As we await the end of anelectionthat feels like its lasted years, how about a little distraction?
Cut to the present, and Temple, bless her little heart, doesnt quite do it anymore.
The unease of the 2024 election requires something stronger than cute song-and-dance routines.
Below, 15 films to watchafteryou vote!if you want to be anywhere else but here.
With stunning visuals and intricate world-building,Dunepresents a breathtaking tale of political intrigue and cosmic destiny.
A film as ridiculous as youd expect.
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In the meantime, theres lots of deadpanning, quirky dialogue, and kitschy costuming to amuse.
What a Way to Go!, 1964
Youll find reprieve in yet another exclamation-pointed film.
Theres reallynothing not to like.
Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie amp up the camp inLabyrinth.
The fun and games dont stop when she becomes a guardian to her nephew, Patrick.
In costumes by Orry-Kelly, Auntie Mame is fashioned as the role model we all need.
Xanadu, 1980
Ever wonder what film inspired critics to launch the Razzie Awards?
Cary Elwes and Robin Wright are star-crossed lovers in this droll rom-com.
Wonder no furtherit wasXanadu.
Newton-Johns Magic is sung, Gene Kelly dances, and the special effects are delightful.
In fact, you reallycanmake this stuff up!
The doomed (and devastatingly beautiful) couple at the center ofMoulin Rouge!
Death Becomes Her,1992
Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellinineed we say more?
(The film spans dozens of years.)
Its movie magicandheaded to Broadway later this year.
See Shirley MacLaine as you’ve never seen her before.
Hes a scientist who has produced a Frankenstein-like being called Rocky.
It all culminates in a cabaret show with snappy songs and caked-on makeup.
Priscilla breaks down, and the trioconstantly outfitted in an explosion of feathers and sequinsfinds adventure along the way.
Rosalind Russell plays the batty Aunt you wish you had.
Its a classic road-trip-gone-wrong flick, but its also anything but.
The Fifth Element,1997
Jean-Paul Gaultiers most belovedcontribution to cinemaisThe Fifth Element.
(He citedBarbarellaas a main source of inspiration in his costume design.)
Olivia Newton-John rollerskates her way to Xanadu inXanadu.
Anna Karenina,2012
Its impossible to do Tolstoy justice in a film.
Knowing this, why not indulge in a bit ofAnna Karenina?
She has Count Vronsky wrapped around her little finger, and around her neck, some serious jewels.
Long before her activism, Jane Fonda saved the world asBarbarella.
Meryl Streep delivers yet another superb performance inDeath Becomes Her.
The horror lies in the fact that this movie eventually comes to an end.
Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp, and Guy Pearce are at their most fashionable.
Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess make for a lovely couple.
The perfect film for when it all just gets to be too much.
InThe Fifth Element,Chris Tucker delivers some looks to remember.
It’s Prince in all his glory.
It’s hard not to forgive Anna Karenina when she has a face like this.
