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Halle Bailey aside, The Little Mermaid sinks under its own weight
Rob Marshall’s murky remake of the Disney classic drowns in plodding scripting and terrifying character designs, taking away from its luminous lead performance.
Logan is sent off in typical Roy fashion in “Church and State”
Shiv & Kendall are still making deals while Roman falls apart as they bid their father a complicated farewell in the penultimate episode of Succession.
Secrets of Hillsong paints the trendy church in a sinister light
The FX series illustrates the dark side of attempting to mix religion with clout chasing.
People prove their stripes in this week’s Ted Lasso
“La Locker Room Aux Folles” takes Season 3 into the Final Four with an episode all about living up (or down) to who you truly are.
Succession peddles immortality while Logan’s departure still looms large
Kendall struggles to land “Living+” as humiliation threatens to overwhelm him.
“You’re not really a welder, are you?” Flashdance at 40
Forty years on, Adrian Lyne’s tale of welding, dancing, dreaming, and cold-shoulder sweaters still leaves us all feeling like maniacs.
Beef gives the audience plenty to chew on
Netflix’s new series is its most significant television success in some time.
Air boasts bounce and a bit of bite
Ben Affleck’s Air Jordan dramedy is a lot of fun—and welcomely sharp.
SXSW 2023 Roundup: The World is Not My Own, The Ordinaries & more
Our final SXSW 2023 dispatch features a diverse selection of documentaries and features focusing on the search for a sense of place in a chaotic world.
The Last of Us leaves us with questions as Season 1 wraps up
Joel and Ellie head for the hospital in a heartbreaking story of secrets and lies.
Boston Strangler is a solid but standard true crime drama
Keira Knightley heads a capable cast as the real-life reporter who defied sexism to break one of the biggest crime stories of the 60s
The Last of Us examines what lurks inside the human heart in a tense episode
Ellie does what she has to do as she and Joel run afoul of a religious leader and his murderous flock.
Life comes at you fast in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old
The writer-director makes a horror film a metaphor for parenting with surprisingly resonant results.
Slamdance 2023 Round Up
Taking a look at Park City’s more indie-minded festival’s offerings.
The Rig drills into previous works and mines them well
The new Prime Video series borrows from an array of other television and film with intriguing results.
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022
The ongoing refrain of every TV critic, especially come end-of-year time: There’s too much TV. This year is no exception, with networks and streaming services alike competing for our attention with one big-budget, well-crafted set of eight-to-ten-hour stories after another. It’s the kind of model that doesn’t seem built to last, and 2022 might see … The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022
The 25 Best Films of 2022
From After Yang to Top Gun, we break down our favorite movies of the year.
The Kingdom Exodus is a monument to its creator’s strangeness
Viewers’ enjoyment of the sequel series will depend on their affection for Lars Van Trier’s peculiarities.NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Lars Von Trier is a complicated figure. The Danish director has ardent fans, fervent critics, and a whole host of international film watchers in-between. After 25 years of varying other projects, he returns to his favorite … The Kingdom Exodus is a monument to its creator’s strangeness
Season 3 is a Mythic Quest for laughs amongst failures
The AppleTV+ series makes its characters pulling Icaruses over and over damn funny.
CIFF Roundup: My Policeman, Causeway & more
A documentary about a legendary photographer/activist, Harry Styles in another leading role, & other films featured at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival.