Reviews
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‘The Wife of Willesden’ Off Broadway Review: Zadie Smith Updates Chaucer and Makes It Twerk
Clare Perkins delivers a raunchy spin on the Wife of Bath in a verse adaptation of “The Canterbury Tales”
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‘Beef’ Review: Ali Wong and Steven Yeun Lead One of the Best Shows of 2023
The Netflix dramedy from Lee Sung Jin is possibly the most unselfconsciously Asian American series in mainstream television
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‘Shucked’ Broadway Review: A New Musical That Doesn’t Actually Suck
The joke-packed book is by Robert Horn, which rhymes with “corn”
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‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: Illumination Drops Audiences Into Delightful Video Game
It’s fast, fun and certainly never boring to look at
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‘Paint’ Review: Owen Wilson Channels a Fictional Bob Ross in Timid and Underpowered Comedy
Brit McAdams’ tale falls short of its comedic and dramatic ambitions.
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‘Life of Pi’ Broadway Review: Making Cannibalism Palatable for Kids
Unfortunately, the puppets look like “The Lion King” on a budget
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‘Sweeney Todd’ Broadway Review: Josh Groban Delivers a Kinder Serial Killer
And he sings very sweetly while slitting all those throats
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‘Bad Cinderella’ Broadway Review: Frankly, She’s Also a Real Brat
Andrew Lloyd Webber struggles with the Disney formula
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‘Succession’ Season 4 Review: Final Episodes Find Humanity Among Corporate Monsters
The hit HBO show’s last chapter comes with a tone of serious business and hints of decency from some in the Roy family
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‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin” Broadway Review: The Legend’s Back – but How Much of Him Do We Get?
Wayne Cilento, an original cast member, reshapes this 1978 dance show
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‘Air’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Underdog Story Soars Thanks to a Dynamite Cast
SXSW: The true-story film stars Matt Damon and Viola Davis and chronicles Nike’s quest to sign Michael Jordan
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‘Joy Ride’ Review: A Hilarious but Heartfelt Buddy Film That Hits All the Right Notes
The pitch perfect script is brought to life by its stars, Stephanie Hsu, Ashley Park, Sherry Cola and Sabrina Wu
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‘Parade’ Broadway Review: Ben Platt Leads a Great Revival of a Modern Classic
Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s musical marches to a different, softer beat
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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Review: A Bloody and Barbaric Good Time
The film doesn’t shy away from what makes the franchise great: rivers of blood, unrelenting evil, and ingenious weaponry
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‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2 Review: Show’s Cast Is Better Than Ever, but We Can Skip the Supernatural Mystery
Melanie Lynskey continues to deliver a powerhouse performance alongside one of the best ensembles in TV
