The Sweet East is the first film to capture 2020s America
Everyone can find their own niche now, but we have so little to talk about together
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Everyone can find their own niche now, but we have so little to talk about together
Early reactions to the revised show have been generally positive
He was one of the finest screen actors of his generation and remains a symbol of American strength
Audiences are not willing to pay their $12 to go and see something new and original
He played countless iconic and legendary roles over the course of a sixty-year career on stage and screen
The secretary of state wants to change the world one song at a time
At first glance, this suggests that business as usual can resume, but the actors’ strike continues
The suspicion remains that the wokery at the show’s heart is being celebrated rather than satirized
Sam Lipman-Stern exposes the entire industry in his frenetic, rip-roaring investigative documentary
He has been given break after break and has done his best with them
CGI is no substitute for glue, tape and ketchup
Authorized by Spears herself, the show revamps the tale of Cinderella, weaving in Britney’s own repertoire of songs
Should you spot a binder full of explanatory word salad at the entrance to an art exhibition, take it as a red flag
The actor is not going to disappear into the shadows quietly
Time for the very talented by increasingly one-note figure to take a sabbatical
It’s viral because you don’t like him, not because its contents are all that bad
The Jamaican artist’s show continues to evolve as the plants do
His work won out over all the obstacles the world threw at him
A visiting artist with an allergy means that peanuts, hazelnuts and nut oils are personae non grata
The keepers of the Fincher flame have been disappointed in recent decades
Audiences want to go and see films, but the writers’ strikes are denying them the chance
A white rapper from South Florida is changing the game
Some part of it may live in my brain forever. That seems unjust
The perfect comfort viewing in these rather more treacherous times
Apple TV+ will not be the next Netflix, and that is the whole point
When I look at the Hitchcock movies, I don’t see icy detachment. Instead what strikes me is their intimacy, gentleness and passion
The musical is like the disco ball that spins above its audience: beautiful but fractured. And, at its core, hollow
How Hollywood killed the American hero