The True Story Behind Netflix Dark Comedy Good News
Like many of cinema’s best historical black comedies, Good News is based on fact. The Korean film follows the real-life 1970 hijacking of a Japanese aircraft by young members of…
Good Fortune Is an Amiable Comedy With Bite
Delight is hard to come by at the movies these days, and most of us will take any little scrap we can get. Good Fortune, Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut—he also…
Face to Face With Zelensky, Trump Waffles on Providing Tomahawk Missiles
Days after publicly floating the idea, President Donald Trump on Friday backed off giving powerful long-range weapons to Ukraine, telling reporters and President Volodymyr Zelensky that he had concerns about…
What After the Hunt‘s Ending Is Really Trying to Say
It’s not a night out of the ordinary: Yale philosophy professor Alma (Julia Roberts) is hosting a lavish party at her tastefully decorated apartment with her husband, Frederik (Michael Stuhlbarg).…
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Serves Up a Creature Mary Shelley Might Not Recognize
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Frankenstein. “Believe me, Frankenstein, I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity, but am I not alone, miserably alone? You, my creator,…