Reviews
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‘A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical’ Review: A Bio-Musical That Tries So Hard, So Hard, So Hard
Will Swenson drops his voice to sub-gravel and dons a Cher tour’s worth of sequins to play the pop-rock legend
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‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Affectionate Doc Pays Tribute to Theaters Pushing Through COVID
From the stars to the ushers, we experience a community facing the pandemic and searching for a way forward
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‘The Inspection’ Review: Military Coming-of-Age Drama Feels Like an Instant Queer Classic
Documentarian Elegance Bratton brings assured filmmaking skills and life experience to this powerful narrative debut
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‘Hunt’ Review: ‘Squid Game’ Actor Lee Jung-jae Brings a Dense Spy Thriller to Cannes
Lee’s directorial debut fictionalizes Korean history and throws in double agents, buried secrets and lots of broken arms
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‘EO’ Review: Cannes’ Oldest Director Gives Us a Silly, Entertaining Trifle About a Donkey
Jerzy Skolimowski seems mostly interested in making his camera swoop and soar and perform stupid pet tricks
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‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani Profiles a Bulletproof-Vest Entrepreneur
In this documentary, the filmmaker tries to publish the truth, not the legend, of inventor Richard Davis
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‘Leonor Will Never Die’ Review: Uneven Magical-Realist Fantasy Follows a Dying Writer Into Her Own Screenplay
This Spirit Award–nominated import from the Philippines suggests some bold and visionary ideas before sinking into clichés about the magic of the movies
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‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Tilda Swinton Plays Mother and Daughter in Ghostly ‘Souvenir’ Sequel
Venice Film Festival 2022: Swinton takes over the role of stand-in for director Joanna Hogg while still playing the matriarch in this haunting look at parent-child bonds
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‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Review: Fresh Take on D.H. Lawrence Classic Doesn’t Skimp on Eroticism
Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell offer scorching sexuality in a film that finds new tones in an oft-adapted story
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‘Ain’t No Mo” Review: Jordan E. Cooper’s Satire Is the Best New Play on Broadway This Year
The U.S. government makes an offer that some citizens can’t refuse in this astounding new work
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‘Sr.’ Review: Robert Downey, Senior and Junior, Capture the End of the Patriarch’s Life
Director Chris Smith (“American Movie”) documents the relationship between the avant-garde director and his movie-star son
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‘The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie’ Review: Film Version of Anime Series Ties Up Loose Ends
There’s not a lot here for non-fans, but those who’ve followed the story will finally find out which Nakano sister will marry their tutor
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‘Willow’ Review: Disney+ Series Is a Fun, Meandering Fantastical Adventure
While the sequel series suffers from pacing and performance issues, there’s much to love for fans of the 1988 film and newcomers alike
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‘Gossip Girl’ Season 2 Review: New Episodes Bring the Fun Despite Lingering Problems
The “teachers as Gossip Girl” twist remains a problem for the HBO Max series, but the new season finally embraces delightful chaos
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‘Four Samosas’ Review: Comic Caper in LA’s Little India Goes Heavy on the Twee
The cultural specificity of its Artesia setting notwithstanding, this self-aware indie never delivers on either characters or comedy
