‘The Bride!’ Is an Intellectual Joyride Without the Joy
From our 21st-century perch, most contemporary women have no trouble believing that the great women writers of the 19th century got a raw deal. The...
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Two New Comedies Try to Make Sex on Campus Funny Again
In the series premiere of Netflix’s Vladimir, Rachel Weisz awakens from troubled sleep to a cascade of texts, sighs deeply, and addresses the camera with...
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‘Paradise’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: So Shocking, It’s Boring
This article discusses the first three episodes of Paradise Season 2. Watching the first season of Paradise was like riding one of those theme park...
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Olympics Opening Ceremony Review: Defiantly Analog Spectacle
In every marginally successful Olympics opening ceremony, there is a moment when you realize you’ve stopped chuckling at the self-serious interpretive dance of it all...
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‘The ‘Burbs’ Is a Remake With a Surprisingly Sweet Twist
When a new mother moves out of the city to the suburban cul-de-sac where her husband grew up, her first encounters with the neighbors call...
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‘The Muppet Show’ Revival Is Exactly What We Need Right Now
In the decades since viewers in the Washington, D.C., market got their first glimpse of Kermit the Frog, in the 1955 sketch series Sam and...
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‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Plays It Too Safe: Review
Four seasons in, we know what to expect out of a Bridgerton arc. A new class of Regency London singles enters the marriage market, navigating...
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‘Industry’ Recap: A Masterpiece Homage to Gothic Horror
This article discusses, in detail, the events of Industry Season 4, Episode 2. Industry creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay have, over the course of...
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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Filler
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is not like other Game of Thrones shows. Or, at least, it’s not so much like them that you...
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‘Young Mothers’ Is One of the Dardenne Brothers’ Best Films
The Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have been making observant, low-key films for so long now that it’s easy to take them for...
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‘His & Hers’ Is Too Grim to Be Fun: Review
As splashy thrillers of every style and subgenre proliferate on platforms clamoring for viewers’ rapt attention, what increasingly separates the ones worth getting hooked on...
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Review: Three Movies in, Avatar Has Lost Its Wonder
The selling point of James Cameron’s Avatar films is that they allegedly invite us into a world of wonder, a universe that’s fanciful yet artfully...