15 Great 2019 Movies You Can Watch Right Now
Last week, we ran our list of the 25 best movies of the year (and it's right here, ICYMI), and it was a tough list to make – this year offered even more great films than usual, particularly in the indie and foreign space. So, in lieu of our…
Film | By Jason Bailey
The 15 Best Holiday Movies to Stream This Week (Plus 'The Two Popes')
Unsurprisingly, since the customary Tuesday release day falls on Christmas Eve this year, there's not much on the new release shelf; if you're buying something, they figure, you've already bought it. So instead, let's seize upon the season, and…
Let's Talk About the Grossest Scene in 'Bombshell'
Bombshell, Jay Roach's dramatization of the fall of Fox News head Roger Ailes, went into wide release last weekend, propelled by a good early showing (at least for its actors) in the year-end awards: two Golden Globe nominations (Charlize Theron for…
The Top 25 Movies of 2019
I've been making this list for this site for eight years now (look it up!) and I can't recall it ever being harder to make – or easier. It was harder in the sense that 2019 was an incredibly strong year for new movies, especially for a soft touch…
The 6 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'Ad Astra,' 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'
If there were any justice in this world, this week's big 4K and Blu-ray release would've been one of the year's biggest hits. Alas. Also this week: two terrific new indies (one foreign, one doc) and a forgotten '90s gem on disc, and a couple of…
Back to Macao: Flavorwire's IFFAM 2019 Diary
Attending a film festival in Macao, China, isn't really all that different than going to one in Park City or Toronto. The food is better, to be sure. And the filmmakers and stars stand awkwardly in front of the audience before the movie rather than…
Book Excerpt: How Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino Made 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Few movie buffs would argue that Sidney Lumet – whose output included such classics as 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict – was one of the finest filmmakers of the 1970s (one of the most important eras in the medium's…
Books | By Flavorwire Staff
The 7 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' 'Hustlers'
Not one, not two, but three of the year's best movies hit disc or streaming this week, which would be exciting enough on its own. But we've also got a restored '80s gem, one of the great '70s dramas, a new documentary movie lovers will adore, and a…
The 6 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'Ready or Not,' 'The Report'
One of the year's best movies pops up on Amazon Prime this week, and a delicious horror/action/comedy leads the new disc releases. Plus, a first-rate bio-doc, two new Criterion additions, and an always-rewatchable Best Picture winner returns to…
Flavorwire's Guide to Movies You Need to See in December
The end of the year is upon us, prompting a real embarrassment of riches at the movies – as if there weren't alreadytoo many great movies (The Irishman, Knives Out, Marriage Story, Honey Boy, The Report, etc.) to clear time out of your busy schedule…
Flavorwire's Ultimate Gift Guide for the Pop Culture Aficionado In Your Life
Thanksgiving week is upon us again, and you know what that means: it's time to start thinking about some gift-giving. (Or maybe not! Things are tight all over, that's undeniable, and if the holidays have always been overtly commercialized, they seem…
Books | By Jason Bailey
Awesome Art Inspired by Your Favorite Holiday Movies
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and you know what that means (aside from family get-togethers and eating too much and ill-advised shopping expeditions): it's time to watch some holiday movies. Of course, our pop culture-loving friends at Gallery1988 are…
Art | By Flavorwire Staff
The 6 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'The Irishman,' 'All About Eve'
You can tell the Thanksgiving holidays are upon us, for two reasons: 1) Netflix is unleashing its biggest movie to date, with a three-and-a-half-hour running time that's perfect for post-Thanksgiving nothing-to-do time; and 2) several of our…
'Knives Out' is a Giddily Entertaining Holiday Feast
Rian Johnson's Knives Out opens with the image of a giant manor house. Strings surge loudly on the soundtrack; hounds run from the estate in slow-motion. This, folks, is how you open your movie – with big, broad, theatrical gestures, acknowledging…
Awesome Pop Culture-Inspired Holiday Tree Toppers
Somehow, the holiday season is upon us again, and while we would normally eschew seasonal posts until at least Thanksgiving, we have to make an exception for our friends at Gallery1988. You see, the latest show at the pop culture-obsessed L.A.…
The 6 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'Blinded By the Light,' 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold'
Three lightweight but undeniably engaging late-summer releases are out this week on disc and demand, along with a welcome Blu-ray release (and Criterion Collection blessing) for one of last year's best. All that and a stylish crime film worth…
What Disney+ Really Tells Us About Disney
And, like that, it's all there. Tuesday brought the launch of Disney+, the cultural behemoth's long-promised, much-hyped streaming service – delivering, well, most of the feature films, TV movies, and shows from the company's decades-long reign.…
The 9 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'The Farewell,' 'Good Boys'
Two summer sleepers hit disc this week, and both are worth your time. And that's not all – we've got two must-see indies, a new release of an animated classic, an unsung '90s gem from Criterion, and a triple feature of ace '70s crime movies from KL…
Hilarious Action Figures from Grown-Up Movies and TV
Since the fortune reaped by George Lucas following the release of Star Wars, the official action figure has become a standby of any commercial-friendly blockbuster movie or television show, launching entire subsets of geekdom (and lucrative revenue…
The Fundamental Conundrum of 'Doctor Sleep'
In retrospect, my first mistake was probably re-watching Stanley Kubrick's The Shining the night before my press screening of Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan's new film adaptation of Stephen King's follow-up novel. I was explicitly encouraged to by the…