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Blockbusters

  1. movies
    The Matrix Taught Superheroes to FlyIt laid the template for the gritty, gravity-defying, self-seriously cerebral modern blockbuster.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  2. no time to release a movie
    The Huge Hidden Cost of Holding a MovieAccording to experts across the industry, the financial disarray of COVID-era Hollywood goes much deeper than bankrupt movie-theater chains.
    By Chris Lee
  3. hbo max
    Wonder Woman 1984 Will Come Out On HBO Max and in Theaters On Christmas DayThe last blockbuster of 2020 has fallen (sort of).
    By Chris Murphy
  4. the future
    The Fate of American Movie Theaters Looks Terribly BleakTheater owners across the country explain how they’re going to survive 2020: “It’s a darker time now than when theaters were initially closed.”
    By Mike Sampson
  5. box office
    The Problem With Calling Tenet a FlopIn the midst of a pandemic, nobody wants to use the F word. Yet Christopher Nolan’s movie is coming to be viewed as a theatrical misfire nonetheless.
    By Chris Lee
  6. How A Quiet Place Defied All Odds to Become a Blockbuster“The movie was risky on every level.”
    By Chris Lee
  7. how movies are made now
    The Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Blockbuster for ChinaA Hollywood executive with expertise in the Chinese market outlines what works — and what doesn’t — in scripts that appeal overseas.
    By David Marchese
  8. running time
    The Dark Tower Will Be the Rarest of All Gifts: A 90-Minute Summer BlockbusterThat’s half an hour shorter than this summer’s average tentpole film.
    By Kevin Lincoln
  9. blockbusters
    How Are Movies Going to Credit All Those Blockbuster Writers Rooms?The current shared-universe storytelling model is clashing with WGA rules.
    By Nate Jones
  10. Blockbusters
    Earnings Call Reveals That Shake Shack’s Doing Even Better Than ExpectedProfits, same-store sales, and revenues are all on the rise.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  11. blockbusters
    Simon Pegg: Nerd Culture Won, and Now It’s Dumbing Us Down“We’ve been infantilized by our own taste.”
    By Nate Jones
  12. blockbusters
    The Force Awakens Is Trying Not to Be a Bloated BlockbusterAccording to screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who adds we might see Lando Calrissian in another Star Wars movie.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  13. Blockbusters
    America Prepares to Go Full ShackDanny Meyer is killing it even more than usual these days.
    By Alan Sytsma
  14. Blockbusters
    Shake Shack Officially Files for $100 Million IPOThey’d like to use the ticker symbol SHAK.
    By Alan Sytsma
  15. blockbusters
    The Charles James Exhibit Was Officially a HitTheir fourth-most-popular fashion exhibit.
    By Véronique Hyland
  16. movies
    Damon Lindelof on Blockbuster Screenwriting“We live in a commercial world, where you’ve gotta come up with ‘trailer moments.’”
    By Scott Brown
  17. movies
    David Edelstein and Producer Lynda Obst on Hollywood’s Blockbuster Problem“A studio would rather invest $250 million in one film than make a whole bunch of really interesting, deeply personal projects.”
    By David Edelstein
  18. ‘SNL’s Colin Jost Dreams Up Several Silly Movie Sequels for ‘The New […]SNL’s co-head writer Colin Jost has a funny new piece in The New Yorker today in which he previewed this summer’s unlikely movie sequels, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  19. Opening Soon
    More Details Emerge About Wylie Dufresne’s New Restaurant, AlderPigs in a blanket and purple cheese.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  20. box office gold
    Django Unchained Outperforms Les Misérables on Opening WeekendMeanwhile The Hobbit hits $200 million.
    By Andre Tartar
  21. Blockbusters
    Wylie Dufresne Will Open Alder in the East VillageThree blocks south of Momofuku Ssäm Bar.
    By Hugh Merwin
  22. summer movies
    See Solid Proof That Every 3-D Summer Blockbuster Is the SameCase closed. Any questions?
    By Eliot Glazer
  23. Bookshelf
    Modernist Cuisine at Home Coming in OctoberNathan Myhrvold & Co. unveil the at-home companion to their massive cooking tome.
    By Alan Sytsma
  24. blockbusters
    Get Acquainted With Tony Stark’s UnderlingsA new ‘Iron Man 2’ video takes us inside Stark Industries.
    By Amos Barshad
  25. trailer mix
    Iron Man 2 Trailer: It’s Been Too Long, Mickey RourkeThis thing looks great.
    By Amos Barshad
  26. blockbusters
    Call of Duty Franchise Continues to Make Hollywood Look SillyPeople love their video games.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  27. blockbusters
    Thanks To Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Video Game Industry Takes Hollywood Out To The WoodshedJames Cameron’s self-bestowed title as “King of the World” is officially in jeopardy.
    By Mark Graham
  28. blockbusters
    Dan Brown Book Party Conspicuously Unmysterious“A woman I have never met but a woman whom I love deeply: Janet Maslin of the New York ‘Times.’”
    By Boris Kachka
  29. blockbusters
    Millions of Harry Potter Fans Are Really Cranky Today’Harry Potter 6’ raked in $22.2 million at midnight screenings last night.
    By Mark Graham
  30. blockbusters
    Michael Bay Laughing All the Way to the Bank’Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ grossed $55 million at the box office yesterday.
    By Mark Graham