Reviews
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‘Black Souls’ Review: A Mafia Movie That Isn’t Enthralled With Cold Fury
Solemn, strong Italian film about family, crime and the deep roots of revenge offers widescreen visions and intimate murders, making for a very different Mafia saga
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‘Welcome to Me’ Review: Kristen Wiig Turns Mental Illness into Trainwreck TV in Uneven Comedy
This satire of media-age narcissism vacillates between biting humor and cuddly understanding without successfully nailing either tone
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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Reviews: Come for the Spectacle, Stay for the Characters
Most critics agree that Joss Whedon brings enough humanity to the superhero genre to make it worth your while
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‘Iris’ Review: Albert Maysles’ Penultimate Film Focuses on a Style Icon
This portrait of legendary interior designer and fashionista Iris Apfel feels less like “Grey Gardens” and more like recent docs celebrating Joan Rivers and Elaine Stritch
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‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ Review: Carey Mulligan Gets Swept Along in a CliffsNotes Version of Thomas Hardy
This new adaptation races from incident to incident, with no time left over for breathing, much less character development
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Harvey Weinstein Responds to ‘Finding Neverland’ Tonys Snub
“I could not be more proud of the magic created on our stage by Diane Paulus and the entire ‘Neverland’ team,” says Weinstein, the show’s lead producer
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Tony Nominations Biggest Snubs and Surprises – From Matthew Morrison to Hugh Jackman and Tyne Daly
But will Morrison and Vanessa Hudgens get to perform on the telecast?
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‘Ride’ Review: Helen Hunt Writes, Directs, Stars and Surfs in Charming Comedy-Drama
Don’t be fooled by the glossy, bourgeois look and feel of the opening moments; Hunt’s second directorial effort is winning, warm, smart and tough
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‘Grounded’ Theater Review: Anne Hathaway Makes Tough Transition From Fighter Pilot to Drone Operator
Hathaway may be trying to bring her persona down a notch, but why is she speaking with her “Interstellar” co-star’s country twang?
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Faith-Based Drama ‘Little Boy’ Gets Belittled By Critics: ‘Shameless,’ ‘Manipulative,’ ‘Stupid’
Emily Watson, Kevin James and Tom Wilkinson co-star in the World War II drama turning off critics for bombarding them with a religious message tied in with the destruction of Hiroshima
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‘Little Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Drama Revisits Anti-Asian Racism During WWII
Despite boasting several important moral lessons, the period piece is more artificial than a polyester teddy bear stuffed with Splenda and Cheez Whiz — and about as appealing
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‘Airline Highway’ Theater Review: Spirit of New Orleans Brought to Life By Whores, Hustlers and Philosophers
What’s theatrically indulgent, and appreciated, about Lisa D’Amour’s play is how she could have eliminated a few actors, especially those guys in the crack den
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‘Tangerines’ Review: Estonia’s Oscar Nominee a Heartfelt but Inessential Anti-War Manifesto
War and peace duke it out in a universal tale about the resilience of humanity in times of conflict
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‘The Visit’ Theater Review: Chita Rivera and Roger Rees Perform a Gripping Dance of Death
This brilliant musical is a James Ensor painting drained of most colors, and the mix of John Kander’s riffs and plaintive ballads suit that dark vision to perfection
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‘Anesthesia’ Tribeca Review: Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close Star in Strong Ensemble of Interlocking Lives
Writer-director Tim Blake Nelson avoids sentimentality in a contemporary drama suffused with anger and vitality
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Dan Callahan