Reviews
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‘Pleasure’ Film Review: Feminist Workplace Parable Just Happens to Be Set in Porn
Ninja Thyberg’s gutting look at an adult film star’s rise speaks to universal issues
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‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ Film Review: Music Doc Combines Funky Delights With Lots of Heart
Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern’s film chronicles the city’s annual festival with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry and an array of Crescent City legends
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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Review: Netflix Goes Traditional in Uninspired Drama Series
Based on the books by Michael Connelly, the streaming adaptation feels like a network drama — for better and worse
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‘Happening’ Film Review: ’60s-Set Abortion Drama Rings True to Current Zeitgeist
Director Audrey Diwan uses social-realist technique to bring the audience into the heroine’s struggle to navigate a labyrinth without a map
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‘Montana Story’ Film Review: Sweeping Vistas Balance Intimate Family Drama
Haley Lu Richardson and Owen Teague play estranged siblings in an actor’s showcase that’s not always up to the level of the performances
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‘Firestarter’ Film Review: Dreary Stephen King Remake Sits There Like a Pile of Wet Leaves
The 1984 version was no classic, but this one seems even duller and cheaper
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‘The Innocents’ Film Review: Chilling Norwegian Thriller Gives Lonely Kids Supernatural Powers
“Worst Person in the World” co-writer Eskil Vogt finds moral complexity in his unnerving child’s-perspective scenario
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‘Hannah Gadsby: Body of Work’ Review: A ‘Feel-Good Show’ With Less Trauma but Plenty of Laughs
The Australian comedian returns with a less innovative but still hilarious routine
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‘Hacks’ Season 2 Review: HBO Max Comedy Defies the Sophomore Slump
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder find new dimensions to their relationship in the Emmy-winning show’s second season
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‘The Kids in the Hall’ Review: The Comedy Troupe Grows Up in Amazon Revival
The Canadian sketch group reunites for eight all-new episodes and embraces middle-age
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‘Which Way to the Stage’ Off Broadway Review: Drag Yourself to This Stellar New Comedy
Drag gets a radical makeover thanks to playwright Ana Nogueira
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‘Candy’ Review: Biel and Lynskey Impress in Unsatisfying True Crime Series
The Hulu show chronicles the real-life murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery
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‘Wedding Band’ Off Broadway Review: The Theater Discovers Alice Childress, Again
The playwright’s follow-up to ‘Trouble in Mind’ receives a stellar revival
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‘Hit the Road’ Film Review: Panah Panahi’s Stunning Debut Feature Detours Into the Unknown
The anxious uncertainty of life in exile embeds itself in a tender and tragic tale of an Iranian family’s journey
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‘The Takedown’ Review: Netflix Buddy Comedy Suffers From Problematic Detours
“Lupin” star Omar Sy leads the French-language sequel to “On the Other Side of the Tracks”