde
Couple with popcorn on the floor at the movie theater. (EVOK/R.Lauren/Getty)

Trump’s agenda: Make movies crap again

Coleman Spilde
French actor Gerard Depardieu attends the "Der Geschmack der kleinen Dinge (Umami)" premiere at Cinema Paris on January 12, 2023 in Berlin, Germany (Tristar Media/Getty Image)

Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault

Alex Galbraith
Georgina Campbell as Tess in "Barbarian" (Courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

A not-so-likely Mother's Day classic

Coleman Spilde
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US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump took Alcatraz inspo from Hollywood

Alex Galbraith
Illustration of Catherine Coulson as The Log Lady, seen in "I Know Catherine" (Alex Shurun)

A life worthy of a "Twin Peaks" enigma

Coleman Spilde
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in "Another Simple Favor" (Lorenzo Sisti)

Blake Lively plays into your perception

Coleman Spilde
"Sinners" (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

The radical, divine message of "Sinners"

Melanie McFarland
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