Reviews
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‘Red Rocket’ Film Review: Sean Baker Finds a Touch of Donald Trump in His Porn-World Hustler
The film may be another Baker indie drama about sex workers, but it’s also got plenty to say about the last four years
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‘France’ Film Review: Léa Seydoux Is Stuck in Hollow Look at the Hollowness of Fame
Bruno Dumont’s film was greeted with boos at the Cannes Film Festival
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‘The Unforgivable’ Film Review: Sandra Bullock Ex-Con Drama Stuffs a Miniseries’ Worth of Characters Into a Packed Movie
There’s a lot that works here, from the casting to the production design, but you might have to watch the original U.K. show on Britbox to fill in the blanks
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‘Encounter’ Film Review: Riz Ahmed Shines in Confused Sci-Fi Hybrid
The star is the best thing about Michael Pearce’s film, which mixes ”Invasion of the Body Snatchers“ with a more serious character study
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‘A Son’ Film Review: Tunisian Family Drama Quietly Devastates
Mehdi Barsaoui’s revelatory debut feature announces the emergence of a major new talent in the international filmmaking arena
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What’s New on DVD in December: ‘One Night in Miami,’ ‘Harold and Maude,’ ‘LA Plays Itself,’ and More
Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde spotlights great new physical media for your library (or holiday shopping list)
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‘Paper & Glue’ Film Review: French Muralist JR Serves Up More Faces and Places in Lively Documentary
Even without Agnès Varda by his side, the muralist makes a captivating tour guide through his own artistic process and the relationships he builds with his subjects
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‘And Just Like That…’ Review: Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda Prove 3 Is Enough in HBO Max Sequel
The heroines of ”Sex and the City“ return older but blessedly light on puns and voiceovers
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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Off Broadway Review: A Triumphant New Musical About a Girl Who Looks Like Her Grandmother
Victoria Clark stars as a high schooler with Methuselah Syndrome in show based on a David Lindsay-Abaire play
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Alex Edelman’s ‘Just for Us’ Off Broadway Review: A Jewish Comic Crashes a Meeting of Neo-Nazis
In this one-man show, Edelman recounts how he faced down the most hostile audience imaginable
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‘So Late So Soon’ Film Review: Up-Close and Intimate Doc Takes Unsparing Look at Aging Artists
As imperfect and idiosyncratic as the couple it documents, this debut doc goes deep into how an older husband and wife navigate the world, and each other
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‘National Champions’ Film Review: College Football Drama Doesn’t Move the Chains on the Issue of Student Compensation
This already somewhat dated morality play goes offsides in its moralizing, but J.K. Simmons and Uzo Aduba give memorable performances
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‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ Off Broadway Review: Insufferable Candace Bushnell Goes in for the Shill
After television, movies and publishing, is the theater this writer’s final act?
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‘Being the Ricardos’ Film Review: Aaron Sorkin’s Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Biopic Has Some ‘Splainin’ to Do
Despite valiant turns by Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, the culprit for this mess is Sorkin’s writing and direction
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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Broadway Review: Rob McClure Channels Robin Williams
McClure delivers a great musical comedy performance despite being nearly buried alive in plastic
