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Fox Searchlight How This Year's Oscar Contenders Are Tackling Trump
Some of the biggest hits—and one notable flop—at the Toronto International Film Festival played as blunt allegories for the current political moment.
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Paramount Pictures What Is the Meaning of Mother!?
Delving into the plot, allegories, and shocking ending of one of the most surprising Hollywood releases of the year
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Hulu How the Emmy Awards Put Hulu on the Map
The Handmaid’s Tale became the first streaming-TV show to win Best Drama Series—an honor that surprisingly did not go to Netflix.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Women Won Big at the 2017 Emmys
This year’s top awards went to Big Little Lies, Veep, and The Handmaid’s Tale.
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Netflix First They Killed My Father Is a Surprising, Devastating Triumph
Angelina Jolie’s new film follows the Cambodian Civil War and the brutal Khmer Rouge regime through the eyes of a young girl.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP Hollywood Moguls Are the New Auteurs
The Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow lost his job after clashing with the real power behind the franchise: the producer Kathleen Kennedy.
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A24 Yorgos Lanthimos on His New Film The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The director of The Lobster talks about the dark premise of his follow-up, working with stars like Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, and his unique sensibility.
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IFC Films Rebel in the Rye Is Phony Through and Through
Danny Strong’s directorial debut stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger, in a film that misses the mark in trying to capture his unique talent.
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Warner Bros. Why Is Hollywood Developing Three Different Joker Movies?
The flurry of news about multiple films featuring Batman’s chief villain shows just how desperate the industry is becoming.
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Warner Bros. / Sony Pictures Classics / Marvel ... 33 Movies to Watch This Oscar Season
Say goodbye to the August doldrums. The next few months are full of buzzy biopics and indie hits.
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Showtime David Lynch Found the Perfect Ending for Twin Peaks
The 18-episode Showtime revival gave audiences both a tidy conclusion and a messy, dreamlike unraveling of everything that came before it.
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TWC The Long, Strange Trip of Tulip Fever to Theaters
The film, based on a Tom Stoppard script and an acclaimed novel, is finally being released after three bizarre years of languishing in post-production.
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EuropaCorp Will Hollywood Learn a Lesson About Whitewashing?
After the immediate backlash to his casting, the actor Ed Skrein stepped down from playing a character in the Hellboy reboot who was originally written as Asian American.
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AP / Jordan Strauss Why Netflix Is Releasing So Many New Shows in 2018
The company is apparently ignoring warnings about "Peak TV."
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HBO What Did Game of Thrones Accomplish This Year?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss "The Dragon and the Wolf," the Season 7 finale.
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Neon Beach Rats Is One of the Year’s Boldest Dramas
Eliza Hittman’s film chronicles the life of a closeted young man spending his days on the boardwalks of Coney Island.
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NBC Saturday Night Live Needs to Ditch the Special Guests
The show’s summer Weekend Update specials have laid bare a troubling dependence on actors outside of the core ensemble.
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Richard Shotwell / AP What Netflix Can Offer Shonda Rhimes
Television’s biggest producer is leaving ABC to join the streaming service, the most seismic shift in the Peak TV era yet.
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AMC It's Not Too Late for Halt and Catch Fire
There’s still time to catch AMC’s dazzling drama about the dawn of the internet as the show enters its final season.
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Helen Sloan / courtesy of HBO Is Game of Thrones on Thin Ice?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Beyond the Wall,” the sixth episode of the seventh season.
