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Sundance 2023: Little Richard: I Am Everything, Squaring the Circle, The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Three of the festival’s docs explore critical figures in art and academia—to varying results. These days, celebrity-based documentaries, especially the ones that eventually find a place in the Sundance lineup, tend to fall into one of two categories—they either serve as cinematic victory laps for proven successes, or they work as reclamation projects serving to … Sundance 2023: Little Richard: I Am Everything, Squaring the Circle, The Disappearance of Shere Hite

The Circle’s third season sees its frothing drama flatten far too early

The Circle, Netflix’s social media reality show, begins its third season with a blast that the rest of the show simply cannot match.

Season 2 of “The Circle” plays a more cutthroat game

The sophomore season of Netflix’s reality/game show adds more intrigue & double dealing to the mix.

Full Circle closes the loop a bit too perfectly

Skilled performances overcome all too convenient plotting in the new Ed Solomon-Steven Soderbergh collaboration.

Apart from one poor dragonfly, this week’s Drag Race circles the drain

Ball jokes and bug snacks punctuate an overstuffed (and overtucked) episode of season 14.

Descending into the “Se7en”th circle of hell

David Fincher’s 1995 serial killer thriller elevates the police procedural into a grimy fable about mankind’s fall from grace.

“Lovecraft Country” Season Finale Recap: “Full Circle”

Fates are sealed & futures are secured in a talk-heavy but satisfying conclusion.

Fantastic Fest: “In The Tall Grass” Is Lost And Going In Circles

The Vincenzo Natali adaptation of Stephen King’s short story is a repetitive struggle.

Loki holds the center

Our God of Mischief finally realizes his “Glorious Purpose.”

What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in October 2023

Barbie, Freaks, ALF, and much more!

“The Dig” explores our aching need to be remembered

Simon Stone crafts an exquisite drama about the importance of history on our personal and societal stories, anchored by beautiful turns from Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes.

June DVD Releases: “Etruscan Smile,” “Watchmen”, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

Powerful indies and revisionist superhero series dot some of June’s most addictive home video offerings.

Westworld Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: A Whole New World

HBO’s robot-revolution series reinvents itself and throws Aaron Paul into the mix.

Palm Royale is no day at the beach

An undeniably impressive cast can’t overcome the empty spectacle at the heart of Palm Royale, AppleTV+’s period dramedy.

The Best and Worst of X-Men: The Animated Series

With X-Men ’97 continuing to deliver thrills in its second week, we offer this best and worst list can guide those who want to look back.

Doff your cap and take a knee before The Regime

MAX’s Kate Winslet-starring series doesn’t offer the sharpest satirical jabs, but there’s something to be said for being funny & frightening.

Dior and Chanel battle over bolts in wartime Paris in the star-studded The New Look

Apple TV+’s latest miniseries blends fashion with fascism in its dramatization of the couture wars of the 1940s and ’50s.

Chemistry makes One Day worth your time

Netflix’s new romance limited series offers a thoughtful, warm adaptation of the 2009 novel.

The musical Mean Girls turns the Plastics soft

The Broadway adaptation defangs its best characters in a misguided effort to appeal to a new generation of viewers.

The 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

This year will play catch up with the strikes, try to revitalize or continue long-running franchises, and give directors and new and old the steam to keep filling theaters.

Fargo Season 5’s a return to form, dontcha know

The crime drama returns to the Land of 10,000 Lakes and rediscovers its best storytelling self.