Reviews
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‘Black Cake’ Review: Hulu’s Epic Tale of Family Secrets Centers the Caribbean Diaspora
The Oprah-produced series, starring Mia Isaac, revolves around the mysterious life of a Jamaican Chinese woman and her ambitious children
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‘I Can Get It for You Wholesale’ Off Broadway Review: Barbra Streisand’s Other Stage Musical Gets a Second Look
The production that marked the star’s Broadway debut has its own special magic beyond being a launching pad to “Funny Girl”
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‘Stereophonic’ Off Broadway Review: Part Robert Altman, Part Fleetwood Mac
David Adjmi’s play and Will Butler’s score bring back the 1970s in claustrophobic detail
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‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 Review: HBO Drama Boasts Flashy Sets, Falters on Story
Julian Fellowes’ period piece, led by Carrie Coon and Christine Baranski, still struggles to develop characters beyond cardboard cutouts of old American society
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‘Freud’s Last Session’ Review: Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode Out Analyze Each Other in Dense Drama
Director Matthew Brown tells a unique blend of fantasy and reality
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‘Fingernails’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed Fail to Elevate Dusty ‘Twilight Zone’ Premise
The film also stars Jeremy Allen White as those seeking to quantify their compatibility
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Review: The Iconic Game Becomes a Tedious Adaptation of Its Wiki Page
Director Emma Tammi spends more time explaining than showing audiences why the game is so scary
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‘Fellow Travelers’ Review: Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey Lead a Brilliant Mix of Sex, Politics and Manipulation
The Showtime limited series follows a decades-long affair set to the backdrop of intense political dangers and the burgeoning gay rights movement
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‘Leave the World Behind’ Review: Sam Esmail’s Apocalyptic Drama Is Taut, Terrifying and All Too Real
Mahershala Ali anchors a fabulous ensemble cast that includes Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke
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‘Here We Are’ Off Broadway Review: Stephen Sondheim Relishes Then Abandons Luis Buñuel
In a rendezvous negotiated by playwright David Ives, two legendary artists create both a wonderful hit and a curious miss
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: Martin Scorsese’s Searing Drama Bursts Open a Devastating Chapter of U.S. History
Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro are terrific in this true crime epic that is vast and vital
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‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ Broadway Review: Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells Get Stuck in a Printing-Press Mess
No, the life of German inventor Johannes Gutenberg is not a good idea for a musical
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‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Concert Film Review: A Bombastic Celebration of Joy and Color
The near three-hour event is a spectacle of sound that benefits from the biggest screen possible
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‘Dear David’ Review: A Dull Horror Film That’s Anything but Scary
Based on a viral Twitter thread, John McPhail’s clumsy genre outing often tests one’s patience
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‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Review: Netflix’s Ambitious Horror Parable Gets in Its Own Way
The latest series from Mike Flanagan grafts an uneven allegory about big pharma’s evils onto the stories of Edgar Allan Poe
