Reviews
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‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Review: Riley Keough Is Spectacular in Prime Video’s ’70s Rock Band Series
The limited series based on the novel of the same name stars Keough and Sam Claflin as incendiary lovers and collaborators on the road to stardom
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‘Public Obscenities’ Off Broadway Review: A Stunning Snapshot of India Through a Gay Ph.D. Student’s Lens
Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s intimate and revelatory new drama explores many facets of society by showing, not telling
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‘The Seagull/Woodstock, NY’ Off Broadway Review: Parker Posey Steals the Spotlight
Thomas Bradshaw’s very funny update transforms the Chekhov classic into a send-up of bed, Broadway and beyond
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‘Letters From Max’ Off Broadway Review: Death Becomes Them
Sarah Ruhl adapts an epistolary book into a solemn stage exercise in endurance, grief and self-congratulation
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‘Elyria’ Off Broadway Review: The Real Housewives of Suburban Cleveland Wear Saris
Deepa Purohit’s melodrama unfolds like a Douglas Sirk movie by way of the Indian diaspora
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‘Black Odyssey’ Off Broadway Review: Ulysses Now Travels Home to Harlem
Marcus Gardley’s exhilarating new play is as much a send-up as an update of Homer
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‘The Consultant’ Review: Christoph Waltz’s Bad Boss Strikes New Fear Into the Term ‘Return to Office’
The Oscar-winner has a sadistic method of restructuring businesses in the Prime Video series
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‘Creed III’ Review: Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors Duke It Out in Fantastic Continuation
Jordan’s directorial debut works despite of Sylvester Stallone’s absence
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‘Cocaine Bear’ Review: Elizabeth Banks Turns a Bizarre True Story Into a Brilliant Binge of Comedy-Horror
A distinguished ensemble finds itself face to face with a speed-freak apex predator
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‘Bel-Air’ Season 2 Review: Peacock Series Gets More Dramatic but Doesn’t Lose Its Charm
The love fest for this reimagining of “Fresh Prince” isn’t quite over
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Review: A Highly Satisfying Final Adventure
The end is nigh, and the “Next Generation” gang is back together
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‘A Bright New Boise’ Off Broadway Review: Hobby Lobby May Be Even Worse Than You Imagined
An early play from Samuel D. Hunter has echoes of his new movie, “The Whale”
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‘Inside’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is a Tour de Force in Audacious Psychological Drama
Berlin 2023: An art thief locked inside a gilded cage sets the stage for a challenging, if affected, story of endurance
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‘Kiss the Future’ Review: U2 Goes to Sarajevo in Potent Documentary About Music as Weapon and Salvation
Berlin Film Festival 2023: Nenad Cicin-Sain’s film tells the story of a city that used culture to fight back, and a band that tried to help
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‘The Company You Keep’ Review: Milo Ventimiglia’s ABC Series Is Old School TV in a Whole New Way
Con men, elaborate heists and a twist on the will they/won’t they make this a can’t miss caper