Reviews
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‘POTUS’ Broadway Review: The President Can’t Be Held Responsible for This Mess
Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Julie White, Julianne Hough and others find themselves trapped in a political farce
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‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Review: Andrew Garfield Digs Deep Into Murder Among Mormons in FX Series
Garfield investigates the murder of a Mormon mother in FX’s limited series true crime adaptation
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‘Memory’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Has a New Worst Movie
What starts as clichéd and inept takes a hard turn into morally reprehensible
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‘The Staircase’ Review: HBO Max Drama Puts a Narrative Twist on a True-Crime Docuseries
Colin Firth plays Michael Peterson in this limited series that also dramatizes the making of the true crime doc about his case
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‘A Strange Loop’ Broadway Review: Michael R. Jackson’s Hilarious and Breathtaking New Musical
Jackson’s Pulitzer winner lands on Broadway with all its brilliance — and brilliant take-downs of Tyler Perry — blessedly intact
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‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Broadway Review: Thornton Wilder Classic Needs a More Radical Update
The end doesn’t come soon enough in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s revival of Thornton Wilder’s problematic play
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‘The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes’ Film Review: New Doc Tells a Story We Already Know
This attempt to shine a light on Marilyn’s secret life plays more like a podcast than a documentary, but either way, it breaks no new ground
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‘Funny Girl’ Broadway Review: She’s Back, Finally, and Very Different
Beanie Feldstein makes the iconic role her own, but the real news is a vastly improved second act
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‘Hangmen’ Broadway Review: Martin McDonagh Gleefully Mocks the Habit of Murder
Alfie Allen makes his Broadway debut, taking on an ex-executioner who finds cause to return to what he does best
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‘The Northman’ Film Review: Viking Revenge Saga Conquers With Bloody, Trippy Thrills
Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman lead an intense (and often freezing) ensemble in this epic from the director of “The Lighthouse” and “The Witch”
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‘The Bad Guys’ Film Review: Talking Animals Meet 1970s Caper in Amusing Animated Comedy
The characters could be deeper, but the throwbacks to vintage Saturday-morning cartoons make this one stand out from the pack
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‘Charlotte’ Film Review: Keira Knightley Voices a German Jewish Artist in History’s Crosshairs
Animated film lacks the daring of the real Charlotte Salomon’s paintings, but its examination of Nazi oppression rings all too familiar in the modern day
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‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ Film Review: Debut Feature Dips Into the Web’s Creepy Side
Director Jane Schoenbrun explores the darker aspects of the internet via a fascinating female protagonist who leaves the film all too soon
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‘The Duke’ Film Review: Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent Steal the Show as Blue-Collar Art Thieves
The final film from director Roger Michell (”Notting Hill“) blends true crime with understated comedy, to charming effect
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‘The Flight Attendant’ Season 2 Review: Kaley Cuoco Is Seeing Double in HBO Max Series’ Return
Once billed as a limited series, the dark comedy is back with more spycraft and a lot more Cassie
