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‘Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always’ Trailer: Unintended Pregnancy Leads To Cross State Journey In Eliza Hittman’s Drama

December 19, 2019 10:17 am

Becoming pregnant is one of the scariest, yet exciting times in someones life, the moment you know you are to bring another human into the World is truly amazing. Well “Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always” will sh...

The Best LGBTQ Films Of The 21st Century (So Far)

Lena Wilson

May 30, 2019 1:41 pm

Features, News

Happy (early) Pride Month (in two days of course)! Though we'll all already be plenty busy dodging our exes at parades and scrubbing glitter out of our clothes, this June offers LGBTQ people everywhere a chance...

52 Movies Directed By Women In 2017 That You Should Know

Lena Wilson

January 17, 2018 12:09 pm

Features, News

If you took a shot every time you read “Hollywood has a misogyny problem” in 2017, you would be long dead. That doesn’t mean it’s not a point worth belaboring — on the contrary, if the past year of entertainmen...

The Best Films Of 2017 You Didn’t See

The Playlist Staff

January 4, 2018 12:54 pm

Features, News

2017 might be done with us, but we’re not exactly done with it. In traditional Playlist form, it’s never quite clear if the world has moved on from the last year during the early days of January, but regardless...

The Best Sex Scenes Of 2017

Jessica Kiang

December 28, 2017 4:06 pm

Features, News

Aliens, robots, holograms, fruit, gods, demons, aquatic mystery creatures and shambling doppelgangers potentially occupied by the spirit of long-disappeared FBI agents trapped between dimensions — yes, it can o...

The Best Cinematography Of 2017

Jessica Kiang

December 7, 2017 2:02 pm

Features, News

On a heath, a startled hare looks up. In its eyes are reflected the lights of a ferris wheel, in whose neon glow Armie Hammer dances to an 80s tune. A little girl with ice-cream sticky fingers runs past and nea...

Barry Jenkins Talks ‘Moonlight’ & Filmmaker Therapy With ‘Beach Rats’ Director Eliza Hittman

Martine Olivier

September 21, 2017 5:08 pm

News

Barry Jenkins, following his surprise Best Picture win at the Oscars for “Moonlight,” sat down to chat with Eliza Hittman about her new film "Beach Rats.” They discussed some of the commonalities between both ...

The Best Movies Of Summer 2017

Jordan Ruimy

September 3, 2017 1:51 pm

Features, News

We're right on top of things calendar-wise, right?... A little late to the party, but, it's become a recurrent trend every summer for journalists to look back at the movies that were released and, well, comp...

‘Beach Rats’ Is Tender & Merciless [Review]

Andrew Crump

August 22, 2017 3:09 pm

News, Reviews

“Beach Rats,” the second feature from director Eliza Hittman, is at once sexual and unsexy — a thoroughly eroticized movie meant to encourage dread. It’s a summer film set in New York City in July, focused on h...

12 Movies To See In August

Ally Johnson

August 1, 2017 11:41 am

Features, News

In case you haven't been paying much attention, the summer 2017 season has been a rather strong one. Sure, we still had to content with the poorly conceived sequel here and there, but despite "The Emoji Movie" ...

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