Reviews
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‘Pretty Lethal’ Review: Elegance Is Deadly in This Propulsive Ballerina Action Thriller
SXSW: Its narrative and characters leave something to be desired, but Vicky Jewson cements herself as an action director to watch
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‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ Review: Even Samara Weaving’s Primal Rage Can’t Make This Game Interesting
SXSW: Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett deliver more of the bloody same in a stilted sequel
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‘Family Movie’ Review: Blood Is Thicker Than Corn Syrup in Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s Charming Horror-Comedy
SXSW: The couple direct and star alongside their real-life children in the story of a family making a low-budget horror movie
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‘Slanted’ Review: Amy Wang’s Teen Sci-Fi Transformation Thriller Struggles With Its Allegory
Shirley Chen and Mckenna Grace play the same character — a Chinese immigrant who becomes white — in a film that unevenly explores the real-world analogues behind its premise
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‘We Are the Shaggs’ Review: The Band Is Awful, but the Movie Isn’t
SXSW: Or maybe the band isn’t awful, says this Ken Kwapis documentary that makes a case for what he calls “the most head-scratching music ever committed to vinyl”
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‘The Gates’ Review: Mason Gooding and James Van Der Beek Star in a Thriller Without Thrills
In his final feature film performance, the late Van Der Beek plays a racist religious leader trying to silence a trio of Black friends who witness a murder
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‘The Madison’ Review: Michelle Pfeiffer Is the Vibrant Heart of Taylor Sheridan’s Wonky Ode to the Countryside
Kurt Russell, Will Arnett and more stars join this Paramount+ drama about grief and the perks of leaving New York City
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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Broadway Review: An Avalanche of Audience Participation Buries Daniel Radcliffe
Theatergoers upstage the star in this well-traveled play
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‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Steals Hearts in Boots Riley’s Galaxy-Brained, Anti-Capitalist Romp
SXSW 2026: Riley still enjoys horsing around amid the horrors of capitalism, but also reveals himself to be a romantic at his core
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‘Antigone’ Off Broadway Review: Tony Shalhoub and Susannah Perkins Deliver a New, Explosive Update
Anna Ziegler’s radical adaptation keeps the focus on the human body, just not the body you expect
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‘Reminders of Him’ Review: The New Colleen Hoover Adaptation Makes Predictability Sexy
Don’t think of the contrived melodrama getting in Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers’ way as padding — think of it as a tease
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‘Cold War Choir Practice’ Off Broadway Review: David Lynch Lives in This Wild Reagan-Era Comedy
The country’s first Orange President watches over his people in Ro Reddick’s surreal play about an impending nuclear apocalypse
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‘Scarpetta’ Review: Nicole Kidman Plays Patricia Cornwell’s Iconic Investigator With Smooth Surgical Precision
The smart, obsessive medical examiner suits Kidman better than any of her past TV roles, with help from Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale and more
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: An Awe-Inspiring Sci-Fi Spectacle, Fueled by Ryan Gosling’s Star Power
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, directing their first film in 12 years, have returned with a crowd-pleasing wonder
