TV The Chickens Come Home to Roost in the End of “BoJack Horseman” BoJack finally stops running from his demons in an uneven but mostly satisfying conclusion to TV’s best show about depression & addiction.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Promising Young Woman” Finds Catharsis Emerald Fennell's feature debut may be flawed, but it's an empathetic portrayal of rage, anguish, and black comedy.
TV “Fugitive of Judoon” Reminds Fans of Why They Love Doctor Who Fully recovered from the misstep of "Orphan 55," the latest episode is well-paced & full of surprises.
TV “The Outsider” Recap: “Que Viene El Coco” Holly picks up one thread after another, & begins to get a full, chilling picture of what the team might be up against.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me” Cedric Cheung-Lau's super slow burn overdoes itself at points, but it finds its beauty—and then finds it again.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Whirlybird” Probes LA From Above Matt Yoka's documentary snaps a picture of a city -- and a family -- in transition.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Possessor” Is a Grab Bag of Sci-Fi Clichés Brandon Cronenberg's second feature is a po-faced collection of genre tropes that wastes its cast and a modest sense of style.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Spree” Goes for the Kill But Lacks the Edge Eugene Kotlyarenko's satire about a rideshare driver who murders for online fame lacks the bite or nuance its premise deserves.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Beautifully Explores the Female Gaze Eliza Hittman's tender tale of a teenage girl seeking an abortion is about far more than its description would suggest.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Jumbo” Kisses a Tilt-A-Whirl and Likes It Portrait of a Lady on Fire's Noémie Merlant gets sweet on a theme park ride in this charming, if conventionally quirky dramedy.
TV Star Trek: Picard and a “Remembrance” for its Best Performer Despite solid performances all around, the episode struggles with tone, plotting & what kind of show it wants to be.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Zola” Is Raunchy, Riotous, and Challenging Janicza Bravo's retelling of the 2015 viral Twitter thread boasts great performances and surprisingly solid filmmaking, even if it ends on a shrug.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Ema” Is a Hallucinatory, Familial Fever Dream Pablo Larraín's neon-caked tale of a tattered family is ambitious if uneven eye candy that's bound to get audiences talking.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Luxor” Gets Lost In Translation A solid first half and great work from Andrea Riseborough aren't quite enough to make up for Zeina Durra's Egyptian indie.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “The Painter and the Thief” Finds Activity in Passivity Benjamin Ree documents the budding, murky friendship between a painter and the man who stole her painting.
TV Make Room for “Shrill” Season 2, or Get Out of the Way Annie makes amends & demands a place in the world in a quietly powerful sophomore season of the Hulu comedy-drama.
Festivals Sundance 2020: “Summertime” Is Hot Mess Worth Cherishing Sandwiched between a rough start and too tidy of an ending, Carlos López Estrada's latest finds love in its large ensemble.
TV “Star Trek: Picard” Goes Fine, But Not Boldly Patrick Stewart returns to his iconic role in a new Star Trek series in desperate need of a shakedown cruise.
The Disappearance of My Mother Review: Sight Unseen Son Onscreen Beniamino Barrese's new doc is an intriguing dichotomy that lacks enough self-awareness and comprehension of its themes.
Color Out of Space: Home on Deranged Richard Stanley makes his feature directing return with a can’t-miss combination of Nicolas Cage and H.P. Lovecraft.
Features From Wilted to Wistful in “Broken Flowers” Part deadpan comedy, part drama, and part neo-noir, Jim Jarmusch's 2005 indie remains one of his most textured—and one of his most approachable.