Reviews
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‘Darby and the Dead’ Review: Soulless Teen Dramedy Arrives DOA
The film’s messages about popularity and social media read as wishy-wishy when they’re not downright retrograde
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‘The Territory’ Review: Amazonian Eco-Warriors Fight Back With Arrows – and Cameras
Alex Pritz’s urgent look at environmental destruction tempers its bleakness with the stirring hope of indigenous activists defending the rain forest
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‘Violent Night’ Review: David Harbour’s Santa Delivers a Comedic Mayhem Miracle
It’s a winning, grinning hard-R mash-up of brutal action and holiday heartwarmth
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‘Tantura’ Review: Provocative Doc Examines Israeli Cultural Amnesia
An academic — whose uncovering of a 1948 massacre was actively silenced by cultural and governmental figures — gets his cinematic day in court
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‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Jim Parsons Flunks His Chemistry Test in Rom-Com Tearjerker
As TV journalist Michael Ausiello, in an adaptation of his own memoir, Parsons brings no big bang to the love story with co-lead Ben Aldridge
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‘KPOP’ Broadway Review: A Behind-the-Scenes Musical About Korean Pop – Without BTS
The concert-style show has a pulsing energy but not much plot
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‘White Noise’ Review: Adam Driver Fears Death in Noah Baumbach’s Don DeLillo Adaptation
The “Marriage Story” filmmaker’s reverent, stylish tribute to a great comic novel about American panic isn’t always the post-pandemic release you need, but it entertains
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‘The Kingdom Exodus’ Review: Lars von Trier Goes Full Meta With the Return of His Creepy Hospital Drama
Like David Lynch before him, von Trier waited a quarter-century to return to his disturbing TV project
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‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’ Review: Your Fun-Loving Cousins Are Here to Spread Christmas Cheer
Drax and Mantis take center stage in this wild and sweet James Gunn-directed prelude to “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
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‘The Hours’ Opera Review: Michael Cunningham’s Three Tall Women Now Sing
The wonderful Virginia Woolf triptych brings together Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Review: Doc on Mars Rovers Gets Lost in Emotional Terrain
Director Ryan White tries to emphasize the feelings of NASA scientists over their actual accomplishments
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Syrian Drama Mixes Sports, Politics, Wartime Horrors and Happiness
Director Sally El Hosaini follows Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war to pursue their athletic careers
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‘Bones and All’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Makes Sparks Fly and People Die in Cannibal Road Movie
Luca Guadagnino’s film feels like a mad science experiment to see if “Raw” can coexist with “Badlands” in the body of a gooey Young Adult love tale
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‘A Christmas Carol’ Broadway Review: Jefferson Mays Dominates a Dark Adaptation of Dickens Classic
Mays plays dozens of roles in a tour-de-force production
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‘Strange World’ Review: Animated Disney Adventure Works Best When It Doesn’t Explain Its Own Themes
Disney’s striking sci-fi feature has a lot to say about fathers and sons — and it keeps on saying it
