View on web New reader? Subscribe JUNE 22, 2023 The 30 Best Movies of 2023 (So Far) With the year almost half over, 2023 has already seen a wide variety of excellent new films. Here are 30 that you can see right now.  By David Ehrlich and Kate Erbland  After 'Barbie,' Where's the Barbie Doll? Why Theaters Aren't Selling More Movie Merch The lobby space currently occupied by arcade games represents some highly valuable real estate. Doesn't it?  By Tony Maglio and Brian Welk  Marvel Films Can Learn a Lot from Marvel Television The studio's small-screen experiments have proven more intriguing and satisfying in just two-and-a-half years of Disney+ streaming.  By Proma Khosla  Academy Demands Expanded Theatrical Runs for 2025 Best Picture Contenders This change for the 97th Oscars could impact lower-budget entries.  By Anne Thompson  Spielberg, Scorsese, and P.T. Anderson Say Their David Zaslav Meeting Left Them 'Encouraged' About TCM's Future "We have each spent time talking to David, separately and together, and it's clear that TCM and classic cinema are very important to him," t … By Christian Blauvelt  Rachel Sennott on Pushing for 'Bottoms' Fight Scenes: 'Girls Deserve to Beat Each Other Up' "When we first announced the movie, they put 'fight club' in quotations," the writer and star said of her bloody new teen comedy.  By Jude Dry  Samuel L. Jackson Won't Let His A.I. Likeness Be Used 'in Perpetuity': 'I Cross That Sh*t Out' of Contracts "Future actors should do what I always do when I get a contract, and it has the words 'in perpetuity' and 'known and unknown' on it: I cross … By Samantha Bergeson  Danny's L.A. Apartment in 'Beef' Delights in Terrible Vibes Production designer Grace Yun's painfully accurate take on Danny's home gave the crew flashbacks to their own first L.A. apartments.  By Sarah Shachat  Death to 'El Muerto'? Sony's Bad Bunny Marvel Adaptation Faces Challenges Beyond the Strike Between the music superstar's touring schedule, writers strike, and superhero fatigue, this luchador could be down for the count.  By Brian Welk  Sharon Horgan on Her 'Bad Sisters' Pitch, Irish Luck, and Why Viewership Matters The star and executive producer of Apple's black comic hit spoke to IndieWire about all the factors that helped "Bad Sisters" stand out in " … By Ben Travers