Welcome to New MILF Cinema

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( pop culture syllabus [Welcome to New MILF Cinema]( 2024 is the year of onscreen moms climbing atop a youthful stud and running off into the sunset. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Everett Collection (Amazon Prime, Tina Rowden/Netflix, Sean Price Williams/Sony Pictures, Janus Films) It’s time to reconsider the Movie MILF. [Codified by Anne Bancroft,](satirized by [Jennifer Coolidge,](outrageously Australianized by [Naomi Watts](, she is now, in 2024, exploding into the mainstream rom-com, these days as a normie protagonist just going about her life until she’s confronted with the undeniable cock of a man at least one decade her junior. This calendar year alone has seen at least four films about mothers (divorced, widowed, and married) climbing atop a youthful stud, (mostly) within the bounds of the law and (mostly) running off into the sunset, happily ever after: The Idea of You, A Family Affair, Last Summer, andBetween the Temples. And the mommy-and-me kink shows no signs of slowing down — in October, Netflix drops the Laura Dern–Liam Hemsworth vehicle Lonely Planet, and a slate of erotic thrillers on the way featuring potential Empowered MILF protagonists includes [I Want Your Sex](, wherein Olivia Wilde bones Cooper Hoffman, and [Babygirl,](wherein Nicole Kidman does the very same to Harris Dickinson. [read more]( Get a [free print copy of the Charli XCX Fall Preview issue]( New York tote with any annual plan. Offer ends soon. The Latest TV Recaps • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: [Dark Times Come to Khazad-dûm]( • The Real Housewives of Orange County: [Traitor Joes]( • Pachinko: [Mercy Is Not a Gift]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Babygirl Might Just Be The Year’s Hottest Movie Though what’s great about this sexy Nicole Kidman-Harris Dickinson drama is how surprising it can be.]( [Every Usher Song, Ranked When Usher released his debut album 30 years ago, he was only 15 years old. He seemed destined for stardom — and then reached even greater heights.]( By Dylan Green [10 Anime We Can’t Wait to Watch This Fall A new Dragon Ball show is among the many powering up for October.]( By Kambole Campbell [30 Classical-Music Performances We Can’t Wait to Hear This Fall Enough to make you reassess classical music’s lineage.]( By Justin Davidson [The 13 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch Labor Day Weekend It’s Murders, Mordor, and horror all the way down.]( By Savannah Salazar [Don’t Even Think of Making Jhayco Write in a Studio “It’s too square. It’s like going to school.”]( By Reanna Cruz [Barry Keoghan Calls ‘Bed Chem’ His ‘Fave’ Sabrina Carpenter Song He’s slurping up it up like water in a bathtub.]( By Alejandra Gularte [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 1-Down, Three Letters: “American Dad!” ntwk. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images (Jerod Harris, Theo Wargo, Dia Dipasupil) [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a Leonardo DiCaprio movie with a 2+ hour runtime? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Monica Schipper/Getty Images, Arnold Jerocki/FilmMagic, Jamie McCarthy/WireImage A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved