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4 There are box-office flops. There are critical disasters. And then there is whatever category we now need to invent for a movie so radioactive that an entire country looks at it, squints for a moment, and says, “Actually? No. All of us are good.” Welcome to the curious case of Melania , the glossy, heavily marketed, extremely expensive documentary centered on Melania Trump , a film that was scheduled for wide theatrical release in South Africa before being abruptly and collectively escorted out of every major cinema in the country. Not banned. Not censored. Just… declined. Politely, bureaucratically, and decisively. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a nation hitting “Do Not Recommend” and moving on with its life. And if you think this story is about one documentary, you’re missing the larger picture. This is about power, image laundering, political optics, and the limits of spectacle in a world that has seen this movie before—even if it hasn’t actually seen this movie. 🎥 The Movie T...

Hollywood just woke up, sipped its oat-milk latte, and said, “You know what the average exhausted, content-overloaded American needs? Thirty. More. Movies. Every. Single. Year. ” That’s right. Paramount CEO David Ellison took to a phone presser in the most Hollywood way possible—assertively, confidently, and with the gravitational pull of a man who absolutely believes your life will be improved by Mission: Impossible 19 playing every month in a half-empty AMC in Topeka. The pitch is simple: If Paramount acquires Warner Bros, they’ll pump out 30+ theatrical releases a year because “We’re going to satisfy the needs of the moviegoing public.” Ah yes, the moviegoing public—famously starved, deprived, wandering the wilderness muttering, “If only the studios made more movies about superheroes, musical biopics, and reboots of properties that should have stayed peacefully buried.” Welcome to the great 2025 studio merger circus. Let’s break it down, shall we? Hollywood’s New Holiday T...

Let’s all take a collective moment to appreciate that 2025 officially jumped the shark when a gang of art thieves strolled into the Louvre , in broad daylight , and made off with eight priceless pieces of jewelry as if they were on a coffee run. Somewhere, George Clooney just sighed into his espresso, muttering, “Amateurs — but respectable ones.” This wasn’t your average “smash-and-grab.” This was cinema . Paris woke up that weekend to the realization that someone had taken the phrase “art imitates life” and smashed it into a glittering, diamond-encrusted feedback loop. Within hours, journalists were tripping over themselves to compare the crime to Band of Outsiders or Lupin or Ocean’s 8 . Because in 2025, every major event has to come with a movie reference, a hashtag, and a streaming recommendation list within three hours of the crime scene tape going up. So naturally, the New York Times obliged — curating six “heist movies to watch while Paris panics.” Because why bother with ...

Film festivals, particularly TIFF, are like that one friend who insists their new boyfriend is “different” every single September. And, like the gullible enablers we are, we nod, smile, and pretend this year’s hot indie lineup is really going to change the world—or at least cinema. Spoiler: it won’t. But hey, who am I to kill the collective buzz of agents, producers, and actors who all just want to sell you an Oscar campaign with the same sincerity as a used-car dealer hawking a lemon with “new brakes”? TIFF 2025 has rolled into town like a giant film-shaped piñata stuffed with dreams, distribution deals, and lukewarm coffee for journalists. The players? Chris Evans, Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, and a supporting cast of buyers who all look like they haven’t seen the inside of a movie theater since Frozen II . Let’s get into it. Section 1: The Chris Evans of It All Chris Evans is back, but not as Captain America—no, that ship sailed along with Marvel’s Phase Infini...

Let’s get one thing straight: food movies are not just about food. They are about obsession, longing, love, loss, and the inexplicable human need to Instagram something before putting it in our mouths. And they’re also about food. Delicious, tantalizing, torturous food that you can see but not touch . So, if you're reading this after skipping lunch, turn back now. Or grab a snack. Or just surrender to the cruel, mouth-watering temptations ahead. Here are The 10 Best Food Movies of All Time , ranked not by Oscars, but by how violently they make your stomach growl. 1. Tampopo (1985) Genre: Ramen Western. No, that’s not a typo. The opening scene of Tampopo should come with a trigger warning for instant noodle addicts. A man slurping ramen like it’s the nectar of the gods? Check. Obsessive close-ups of broth, pork, and noodles? Check. A weird egg yolk sex scene? Yeah. That too. This film is less a movie and more a fever dream narrated by your stomach. It jumps between character...

Oh, Memorial Day. That blessed American tradition where we all solemnly remember those who served by... watching genetically-enhanced superspies jump off cliffs, weeping at animated space dogs, and trying to figure out what Cate Blanchett’s accent is this time. The movie industry’s idea of “honor” is apparently best expressed through explosions, nostalgia bait, and the obligatory Netflix release with an algorithmically generated title. But buried under the bombast and CGI barf-fests lies something a little weirder, a little smarter, and a whole lot more interesting. The New York Times, doing the Lord’s work, gave us a handy list of 2025’s best films you probably didn’t know existed—because their trailers weren’t forcibly jammed into your pre-YouTube video scroll like digital herpes. Let’s wade into the deep end, past the floating corpses of overhyped blockbusters, and take a snark-soaked look at the real must-watch movies of 2025. 1. “Sinners”: Come for the Vampires, Stay for the ...