Reviews
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‘The Seagull/Woodstock, NY’ Off Broadway Review: Parker Posey Steals the Spotlight
Thomas Bradshaw’s very funny update transforms the Chekhov classic into a send-up of bed, Broadway and beyond
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‘Letters From Max’ Off Broadway Review: Death Becomes Them
Sarah Ruhl adapts an epistolary book into a solemn stage exercise in endurance, grief and self-congratulation
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‘Elyria’ Off Broadway Review: The Real Housewives of Suburban Cleveland Wear Saris
Deepa Purohit’s melodrama unfolds like a Douglas Sirk movie by way of the Indian diaspora
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‘Black Odyssey’ Off Broadway Review: Ulysses Now Travels Home to Harlem
Marcus Gardley’s exhilarating new play is as much a send-up as an update of Homer
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‘The Consultant’ Review: Christoph Waltz’s Bad Boss Strikes New Fear Into the Term ‘Return to Office’
The Oscar-winner has a sadistic method of restructuring businesses in the Prime Video series
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‘Creed III’ Review: Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors Duke It Out in Fantastic Continuation
Jordan’s directorial debut works despite of Sylvester Stallone’s absence
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‘Cocaine Bear’ Review: Elizabeth Banks Turns a Bizarre True Story Into a Brilliant Binge of Comedy-Horror
A distinguished ensemble finds itself face to face with a speed-freak apex predator
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‘Bel-Air’ Season 2 Review: Peacock Series Gets More Dramatic but Doesn’t Lose Its Charm
The love fest for this reimagining of “Fresh Prince” isn’t quite over
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Review: A Highly Satisfying Final Adventure
The end is nigh, and the “Next Generation” gang is back together
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‘A Bright New Boise’ Off Broadway Review: Hobby Lobby May Be Even Worse Than You Imagined
An early play from Samuel D. Hunter has echoes of his new movie, “The Whale”
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‘Inside’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is a Tour de Force in Audacious Psychological Drama
Berlin 2023: An art thief locked inside a gilded cage sets the stage for a challenging, if affected, story of endurance
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‘Kiss the Future’ Review: U2 Goes to Sarajevo in Potent Documentary About Music as Weapon and Salvation
Berlin Film Festival 2023: Nenad Cicin-Sain’s film tells the story of a city that used culture to fight back, and a band that tried to help
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‘The Company You Keep’ Review: Milo Ventimiglia’s ABC Series Is Old School TV in a Whole New Way
Con men, elaborate heists and a twist on the will they/won’t they make this a can’t miss caper
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‘Emily’ Review: Frances O’Connor Explores the Stormy Life of the Woman Behind ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emma Mackey’s eyes are the windows to Emily Brontë’s soul in a biopic that melds fact and fiction
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‘BlackBerry’ Review: Energetic Comedy/Drama Details the Smartphone Legend’s Rise and Fall
Berlin 2023: Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton star in Matt Johnson’s humor-tinged behind-the-scenes account of tech innovation and market obsolescence














