Rachel Handler

“In water, like in books, you can leave your life.” Imogen Poots’s Lidia Yuknavitch, a writer and swimmer recovering from a traumatic childhood, says this in a voice-over about halfway through Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water. ... See more

Something has happened to Netflix’s Christmas movies this year. Historically, they’ve unfolded like lucid dreams one might have when waking up from general anesthesia in an Arizona strip mall. They’re like Twin Peaks for people who have been locked out of... See more

Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody have been married for 45 years, and they have lived in the same Morningside Heights apartment building for nearly half that time. When I meet them down the street at one of their favorite diners on a rainy Monday afternoon... See more

Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love. In Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love , Jennifer Lawrence unleashes, in all senses of the word. As Grace, a new mother trapped in rural Montana with only her feckless husband, Jackson (Robert Pattinson), concerned mother-in-law, ... See more

Nancy Meyers Week It’s Nancy Meyers Week at Vulture. Why? Because it’s The Holiday season, and It’s Complicated . Something’s Gotta Give . The star of Baby Boom, Father of the Bride, and Something’s Gotta Give breaks down the genius of her longtime collab... See more