Reviews
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‘Napoleon’ Review: Ridley Scott’s Epic Revels in Blood and Nothing Else
Joaquin Phoenix can’t find the tone between childish immaturity and stoic leader
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‘Thanksgiving’ Review: Eli Roth’s Turkey-Day Slasher Is Wicked Fun in the Right Way
Bloody, entertaining and knowingly ridiculous, Roth’s latest serves up screams, a high body count and a delicious turn from Patrick Dempsey
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‘NCIS: Sydney’ Review: CBS Drafts a Promising Spin-Off of the Beloved Franchise
The Australian production is faithful to the flagship crime procedural’s formula, while developing its own identity
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‘Harmony’ Broadway Review: Barry Manilow Delivers His ‘Cabaret’
The songwriter and his longtime lyricist, Barry Sussman, remember the Comedian Harmonists
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‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Review: Emma Corrin Leads the First Great Sci-Fi Show for the ChatGPT Era
The FX limited series from filmmaking duo Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij is an ambitious work that mixes multiple genres to create a propulsive thriller
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Review: Overlong Prequel Is More Style Than Substance
Despite captivating performances from Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth, the origins of evil in the dystopian YA series aren’t as compelling as the original trilogy
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‘The Marvels’ Review: Iman Vellani Steals the Show in Weak MCU Team-Up
Nia DaCosta’s feature is a fun, colorful adventure with Brie Larson returning as Captain Marvel
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U2 in Las Vegas: Looking to the Past, Finding a Crazy Vision of the Future
The band’s residency at the Sphere showcases a 30-year-old album in an astounding setting
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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Review: David Oyelowo Commands the Latest Taylor Sheridan Show
The Paramount+ series traces the origin story of the real-life hero
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‘I Need That’ Broadway Review: A Lot of Junk Buries Danny DeVito
Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy plays cute with a chronic hoarding disorder
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‘Sabbath’s Theater’ Off Broadway Review: John Turturro Wrestles With Philip Roth
Ariel Levy and Turturro’s adaption of the author’s raunchiest novel presents a softer, gentler creep
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‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Review: Netflix Limited Series Fails to Capture Pulitzer-Winning Novel’s Essence
Despite a winning lead performance by newcomer Aria Mia Loberti, the four-part show based on Anthony Doerr’s 2014 book is overly broad and mostly bad
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‘Poor Yella Rednecks’ Off Broadway Review: The Vietnam War’s End Was Only the Beginning
Yellowface gets its comic comeuppance in Qui Nguyen’s play about Asian immigrants in Arkansas
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‘Black Cake’ Review: Hulu’s Epic Tale of Family Secrets Centers the Caribbean Diaspora
The Oprah-produced series, starring Mia Isaac, revolves around the mysterious life of a Jamaican Chinese woman and her ambitious children
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‘I Can Get It for You Wholesale’ Off Broadway Review: Barbra Streisand’s Other Stage Musical Gets a Second Look
The production that marked the star’s Broadway debut has its own special magic beyond being a launching pad to “Funny Girl”
