Edelstein: Why I Sort of Liked The Great Gatsby
The best thing about Baz Luhrmann’s much-anticipated/much-dreaded The Great Gatsby is that it is unmistakably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
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Edelstein: How Documentary Became the Most Exciting Kind of Filmmaking
In this age of digital video, the cool kids are making docs.
Edelstein: Is Spring Breakers One of the Perviest Movies Ever Made?
Starring Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez, this beach-party pic is a giant middle finger in Disney's direction.
Edelstein: Oz the Great and Powerful Is Peculiarly Joyless
James Franco is generally unconvincing as the title character in this 3-D prequel.
David Edelstein Live-Blogs the 2013 Oscars
Our film critic gives his moment-by-moment take on every award, speech, and bit of banter.
Edelstein: A Good Day to Die Hard Leaves the Bruce Willis Franchise in Its Death Throes
I didn’t think it was physically possible to doze off at a movie as loud as A Good Day to Die Hard.
Edelstein on Beautiful Creatures: This Piece of Southern-Fried Gothic Whimsy Is Twi-Lite
Richard Lagravenese’s adaptation of the YA supernatural romance novel is deliciously overripe, but something's missing.
Edelstein on Koch: On the Day of His Death, an Entertaining Documentary on a Former Mayor’s Life
Whatever your view of its subject, Koch makes for a vital piece of New York history.
Edelstein on Movie 43: Were These Actors Blackmailed to Appear in This Raunchy Fiasco?
It’s rare to see a piece of crap that actually looks and sounds like a piece of crap.
Go See Vulture’s David Edelstein Participate in a Film-Critic Royal Rumble Tonight at the 92Y
He'll talk Oscar films with A.O. Scott, Lisa Schwarzbaum, and Columbia University's Annette Insdorf.
Edelstein on Mama: A Welcome Jolt of Meaningful Scares
Starring Jessica Chastain, Mama reminds how and why good horror flicks work so well.
Edelstein: David Chase’s Not Fade Away Is a Dream of the Sixties
A semi-autobiographical debut film from the creator of The Sopranos.
Edelstein: Django Unchained Is Manna for Mayhem Mavens
Every bullet generates a whoopee-cushion’s worth of red sauce.
Edelstein: Haneke’s Amour Stares Coldly Into the Face of Human Agony
The German provocateur has discovered a real-world antagonist even more brutal than he is: time.
Edelstein on The Hobbit and Its Distracting Frame Rate
"The Hobbit probably plays better at the normal frame rate, but how much better?"
David Edelstein on Hardball: Zero Dark Thirty and Hollywood’s Torture Scenes
"I don't think friendly interrogation frankly is quite as cinematic."
Edelstein: You’ve Got to Admire the Gumption of Les Misérables
The film's tasteless bombardment would, under most circumstances, send audiences screaming from the theater, but the film is going to be a monster hit and award winner, and not entirely unjustly.
Vulture’s TV, Movie, and Theater Critics Choose Their Best Performances of 2012
One of them is a terrorist.
David Edelstein’s Runners-up for the Best Films of 2012
This year was the most difficult I’ve ever had to pick ten favorite films, let alone to rank them one to ten.
David Edelstein’s Top Ten Movies of 2012
An unexpectedly modern Lincoln, the mercilessly gripping Zero Dark Thirty, the happy submission of Pitch Perfect, and more.
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