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Anyone but You Is Not Quite Romantic, Not Quite Comedic

Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney star in a rom-com that coasts on good looks.
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The Color Purple Is a Sturdy Song-Delivery System

Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, and Taraji P. Henson get the job done.
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There Are No Winners in Wrestling Drama The Iron Claw

Zac Efron does his best to lend a brutal story some real humanity. 
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Leave the World Behind Is the Good Kind of Grim

Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke confront the end of everything. 
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Timothée Chalamet’s Prequel Wonka Is Surprisingly Scrumdiddlyumptious

Who would have guessed a Warner Bros. brand extension could be so charming?
Year in Review

The Best Movies of 2023

Vanity Fair’s chief critic lists the best movies of 2023, from Past Lives and May December to Poor Things.
Reviews

The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Is the Rare Good Prequel

It’s possible, Francis Lawrence’s movie suggests, to do something as cynical as a brand extension with care and insight.
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As Diana Reaches Her Final Days, The Crown Does Too

It’s soapy, biased, and often melodramatic—but that’s just what makes Netflix’s long-running drama so watchable.
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Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Has a Few Shortcomings

Joaquin Phoenix is a gas as France’s premier megalomaniac—but Scott’s direction is less assured.
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Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder Come for White Saviors in The Curse 

Their new Showtime series, created by Fielder and Benny Safdie, is often beguiling, but can’t quite decide what it really wants to say.
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The Gilded Age Season 2 Offers Mild Intrigue, Majestically

A return to the Upper East Side of 140 years ago is as weightless and agreeable as last time.
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Fellow Travelers Is an Unwieldy Gay History Lesson

Matt Bomer stars in a romantic mini-series that ranges from love story to lecture. 
Movie Guide

The 31 Best Halloween Movies on Netflix to Stream This October

From family-friendly to totally gory, you can watch the best Halloween movies without having to leave your couch. 
Critic's Notebook

Taylor Swift’s Eras Film Is Peak Pop Star Product

A blockbuster concert film reveals both a megastar’s strengths and a few weaknesses. 
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Can Frasier Come Home Again—And Should We Let Him In?

Paramount+’s revival finds Kelsey Grammer in fine form, surrounded by a new cast that just doesn’t gel.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Makes Gothic Horror of the Sackler Family

Mike Flanagan’s new horror-drama miniseries imagines a supernatural toll for opioid pushers. 
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The Exorcist: Believer Can’t Find the Devil in the Retell

Ellen Burstyn returns to the horror franchise for the first time in 50 years. 
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Reptile Is an Elegant, If Undercooked, Throwback Thriller

Benicio del Toro, Justin Timberlake, and the Alicia Silverstone make the most of a stylish murder mystery.
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Gen V Is a Raunchy Spin-Off at War With Itself

The Boys goes to college in Prime Video’s franchise-expander.
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Sex Education’s Final Season Comes to a Cozy Climax

We say farewell to the Netflix hit, one of TV’s wokest (and horniest) shows.
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In Nyad, Annette Bening Just Keeps Swimming

Bening takes to Netflix’s aquatic biopic like a fish to—well, you know.