Bilge Ebiri

Connecticut, New York

Editor and Film Critic at New York Magazine

Editor and Film Critic at Vulture

"A while longer still in this business."

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Articles

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Is From a Different Century

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Camille Rutherford in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Despite its title, Laura Piani’s endearing romantic-comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is as much about nature as it is about literature. Amid its charming ruminations on books and writing and ambition and love, what comes through most vividly is a distinct sense of place.
The Stories Behind the Original Lilo & Stitch’s Disney-Spoofing Ads

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

In 2002, the ads for Lilo & Stitch blew raspberries in the face of Disney tradition. Here’s how they came together. If you were watching any movie trailers or TV spots in the run-up to the release of the original Lilo & Stitch in 2002, you probably remember the ads for the film. At the time, Walt Disney Pictures, still basking in the residual glow of its 1990s renaissance, was seen as a historic institution that treated its catalogue with great reverence.
Maybe a Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Remake Wasn’t Such a Great Idea

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

The beloved 2002 Disney animated classic is a one-of-a-kind wonder. This live-action remake feels like a shrill, soulless imitation. Did the people who remade Lilo & Stitch think remaking Lilo & Stitch was a good idea? One assumes they did — too much work goes into these live-action Disney redos for anyone to make one against their will — but this new version exudes a palpable whiff of frustration.
Maybe a Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Remake Wasn’t Such a Great Idea

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Bilge Ebiri

1 day agoAlso, the Justice Department ended oversight of local police in several cities. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. President Trump’s sit-down today with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa briefly resembled Oval Office meetings of an earlier era. The leaders exchanged a handshake and …
The Nutty, Colorful, and Moving Sister Midnight Is Well Worth Seeing

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Radhika Apte in Sister Midnight. Karan Kandhari’s colorful and deeply odd Sister Midnight, about the frustrations of a young woman in a working-class corner of Mumbai, is one of those movies that starts over here and ends waaay over there. But the film comes by its tonal shifts and narrative changes honestly — its twists are organic and rooted in character — which is quite an accomplishment for a feature directing debut.
Jia Zhangke on the ‘Stargazing’ Mysteries of Caught by the Tides

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

The director’s new film is as much about the present as it is the past. For years, Jia Zhangke imagined that the film that would become Caught by the Tides would be his last.
Wes Anderson Explains the Darkness at the Heart of His Films

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Even as his style has become more ornate, his films feel increasingly ripped from the headlines. “The boy was murdered, I think, by the people who were meant to love him.” Wes Anderson is talking about a surreal moment that occurs early in his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, in which the protagonist, the ruthless international tycoon Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), experiences a vision of the afterlife.
Final Destination: Bloodlines Confidently Revives the Best Horror-Film Franchise

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Kaitlyn Santa Juana and Rya Kihlstedt in Final Destination: Bloodlines. It’s been 14 years since the last Final Destination movie, but Final Destination: Bloodlines fits right in with this series’s slick early-2000s aesthetic and gloriously ludicrous sensibility. Which was probably to be expected, given that making a new entry in this franchise doesn’t require jumping through too many illogical hoops or reinventing an outdated conceit.
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning Is a Huge Mess. But It’s a Fun Mess.

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Perhaps the greatest sin Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning commits is buying into its own self-importance. For years, the Mission: Impossible movies stood as a welcome bulwark against the world-building extravagance of Hollywood’s franchise craze. Every installment was a new task, a new heist, a new series of crazy stunts, and minimal crossovers from one picture to the next — an additional team member here, a secondary villain there.
Bonjour Tristesse Is Lovely and Unconvincing

1 month ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Bonjour Tristesse. The first rule of making a film of Bonjour Tristesse is that it must look splendid, and if nothing else, Durga Chew-Bose’s adaptation achieves that. Gently updating Françoise Sagan’s generational 1954 best seller, Chew-Bose fills her frame with sun-dappled bodies and faces, tasteful outfits, elegant spaces, and the easygoing languor that comes with the seaside sojourns of the wealthy.