Reviews
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‘Catch as Catch Can’ Off Broadway Review: Mia Chung’s Play Examines Racism at the Coffee Klatsch
Keen dialogue and sharp performances lift the early moments of this new play
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‘Where We Belong’ Off Broadway Review: Madeline Sayet Takes Mannahatta
The Mohegan theater-maker offers an expansive TED talk-style monologue on the Native American experience in modern America
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‘Bar Fight!’ Review: Bitter Aftertaste Hangs Over Flat Romantic Dramedy
Two unlikable exes battle for “custody” of their favorite watering hole
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in November: ‘Power of the Dog,’ ‘Moonage Daydream,’ ‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ and More
Alonso Duralde highlights the month’s major physical media releases — because in the world of streaming, nothing lasts forever
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Review: MCU Hit Overcomes the Loss of Chadwick Boseman With Slightly Diminished Returns
Director and co-writer Ryan Coogler presses on after the star’s death, but some intriguing plot threads never quite weave into a satisfying whole
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‘Only Gold’ Off Broadway Review: Dancers Dazzle Despite the Dross
Kate Nash sings, narrates and plays the piano, but only Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography takes flight
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‘Good Enemy’ Off Broadway Review: A Twisted Escape From One Man’s Past in China
Yilong Liu alternates between autopilot and flooring the accelerator in his new drama
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‘You Will Get Sick’ Off Broadway Review: Linda Lavin Shines as the World’s Oldest Dorothy
Noah Diaz’s new comedy about illness and death takes a trip to Oz and Kansas
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‘The Crown’ Season 5 Review: Elizabeth Debicki Stuns as Diana Takes Center Stage
The penultimate season of the Netflix series adeptly tackles Diana and Charles’ divorce and the Queen’s reputation woes
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‘Something in the Dirt’ Review: COVID-Shot Mockumentary Plumbs Its Characters’ Existential Grief
This lockdown movie about two losers tracking supernatural phenomena could be tighter, but then it wouldn’t be so pathetic, which is its strongest attribute
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‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ Review: Superhero Extravaganza Underwhelmingly Launches Franchise
This Hindi-language would-be blockbuster plays out as exceedingly familiar, and even the musical numbers are average at best
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‘Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Lovingly Lionizes Ferragamo
The legendary Italian designer spun a life of invention, tenacity, art and commerce
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‘My Policeman’ Review: Harry Styles’ LGBTQ Love-Triangle Tale Can’t Balance Time Periods
The film jumps back and forth between the 1950s and 1990s, but the two versions of the three characters never cohere
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‘Armageddon Time’ Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are among the stars in a semi-autobiographical story that is both unsentimental and touching
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Mock Rock Biopic Is Ridiculous Fun
Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t look much like Weird Al, which makes perfect sense given this movie’s twisted logic
