Here's To The Romantic Comedy Pleasures Of 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'
The Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's YA romance is sparkly, sweet and very well-acted by its young leads.
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Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories
In honor of Frankenstein's 200th birthday, this year's summer reader poll is all about horror — from classics like Mary Shelley's monster to new favorites, we've got something to scare everyone.
Life — Or Something Like It — During Wartime: The Wrenching 'Memoir Of War'
Mélanie Thierry's quietly devastating performance anchors this adaptation of Marguerite Duras' wartime memoir chronicling her life in a perpetual state of uncertainty over her husband's fate.
An Aging Rocker, A Fawning Fanboy — And Thou: 'Juliet, Naked'
In this beguiling, decidedly un-frothy adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel, Annie (Rose Byrne) exchanges emails with a singer-songwriter (Ethan Hawke) her inattentive boyfriend (Chris O'Dowd) reveres.
Muddled Action Thriller 'Mile 22' Should Have Pulled Off At Mile 3 Or So
Mark Wahlberg plays a CIA operative trying to extricate a mysterious informant (Iko Uwais) from a fictional country in this disjointed film that underuses Uwais and overuses Wahlberg.
When The Wild Rumpus Stops: 'We The Animals'
Documentarian Jeremiah Zagar's first feature film adapts Justin Torres' impressionistic autobiographical novel of boyhood; the dreamlike result is "intense, scary and ecstatically lyrical."
In Matt Groening's Fantasy Series 'Disenchantment,' The Humor Is Elf-Referential
The Netflix series features lush animation and strong voice work, but its three core characters are so reminiscent of Futurama's central trio they struggle to stand on their own.
What, No 'Jaws?' Or: See The Movie, Skip The Book
Readers may notice that some famous titles are missing from this year's final list of 100 favorite horror stories — books like Jaws and The Amityville Horror. That's because, frankly, they stink.
H.P. Lovecraft And The Shadow Over Horror
Lovecraft's stories are among the foundations of modern horror; they still have the power to terrify today. But his bigotry is just as horrific — so how do we deal with this all-too-human darkness?
Photographer Tyler Mitchell On Being The First African-American To Shoot A 'Vogue' Cover
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Tyler Mitchell about being the first African-American photographer to shoot the cover for Vogue and what it was like to work with Beyonce.