The Angry Birds Movie 2 Review: Leave After “Hair Love” It may be prefaced by a brilliant, heartfelt short, but Sony Pictures Animation's latest, like its adaptation, is a huge waste of time.
Features The Double Nostalgia of Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” Richard Linklater's 1993 coming-of-age classic is a battle of dueling, complicated nostalgias around '60s youth culture.
TV Review: “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling” Goes Post-Modern Netflix brings back the classic Nick cartoon twenty years later for a one-off special filled with heart and surprisingly complicated musings on the passage of time.
The Kitchen Review: Female-Led Heist Film Cooks Up Mediocre Thrills Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss can't quite spice up the underdone intrigue of this '70s-set comic book adaptation.
Podcasts Jacob Yoffee and Roahn Hylton on Scoring Social Justice in Amazon’s “Free Meek” The composers of Amazon's new docuseries talk about Meek Mill, their contrasting styles, and the challenges of documentary scoring.
TV Younger Recap: “The Debu-taunt” Reveals Pauline Is The Ultimate Villain Liza's secrets are laid out for the world to see thanks to Charles' vengeful ex-wife.
TV “GLOW” Nails Its Third Season Spots As the Gorgeous Ladies grow apart, the show itself is more confident and sure-footed than ever.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Review: Spinning Tales of American Woe A late-summer adaptation of the Alvin Schwartz stories turns out to be one of the year's biggest surprises in horror.
Changing the Game Review: Transitioning to Fairer Play Michael Barnett's doc is an inspiring, eye-opening look at the complicated, often painful world of transgender high school athletes.
“The Sixth Sense” & the Weight of Childhood Trauma Haley Joel Osment's gripping performance elevated M. Night Shyamalan's second feature to a horror masterpiece.
Should You Be in Here Watching That?: A Look at “24 Hour Party People” Michael Winterbottom's loving tribute to the Manchester music scene still maintains its quirky-cool vibe.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold Review: Can You Say Exciting? Very Good! Nickelodeon's teenage live-action reboot of the beloved children's show brings a strong central performance and oodles of adventure.
The Nightingale Review: What Do You Do When Vengeance is All You Have? Jennifer Kent's unsparing revenge drama is a grueling but powerful lesson in history repeating itself.
TV Preacher Season 4 Review: Seeking a Fart Joke for the End of the World AMC's droll comic book adaptation saddles up for an apocalyptic final season whose juvenile antics bring diminishing returns.
Tel Aviv on Fire Review: Even Soap Can’t Clean Dirty Politics Sameh Zoabi's politically-charged satire of Palestinian soap operas works better as farce than social polemic.
Them That Follow Review: Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Despite its stellar cast, including Kaitlyn Dever and Olivia Colman, this indie cult drama slithers away from itself a bit too often.
Piranhas Review: Italian Crime Drama Swims Into Deadly Waters The latest adaptation of a Roberto Saviano novel is a familiar, but inventive crime drama.
TV Dear White People Season 3 Review: Murder The Narrator A more expansive season opts for character beats over cohesive storytelling.
TV Younger Recap: Marriage and Moving On in “Friends With Benefits” The rivalry between Millennial and Mercury may be over, but the friction has only just begun.
Mike Wallace is Here Review: Memorializing a Bulwark of Journalistic Integrity Avi Belkin's split-screen view of the firebrand 60 Minutes reporter offered a flawed, but empathetic picture of one of journalism's last great titans.
TV You Must Get Down With “Sherman’s Showcase” IFC's uproarious variety show-within-a-documentary is a groovy slice of '70s ephemera, as smart as it is strange.