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Who’s Afraid of Ziwe Fumudoh?
Who’s Afraid of Ziwe Fumudoh?
For guests who dare to appear on the comedian’s Instagram Live show, the question is not if you are racist, but how
Vulture
Jul 16, 2020
Kanye West and the Media Are Once Again Playing a Dangerous Game
Kanye West and the Media Are Once Again Playing a Dangerous Game
There needs to be a reckoning over his toxic relationship with the vox populi
Vulture
Jul 13, 2020
Is Anyone Watching Quibi?
Is Anyone Watching Quibi?
The streaming platform raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can’t get audiences to notice
Vulture
Jul 7, 2020
Michaela the Destroyer
Michaela the Destroyer
How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the year’s most sublimely unsettling show
Vulture
Jul 6, 2020
Carl Reiner Taught the World What a Comedy Writer Does
Carl Reiner Taught the World What a Comedy Writer Does
Until Reiner came along, nobody outside the business knew about the writers’ room; today we all do
Vulture
Jul 1, 2020
The Absolutist Case for Problematic Pop Culture
The Absolutist Case for Problematic Pop Culture
As HBO Max temporarily removes Gone With the Wind, we should all cast a skeptical glance at gestures that cost nobody a dime and change…
Vulture
Jun 11, 2020
What Is an Anti-Racist Reading List For?
What Is an Anti-Racist Reading List For?
It is unclear whether each book supplies a portion of the holistic racial puzzle or are intended as revelatory islands in and of themselves
Vulture
Jun 4, 2020
What Will Make Us Feel Comfortable Going to the Movies Again?
What Will Make Us Feel Comfortable Going to the Movies Again?
And what will a post-pandemic theater look like?
Vulture
May 26, 2020
My Appetites
My Appetites
Jerry Saltz on eating and coping mechanisms, childhood and self-control, criticism, love, cancer, and pandemics
Vulture
May 12, 2020
Hollywood Is All But Writing Off 2020. What Does That Mean for the Future of Movies?
Hollywood Is All But Writing Off 2020. What Does That Mean for the Future of Movies?
“Anyone who says that everything is not totally f — — d is lying”
Vulture
Apr 15, 2020
Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?
Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?
The pernicious spread of corporatespeak, or garbage language, as Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley calls this kind of talk. Garbage language…
Vulture
Feb 21, 2020
How Parasite Pulled Off Its History-Making Best Picture Win
How Parasite Pulled Off Its History-Making Best Picture Win
It was both the best film and the film of the moment
Vulture
Feb 10, 2020
What Should Your Kids Be Watching?
What Should Your Kids Be Watching?
The streaming wars are coming for children, which means more minefields — and more excellent television
Vulture
Dec 18, 2019
What Mister Rogers Can Teach Us About Gen X and the Generational Divide
What Mister Rogers Can Teach Us About Gen X and the Generational Divide
Xers were more impacted by Fred Rogers than any other generation. What he taught them helps explain who they became.
Vulture
Dec 3, 2019
How Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Are Evolving After John Lasseter
How Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Are Evolving After John Lasseter
“I would say, yes, the company’s quite a bit different now.”
Vulture
Nov 15, 2019
Disney Is Quietly Placing Classic Fox Movies Into Its Vault, and That’s Worrying
Disney Is Quietly Placing Classic Fox Movies Into Its Vault, and That’s Worrying
It is, among other things, bad news for movie theaters that depend on repertory screenings to shore up increasingly shaky bottom lines
Vulture
Oct 24, 2019
How High-Frame-Rate Technology Killed Ang Lee’s Gemini Man
How High-Frame-Rate Technology Killed Ang Lee’s Gemini Man
It would be silly to blame the film’s failure on the tech, but I’m going to go ahead and blame the tech
Vulture
Oct 22, 2019
Can Outer Space Drive a Person Insane? Let’s Ask an Astronaut.
Can Outer Space Drive a Person Insane? Let’s Ask an Astronaut.
In Lucy in the Sky, Natalie Portman totally loses her mind, in the tradition of several movie astronauts before her
Vulture
Oct 9, 2019
The Emmys Finally Looked to the Future
The Emmys Finally Looked to the Future
Game of Thrones and SNL won, but this year’s Emmys leaned toward the future more than ever
Vulture
Sep 23, 2019
Toni Morrison’s Joyful, Unfinished Work
Toni Morrison’s Joyful, Unfinished Work
Her great project — expanding American literature and consciousness — continues
Vulture
Aug 6, 2019
Motion Smoothing Is Ruining Cinema
Motion Smoothing Is Ruining Cinema
Filmmakers hate it. Viewers do, too. So why is it the default setting on almost every new TV in America?
Vulture
Jul 25, 2019
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