An impossible list: the top 10 best episodes of What We Do in the Shadows
With season 5 starting this week, we attempt the fool’s errand of narrowing down the greatest episodes (so far) of the greatest sitcom.
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Don’t Worry Darling is all surface, no substance
While not as bad as gossip columns would have you believe, Olivia’s Wilde’s feminist nightmare is aesthetically pleasing, but not much else.
Sing 2 sings a mechanically familiar harmony
The sequel to Sing is as perfunctory and over-stuffed as its predecessor.
Dickinson makes the case for Emily, war-time poet
The final season goes out swinging with the Civil War in full flush and a raft of guest stars.
The Addams Family 2 is frighteningly phoned-in family entertainment
The iconic kooky and spooky family hits a new low in big-screen excursions.
Our 10 most anticipated films from the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival
America’s first furtive step into returning to in-person film festivals is coming soon — and here’s what we’re looking forward to.
Sundance 2021: “How It Ends” is a pleasant, socially-distanced apocalypse
Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein usher in the end of the world with a winsome indie comedy about seeking closure and reconciliation. (This review is part of our coverage of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.) Directed by husband-and-wife duo Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein, How It Ends can be recognized immediately as a movie filmed … Sundance 2021: “How It Ends” is a pleasant, socially-distanced apocalypse
Review: “Ugly Delicious” Season 2 Is an Informative Belly Rub
David Chang’s look at the social, cultural, and financial sides of food goes down easily, even if it might be salty for some.
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Review: Hardly Fetching
The sequel to the popular 2016 film has its characters learning new tricks, but its overabundance of plot and characters neuter its message.
Film Review: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis in Compelling, if Spotty, Operation Finale
Despite two incredible lead performances from Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, this dramatization of the Mossad extradition of Adolf Eichmann feels a bit too safe. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood In 1960, a group of Mossad and Shin Bet agents, let by Peter Malkin, traveled to Argentina on an undercover mission to capture … Film Review: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis in Compelling, if Spotty, Operation Finale
Netflix’s Ripley soaks its shades of grey in delicious black and white
Steven Zaillian crafts a methodical, darkly funny adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, with Andrew Scott at his chilly best.
British heist thriller The Gold shines brightly
Paramount+’s 24-karat true-crime caper works thanks to a brilliant cast of scheming fencers and heaps of class consciousness.
At 20, “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” is a film like no other
Robert Townsend’s modernized MTV adaptation of the famous opera is a compelling movie and a fascinating picture of pop culture in 2001.