‘Wayward’ Is a Psychological Thriller With Rare Insight
We all know what Philip Larkin had to say about parents. It’s hard to argue with his gleefully profane poem, which has become a sort...
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Review: ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’
We all say we want movies that take chances. But what do we do when we get them? Kogonada’s spiky-sweet romantic fantasy A Big Bold...
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‘The Office’ Spinoff ‘The Paper’ Is a True 2000s Throwback
NBC’s The Office had such a huge impact that it’s easy to forget the show was, itself, an adaptation. It made major Hollywood players out...
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Dwayne Johnson Inhabits a Fighter in ‘The Smashing Machine’
Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine—premiering here at the Venice Film Festival—is satisfying as much for what it doesn’t do as for what it does. Safdie,...
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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein’ Is Grand, Not Quite Great
Guillermo del Toro does nothing by half measures, and his Frankenstein—premiering here at the Venice Film Festival—is so visually ornate, so charged with supersized feelings,...
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After the Hunt Is a Pretentious Bore That Squanders Julia Roberts’ Spa
In the movies, and sometimes in real life, academics are people who go to parties specifically to cluster in animated little conversational groups where they...
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George Clooney Is Quietly Touching in ‘Jay Kelly’
One minute a man is a hot young movie star; the next, he’s a silver fox. Who knows where the time goes? There are lots...
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The Thursday Murder Club Offers Slender But Sturdy Pleasures
The charms of The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix’s adaptation of Richard Osman’s 2020 novel, are slender but sturdy. A group of three not-so-old folks—the term...
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‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Is Secretly a Gift to Weird Adults
When it comes to youth culture, nothing is more mainstream right now than outcasts. This is not an anecdotal observation—it’s a fact, borne out by...
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Yosemite Is the Real Hero of Netflix’s ‘Untamed’: Review
National parks are America’s treasures. Beloved by conservationists, outdoor adventurers, vacationing families, and almost everyone else who identifies as a patriot, they have been celebrated...
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‘Smoke’ Isn’t as Subversive as It Thinks: TV Review
Smoke gets off to an insufferable start. Freighted with procedural clichés, the Apple TV+ thriller follows a mismatched law-enforcement duo tracking two prolific arsonists. Dave...
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‘The Gilded Age’ Is Too British to Love the American Dream
In the third season of HBO’s The Gilded Age, a frothy costume drama set amid the robber barons and socialites of 1880s New York, a...