Reviews
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music Avant-pop artist Arca undercuts her musical impact by piling on too much at once By Max Freedman December 3, 2021 | 4:00pm
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tv Netflix explores the visual essay’s potential with the David Fincher-produced Voir By Alex McLevy December 3, 2021 | 3:00pm
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film Believe it or not, the sideshow is the least compelling part of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley By Katie Rife December 3, 2021 | 2:30pm
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tv In The Forever Prisoner, Alex Gibney incisively aims at the post-9/11 legalization of torture By Roxana Hadadi December 3, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Losses are mourned and hidden powers discovered on an uneven Wheel Of Time By Zack Handlen December 3, 2021 | 1:00pm
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film Diary Of A Wimpy Kid moves over to Disney+ for a brief, cheap-looking animated reboot By Jesse Hassenger December 3, 2021 | 8:00am
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tv Annie Live! serves up TV musical perfection By Caroline Siede December 3, 2021 | 6:20am
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film Steven Spielberg chases his musical dreams with a gorgeously faithful West Side Story By A.A. Dowd December 2, 2021 | 9:00pm
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film Lesbian nun drama Benedetta is both profane and sublime—no wonder some Catholics hate it By Katie Rife December 2, 2021 | 5:00pm
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tv Michael tracks a killer on an abrupt Star Trek: Discovery By Zack Handlen December 2, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv Hulu’s Pen15 ends its run as one of the most pivotal teen comedies of the streaming era By Saloni Gajjar December 2, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia shakes the rust off in season 15 premiere By Dennis Perkins December 2, 2021 | 4:03am
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film Jeffrey Epstein looms over the gleefully offensive horror movie The Scary Of Sixty-First By Anya Stanley December 1, 2021 | 6:40pm
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tv Hawkeye delivers explosive action—and a potentially game-changing cameo By Caroline Siede December 1, 2021 | 5:10pm
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film With The Hand Of God, the director of The Great Beauty warmly revisits his childhood By Leila Latif December 1, 2021 | 4:50pm
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film The animated Flee paints a refugee’s story in vivid colors By Noel Murray December 1, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv Part three of The Flash: Armageddon saves its biggest reveal for last By Scott Von Doviak December 1, 2021 | 2:55am
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film Keira Knightley hosts a final Christmas in the hateful lump of holiday coal Silent Night By Jason Shawhan November 30, 2021 | 8:01pm
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film Identifying as an animal takes on extra baggage in the thin, iffy parable Wolf By Mike D'Angelo November 30, 2021 | 7:15pm
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film Riz Ahmed has bugs on the brain in the disappointing genre mishmash Encounter By Roxana Hadadi November 30, 2021 | 3:00pm
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tv Natasha Rothwell directs Insecure’s funniest episode By Ashley Ray-Harris November 29, 2021 | 7:30pm
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tv Peter Jackson lets his penchant for bloat infect the otherwise terrific The Beatles: Get Back By Alex McLevy November 29, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Seth Rogen tries to dismantle some of Larry’s hang-ups on Curb Your Enthusiasm By Danette Chavez November 29, 2021 | 7:37am
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tv The Doctor meets her maker as Doctor Who barrels towards its endgame By Caroline Siede November 29, 2021 | 6:05am
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tv The focus turns to Taissa as Yellowjackets layers in more mysteries By Leila Latif November 29, 2021 | 4:00am
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tv Succession delivers an emotional battering ram of an episode in “Too Much Birthday” By Roxana Hadadi November 29, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv The cat’s in the cradle and Dexter’s a proud papa in a strong New Blood By Joshua Alston November 29, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv South Park: Post COVID sets up a (hopefully) more rewarding future By Dan Caffrey November 26, 2021 | 11:24pm
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tv A tense Great British Bake Off crowns a worthy winner By Leila Latif November 26, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv A false Dragon makes his stand on an explosive Wheel Of Time By Zack Handlen November 26, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv Star Trek: Discovery faces down a giant space kablooey By Zack Handlen November 25, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv It’s planes and platitudes for the midseason finale of DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow By Jarrod Jones November 25, 2021 | 4:52am
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tv Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn are engaging in the otherwise formulaic Hot Zone: Anthrax By Saloni Gajjar November 24, 2021 | 7:00pm
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film Halle Berry lands some big dramatic punches in her directorial debut, Bruised By Jason Shawhan November 24, 2021 | 3:00pm
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film Sandra Bullock shows off her tediously stoic side in Netflix’s The Unforgivable By Mike D'Angelo November 24, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Hawkeye’s premiere is a Christmas treat By Caroline Siede November 24, 2021 | 10:00am
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tv "Armageddon" is a lonely crossover event for The Flash By Scott Von Doviak November 24, 2021 | 2:50am
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film This Thanksgiving, gorge yourself on the feel-bad family drama of The Humans By A.A. Dowd November 23, 2021 | 11:00pm
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tv Kevin Hart’s Netflix star vehicle True Story is quite the dramedy of errors By Joshua Alston November 23, 2021 | 6:00pm
