Reviews
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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
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‘Peaceful’ Review: Mortality Movie Gets Mired in Messaging
A strong cast — including Catherine Deneuve and oncologist-turned-thespian Gabriel Sara — can do only so much with yet another cancer tale
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‘Manifest’ Season 4 Part 1 Review: Twisty Mystery May Stick the Landing on Netflix
The canceled NBC series kicks off its supersized conclusion on the streamer
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‘One Piece Film Red’ Review: Fifteenth Entry in Anime Series is More Sampler Platter Than Full Meal
There’s at least an effort to introduce this world and its many characters to newbies, and the J-Pop score adds some dazzle
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‘The Estate’ Review: Money Makes Everything Worse in This All-Star Black Comedy
Tale of voracious would-be heirs lacks the courage to commit to its own nastiness
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‘Almost Famous’ Review: Cameron Crowe Comes to Broadway With a Mixed Bag of Rock Music and Groupies
In his new treatment of his semiautobiographical film, why is he recycling himself as Evan Hansen?
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By Robert Hofler