| MATTHEW LYNCH,
EXECUTIVE EDITOR |
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It is currently approaching triple digits along much of the Eastern Seaboard. President Trump and his colorful collection of advisers may or may not have entered the US into a war in the Middle East on Saturday evening. Another figure in Trump’s orbit appears to have suggested that even more bombs should drop closer to home. It’s technically only the fourth day of summer 2025, but we’ve wasted no time heating way up. Cannot wait to see where we’re at come, say, Bastille Day.
If you’re looking for something good to chill out with this evening, our critics have your best movies of the year at its halfway point. Or there’s always the ice-cold stylings of Christine Baranski. More tomorrow! |
The best movies this year have featured a pair of sexy spies, a few international standouts, and not one, but two Michael B. Jordans. According to VF’s chief critic, Richard Lawson, here are a variety of films worth seeking out as we head toward the mega-popcorn season of summer. |
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JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and others say strikes on Iran aren’t meant to bring down the country’s leaders. But on Truth Social, their boss appears to say otherwise. |
She plays elitist matriarchs on HBO’s The Gilded Age and Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, but real-life Baranski is “a very loud Buffalo Bills fan,” she tells VF. |
She also managed to work in references to “criminal illegal aliens” and the claim that Joe Biden has dementia, because of course she did. |
From Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri to C.Z. Guest poolside in Palm Beach, Aarons’s photos of the rich and famous have been a vicarious ticket to the jet set for decades. |
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