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"Kpop Demon Hunters": Jeoseung saja Jinu just wants a bit of your soul that's all (Netflix)

The K-pop obsession with your soul

Hanh Nguyen
A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

Kelly McClure, Natalie Moore, Coleman Spilde, Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Amanda Marcotte, Bennett Taren, Alex Galbraith, Ashlie D. Stevens
"Kpop Demon Hunters": Huntr/x members Mira, Rumi and Zoey slurp cup ramyeon (Netflix)

Kpop Demon Hunters food: Hold the kimchi

Hanh Nguyen
Mariska Hargitay as seen in "My Mom Jayne" (Courtesy of HBO)

Unraveling a famous mother's legacy

Coleman Spilde
Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist and Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" (Kimberly French/Focus Features)

"Brokeback" hurts more on the big screen

Coleman Spilde
Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in "28 Years Later" (Miya Mizuno/Sony Pictures)

We all have a rage virus now

Coleman Spilde
Dakota Johnson in "Materialists" (Atsushi Nishijima)

Like it or not, Dakota Johnson is a star

Coleman Spilde
Tom Hiddleston as Charles "Chuck" Krantz in "The Life of Chuck" (Courtesy of Neon)

Please, anything but a twee revival!

Coleman Spilde
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
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
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
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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