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‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Review: Not Just a Broadway Tribute but a Musical Feast
After three Broadway revues of Stephen Sondheim’s music you would think a fourth wouldn’t offer anything fresh, have any surprises, or be…
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‘Boop!’ Review: This Cartoon of a Broadway Musical is Stuck in Two Dimensions
Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,” “Boop! The Musical” likewise aims to remake and rebrand another dated pop…
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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Took a Wandering Path to a Satisfying Payoff: TV Review
SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “The White Lotus,” now streaming on Max. In the beginning, you…
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‘Eric LaRue’ Review: A Drama About the Aftermath of a School Shooting Shouldn’t Have This Much Indie Attitude and This Little Insight
A school shooting is such a cataclysmic event that any attempt to dramatize the aftermath of one is, by definition, a film to take…
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Scowl Keep It Heavy but Refine Their Sound on the Bruising ‘Are We All Angels’: Album Review
Considering how aggressive hardcore music is, and how much the spirit of it is about personal freedom, it’s sometimes surprising to see…
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'Yellowjackets' Season 3 Episode 9 Review: Shauna and Melissa's Battle Bleeds Out Onto the Other Survivors — Literally
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets Season 3 Episode 9. AsYellowjacketsapproaches its Season 3 finale, the…
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‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Review: George Clooney Makes an Impressive Broadway Bow in Taut Film-to-Stage Transfer
Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow’s historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film “Good Night, and Good Luck” has a…
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‘Mr. Burton’ Review: Harry Lawtey Plays the Pride of Wales, and Toby Jones the Man Who Made Him, in a Gentle Showbiz Origin Story
Richard Burton never got around to writing an official set of memoirs before his untimely, alcohol-hastened death in 1984, though the…
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‘Holy Cow’ Review: Vivacious French Coming-of-Ager Finds True Solidarity in Rural Life
When casually asking someone how they are doing, most people aren’t actually seeking the true nuances of the interlocutor’s emotional…
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Netflix’s Medical Drama ‘Pulse’ Is Nearly Dead On Arrival: TV Review
Medical dramas are some of the most enduring shows on television. ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” has been on the screen for two decades,…
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‘Hell of a Summer’ Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Finn Wolfhard’s Co-Directing Debut Is a Cut Above
Billboard Women in Music 2025 In two decades at Variety, I have reviewed precious few slasher movies. Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t…
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‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Review: Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk Lead a Surprisingly Humane New Broadway Revival
Bob Odenkirk has, in recent years, been best-known for the role of Jimmy McGill, a desperate lawyer constantly attempting to find an…
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‘Art for Everybody’ Review: An Illuminating Look at an American Painter Far Darker Than His ‘Art’ Let On
He makes art critics cringe, but Thomas Kinkade — whose idyllic paintings of storybook cottages and pastoral landscapes glow as if lit…
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‘Flophouse America’ Review: A Profoundly Realistic Portrait of a Preteen Living in Abject Poverty
Director Monica Strømdahl’s “Flophouse America” provides a visceral documentation of poverty in America. Flophouses are cheap, run-down…
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‘Always’ Review: Deming Chen’s Strikingly Confident Debut From Plays Like a Long Visual Poem
Gorgeously rendered in picturesque cinematography, “Always” offers a meditative and patient look into the life of an adolescent poet in…
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Ariana Grande Revisits the Pain and Joy of Love Lost and Found on ‘Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead’: Album Review
On “Past Life,” the penultimate track of “Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead,” Ariana Grande admits that she’s ready to move on…
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‘The Life List’ Review: Sofia Carson’s Rote Romantic Drama for Netflix Inspires Jeers, Not Cheers
With smarter streamlining, “The Life List” could’ve been impactful. As is, the two-hour-plus Netflix original suffers by attempting to…
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Tom Hardy and Helen Mirren’s Crime Drama ‘MobLand’ Has a Sluggish Start: TV Review
Paramount+‘s “MobLand,” from Ronan Bennett — who is “The Day of the Jackal” creator, as well as the “Top Boy” showrunner — is a different…
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‘Remaining Native’ Review: A Native American Takes Inspiration From Ancestors While Training for a Long-Distance Scholarship in Absorbing Doc
In recent years, there have been a number of dramas and documentaries detailing the appalling mistreatment of Native American children…
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‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ Review: Sarah Snook’s Solo Broadway Outing Can’t Find Meaning in the Artifice
Oscar Wilde’s infamous antihero Dorian Gray probably would’ve loved to have a barrage of cameras pointed at him, reflecting his gorgeous…
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Petti Smith Tribute, With Bruce Springsteen, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Stipe, Karen O and Patti Herself, Lights Up Carnegie Hall: Concert Review
Appropriately enough, Wednesday night’s benefit tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, author and…
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‘Winter in Sokcho’ Review: A Small Town Woman Fixates on a Visiting Artist in Koya Kamura’s Thoughtful Adaptation
Seeing oneself through someone else’s eyes can be illuminating, but it can also be quite intoxicating — especially when said eyes belong…
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Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal, Has Two Great Star Turns But Little Flavor: Theater Review
If there is an American leading man better-equipped to bring Shakespeare to the masses than Denzel Washington, I can’t think of him. Well,…
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ Review: Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo Are Broken Souls Who Meet on the Internet in a Four-Hankie Indie Gem
Once in a while, you see an actor who isn’t held back by the decorum that rules even most good actors. Her emotions don’t stay in check —…