July 27, 2022

Why Brandon Perea’s ‘Nope’ Audition Made Jordan Peele Cry

The actor’s unexpected take on Angel, the Fry’s worker, so won over the director that he decided during their meeting to rewrite the script. When Brandon […]
July 26, 2022

B.J. Novak Went to Texas Looking for ‘Vengeance’ and Found America

A funny story that B.J. Novak likes to tell from the making of his new movie is about the day he thought he was having a […]
July 21, 2022

New York’s Last Movie Clerk Knows More Than You Do

Will Malitek owns and operates Film Noir Cinema. If you’ve never heard of it, fine with him. As the founder and sole employee of Film Noir […]
July 21, 2022

New York’s Last Movie Clerk Knows More Than You Do

Will Malitek owns and operates Film Noir Cinema. If you’ve never heard of it, fine with him. As the founder and sole employee of Film Noir […]
July 16, 2022

Raving for Shrek, the Swamp Comes to Brooklyn

A party in East Williamsburg invited fans of the 2001 film to translate into reality their online obsessions with the titular ogre. On a recent Friday […]
July 15, 2022

Daisy Edgar-Jones Would Like the Ingénue Phase of Her Career to End Now

Daisy Edgar-Jones bravely walked onstage, her face a ghastly white. Under her arm, a human head. “How could you do this to me!” she bellowed at […]
July 14, 2022

Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief.

That concept might be the reason her trailblazing stand-up career has been overshadowed; it may also be the reason she’s still so sharp, our critic argues. […]
July 11, 2022

Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career

HUDSON, N.Y. — Of course I wanted to talk with Michael Lindsay-Hogg about the Beatles. Everyone wants to talk with him about the Beatles, especially since […]
July 8, 2022

#GentleMinions Has Moviegoers Dressing Up

A TikTok trend on the release of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” has young people around the globe suiting up for the cinema. Normally when Carson […]
June 29, 2022

Taika Waititi on “Thor” and “Our Flag Means Death”

Even when your job is to dream up the interplanetary adventures of a Norse god, you might still want to run off and play pirates. So […]