Review

  • HomeVideo Review My Neighbor Totoro / Howl’s Moving Castle 

    Hayao Miyazaki’s animated fantasias will delight adults and children alike.

    May 22, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review The National: Trouble Will Find Me

    The National doesn’t change things up on Trouble Will Find Me, nor does it need to.

    May 21, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • MusicalWork Review French Montana: Excuse My French

    Rap’s most faceless A-Lister grasps for identity on a garbled debut LP.

    May 21, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review Daft Punk: Random Access Memories

    Electro-dance duo travel back in time to find the future.

    May 21, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Drew Magary: Someone Could Get Hurt

    With his first parenting book, a sports writer joins a crowded genre.

    May 20, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Brandon Sanderson: The Rithmatist

    Established genre tropes weaken an interesting premise in Sanderson’s first foray into YA.

    May 20, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • Movie Review Star Trek Into Darkness

    J.J. Abrams beams a menacing Benedict Cumberbatch into his rebooted franchise.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:20pm -

  • Movie Review Frances Ha

    Greta Gerwig re-teams with Greenberg director Noah Baumbach for a winning comedy about friendship and impending adulthood.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:06am -

  • Movie Review Black Rock

    Three friends fight for their lives in a thriller that seems to resent its obligation to thrill.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:05am -

  • Movie Review Pietà

    How did this punishing new parable from Kim Ki-duk win the top prize at Venice?

    May 16, 2013 | 12:05am -

  • Movie Review Augustine

    A doctor and his patient spar for power in an overreaching period drama.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:04am -

  • Movie Review Erased

    Gratuitous violence can’t compensate for the massive failings of this Aaron Eckhart actioner.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:03am -

  • Movie Review The English Teacher

    Julianne Moore plays the title role of a contrived comedy.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:02am -

  • Movie Review 33 Postcards

    There must be cheaper ways to boost the Chinese and Australian tourism industries…

    May 16, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • Movie Review State 194

    For the uninitiated, here’s a documentary primer on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    May 16, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Crimewave

    Fans of the collaborating auteurs can now catch up with their ill-fated crime comedy on DVD and Blu-ray.

    May 15, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review Survival: Survival

    Liturgy’s divisive frontman ditches the metal and shoots for the heavens.

    May 14, 2013 | 12:04am -

  • MusicalWork Review Chance The Rapper: Acid Rap

    The jazzy Chicago rapper sparkles on his breakthrough mixtape.

    May 14, 2013 | 12:03am -

  • MusicalWork Review The Handsome Family: Wilderness

    The veteran Americana-gothic duo spins tales of mystery and imagination on its ninth album.

    May 14, 2013 | 12:02am -

  • MusicalWork Review Dungeonesse: Dungeonesse

    Baltimore indie rockers from Wye Oak and White Life try jubilant R&B on for size.

    May 14, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • MusicalWork Review Pete Holmes: Nice Try, The Devil

    With his second album, the comedian lands on an irresistible mix of self-consciousness and arrogant exuberance.

    May 14, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires Of The City

    Vampire Weekend ages gracefully into its best album yet. 

    May 14, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Julie Sarkissian: Dear Lucy

    A lack of plotting and character authenticity make for a slow, wandering read.

    May 13, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review John Le Carré: A Delicate Truth

    A master at spycraft finally channels his anger into a concise narrative.

    May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Christopher Hacker: The Morels

    An arresting debut novel picks apart the details and consequences of sexual taboos.

    May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • Movie Review The Great Gatsby

    Baz Luhrmann’s take on the lit masterpiece is just as gaudy, but not as ruinous, as it looks.

    May 9, 2013 | 12:07am -

  • Movie Review Tyler Perry Presents Peeples

    Craig Robinson meets the parents in a blessedly painless addition to the Perry oeuvre.

    May 9, 2013 | 12:06am -

  • Movie Review Stories We Tell

    In her first documentary, Sarah Polley bravely scales her own family tree.

    May 9, 2013 | 12:05am -

  • Movie Review Aftershock

    It’s hell on (crumbling) Earth for the obnoxious heroes of this sadistic disaster movie.

    May 9, 2013 | 12:05am -

  • Movie Review Sightseers

    Vacationing lovers get their hands dirty in this one-note dark comedy from the director of Kill List.

    May 9, 2013 | 12:04am -