
Reviews
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‘POTUS’ Broadway Review: The President Can’t Be Held Responsible for This Mess
By Robert Hofler | April 27, 2022 @ 2:00 PMVanessa 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
By Melissa Bernardo | April 27, 2022 @ 7:58 AMGarfield 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
By Alonso Duralde | April 27, 2022 @ 7:00 AMWhat 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
By Jesse Hassenger | April 27, 2022 @ 6:00 AMColin 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
By By Robert Hofler | April 26, 2022 @ 7:00 PMJackson’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
By By Robert Hofler | April 25, 2022 @ 7:00 PMThe 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
By Fran Hoepfner | April 25, 2022 @ 7:00 AMThis 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
By By Robert Hofler | April 24, 2022 @ 6:27 PMBeanie 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
By By Robert Hofler | April 21, 2022 @ 6:30 PMAlfie 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
By Alonso Duralde | April 21, 2022 @ 5:41 PMAlexander 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
By Jason Solomons | April 21, 2022 @ 4:24 PMThe 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
By William Bibbiani | April 21, 2022 @ 3:34 PMAnimated 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
By Lena Wilson | April 21, 2022 @ 2:35 PMDirector 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
By Elizabeth Weitzman | April 21, 2022 @ 2:24 PMThe 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
By LaToya Ferguson | April 21, 2022 @ 10:10 AMOnce billed as a limited series, the dark comedy is back with more spycraft and a lot more Cassie