Reviews
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‘Mindcage’ Review: Martin Lawrence Thriller Gets Stuck in Its Own Logic Trap
Clichéd serial-killer tale aspires to follow in the footsteps of “Silence of the Lambs” and TV’s “Hannibal” but goes nowhere
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in December: ‘Bros,’ ‘The Velvet Underground,’ ‘Nasty Women’ of Silent Cinema and More
Alonso Duralde highlights the month’s major new physical-media releases — because HBO Max is probably deleting your favorite shows as we speak
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‘Titanique’ Off Broadway Review: A Hilarious Jukebox Musical for Those Who Detest Them
The real object of mockery here is not “Titanic” but Broadway in 2022
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‘Framing Agnes’ Review: Trans Artists and Academics Bring History into the Present
Director Chase Joynt (“No Ordinary Man”) uses vintage gender-study interviews as a prism through which to view modern transgender lives
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‘Kindred’ Review: FX’s Historical Sci-Fi Adaptation Doesn’t Dig Deep Enough
The story follows a modern day Black woman who time-travels to a plantation where she experiences life as a slave
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: James Cameron’s Dazzling, Overwhelming Sequel Really Delivers in Hour 3
There’s both too much and not enough going on in this return to Pandora, but the climactic action sequence provides a rewarding payoff
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‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Off Broadway Review: Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe Try to Resuscitate a Sondheim Flop
Director Maria Friedman brings an actorly touch to Stephen Sondheim’s problematic 1981 musical, to mostly good effect
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‘Some Like It Hot’ Broadway Review: Billy Wilder’s Movie Classic Gets a Lukewarm Musical Makeover
Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman score offers witty lyrics and tunes that are peppy, repetitive and loud
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Every Darren Aronofsky Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
Where does “The Whale” rank in the filmography of the provocative auteur?
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‘Harry & Meghan’ Review: Netflix Docuseries Offers Nothing New for Royal Superfans
The press is the villain in the first three episodes of the show, which is produced by Harry and Meghan themselves
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‘Blanquita’ Review: Chilean Oscar Entry Probes Social Injustice
In his fourth feature, director Fernando Guzzoni digs into the story behind a recent, painful scandal
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‘Ohio State Murders’ Broadway Review: Audra McDonald Offers a Study in Controlled Rage
Playwright Adrienne Kennedy makes a powerful, very belated Broadway debut
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‘Empire of Light’ Review: Sam Mendes’ Love Letter to Cinema Lacks Focus
This reverie on movie palaces often forgets the part about actually loving film, among many other script issues
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‘Let the Little Light Shine’ Film Review: Black Chicago Students Fight for Their School and Their Futures
A powerful palliative to racist narratives of the city, this doc spotlights brilliant and committed students and teachers fighting for what’s right
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‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith Slavery Saga Challenges Audiences With Grueling Cruelty
The script focuses on the physical and spiritual brutality endured by Smith’s real-life character without addressing the man’s actual humanity
