reviews
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‘The Kite Runner’ Broadway Review: Khaled Hosseini’s Bestseller Fails to Take Flight
Hosseini’s novel became a movie and then, in its weakest incarnation, a play by Matthew Spangler
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‘Into the Woods’ Broadway Review: A Joyous, Star-Studded, Stripped-Down Sondheim Revival
The high points of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fractured-fairy-tale musical have never been this beanstalk-high
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‘Hamlet’ Off Broadway Review: Alex Lawther Leads a Brilliant Modern Take on the Bard
Get thee to the Armory!
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‘Epiphany’ Off Broadway Review: James Joyce Gets a Radical and Hilarious Update
Brian Watkins’ new play begins in broad comedy and ends in a place the writer of “The Dead” would recognize
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‘Elvis’ Film Review: Baz Luhrmann Gleefully Distorts Legend’s Life in Extravagant Biopic
The Australian director’s film is part spirited homage to a titanic force in American music
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‘Corsicana’ Off Broadway Review: Will Arbery’s New Play Gets Lost in Words
New Tony winner Deirdre O’Connell and ”American Horror Story“ alum Jamie Brewer are stuck in a tell-don’t-show drama
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‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Film Review: Emma Thompson Shines as a Widow Seeking Intimacy
Director Sophie Hyde keeps this mostly-two-hander between Thompson and Daryl McCormack from feeling too stage-bound
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‘Tíu’ Film Review: Icelandic Band Of Men and Monsters’ Documentary Is an Intimate Gem
Tribeca Festival: “How to Train Your Dragon” director Dean DeBlois has crafted a beautifully atmospheric look at the band
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‘Father of the Bride’ Film Review: Latino Specificity Makes This Remake Feel Like an Original
Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan play the parents in this third version of the beloved comedy
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‘Spiderhead’ Film Review: Miles Teller Steals the Show in Another Negligible Netflix Original
Director Joseph Kosinski (”Top Gun: Maverick“) and a miscast Chris Hemsworth strip a potentially provocative premise of thrills or ideas
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‘Space Oddity’ Film Review: Kyra Sedgwick’s Family Drama About a Cosmos-Obsessed Son Never Lifts Off
Tribeca Festival 2022: First-time feature director has a light touch, but she constantly prioritizes the cuddly over the emotionally complex
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‘Soft’ Off Broadway Review: Donja R. Love’s Tough New Play Redefines Masculinity
Biko Eisen-Martin plays a teacher in a correctional facility for teenagers
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‘Lost Illusions’ Film Review: Balzac Adaptation Proves His Media Satire Still Stings
This César-winner for Best Picture shows that not much has changed between 19th-century Parisian scandal sheets and the Twitter hot take
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‘The Bedwetter’ Off Broadway Review: Sarah Silverman’s Bestselling Memoir Becomes an Off-Key Musical
Her show, with songs by the late Adam Schlesinger, is wickedly sharp until it tries to imitate ”Dear Evan Hansen“
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‘What the End Will Be’ Off Broadway Review: 3 Generations of Gay Men in One Family Dramedy
Mansa Ra delivers an engaging but uneven new show