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tv How To With John Wilson continues to brilliantly capture our pandemic moment By Myles McNutt November 23, 2021 | 5:00pm
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books HBO oral history Tinderbox offers little more than amusing anecdotes By Bradley Babendir November 23, 2021 | 2:00pm
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music Adele reaches new heights on 30, her best album to date By Gabrielle Sanchez November 23, 2021 | 1:00pm
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film Welcome To Raccoon City lacks the stupid majesty of the previous Resident Evils By Charles Bramesco November 23, 2021 | 2:00am
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film House Of Gucci never reaches camp nirvana, even with Lady Gaga on its runway By Katie Rife November 22, 2021 | 11:00pm
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film Cannes winner Drive My Car is a hypnotic, beguiling portrait of life after loss By Vikram Murthi November 22, 2021 | 10:10pm
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tv A very funny Saved By The Bell still can’t figure out its audience in its second season By Lisa Weidenfeld November 22, 2021 | 7:00pm
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tv In its final season, Hanna fails to smash through tired action-thriller tropes By Laura Bogart November 22, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Larry gets a lot of grief from his friends on a so-so Curb Your Enthusiasm By Danette Chavez November 22, 2021 | 6:09am
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tv The Weeping Angels return in a thrillingly great Doctor Who By Caroline Siede November 22, 2021 | 5:45am
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tv Yellowjackets becomes an unsettling villain origin story in its second episode By Leila Latif November 22, 2021 | 4:00am
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tv Molly takes charge in an emotional Insecure By Ashley Ray-Harris November 22, 2021 | 3:30am
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tv In the latest Yellowstone, the Duttons regroup and plot their next move By Noel Murray November 22, 2021 | 3:12am
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tv Dexter hones his murder protocols in a promising New Blood By Joshua Alston November 22, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv Succession hits a new high as the Roys pick the next president and Kendall does some recruiting By Roxana Hadadi November 22, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv Simu Liu is appropriately pleasant on a blandly amusing Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins November 21, 2021 | 10:50am
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tv There’s no margin for error in The Great British Bake Off’s semifinal By Leila Latif November 19, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv The Wheel Of Time offers new fantasy with some familiar trappings By Zack Handlen November 19, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv New York Times pop doc Malfunction gives everyone a voice but Janet Jackson By Shannon Miller November 19, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv In its finale, Foundation narrows the entire galaxy down to two people By Nick Wanserski November 19, 2021 | 12:00pm
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film The COVID-era satire Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn is as loopy as its title By Katie Rife November 18, 2021 | 10:30pm
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music Converge and friends find an alternative to ripping your face off on Bloodmoon By A.A. Dowd November 18, 2021 | 6:00pm
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tv HBO’s Black And Missing gives a powerful voice to the vulnerable By Stephen Robinson November 18, 2021 | 5:00pm
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film Paul Thomas Anderson returns to the Valley with the funny, shaggy, scattershot Licorice Pizza By A.A. Dowd November 18, 2021 | 2:45pm
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tv Will becoming captain change Michael Burnham on Star Trek: Discovery? By Zack Handlen November 18, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow plays catch-up in Chernobyl, because one place is as good as the other By Jarrod Jones November 18, 2021 | 4:18am
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film The Power Of The Dog drops Benedict Cumberbatch into a haunting, troubling Western By Katie Rife November 17, 2021 | 11:15pm
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tv Apple TV Plus docuseries The Line examines the impossible contradictions of military service By Noel Murray November 17, 2021 | 6:00pm
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film Ethan Hawke tackles a dual role in the cryptic pandemic mood piece Zeros And Ones By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 17, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv Intense drama and new characters give Power Book II: Ghost a soap opera flair in season 2 By Aramide Tinubu November 17, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv Riverdale ventures into an alternate dimension and finds some new blood By Charles Bramesco November 17, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv The Flash kicks off its eighth season with a low-key start to "Armageddon" By Scott Von Doviak November 17, 2021 | 2:00am
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film Joaquin Phoenix is unusually grounded in the family drama C’mon C’mon By Mike D'Angelo November 16, 2021 | 10:00pm
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music Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor's Version) is a sweeping, profound time machine of an album By Saloni Gajjar November 16, 2021 | 9:15pm
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film Will Smith knows best as the father of Venus and Serena in King Richard By Jesse Hassenger November 16, 2021 | 8:55pm
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music Courtney Barnett’s Things Take Time, Take Time takes time to enjoy By Tatiana Tenreyro November 16, 2021 | 7:25pm
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tv Mindy Kaling delivers a delightful teen comedy romp in The Sex Lives Of College Girls By Saloni Gajjar November 16, 2021 | 12:00pm
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books It’s nature vs. technology in Nnedi Okorafor’s fast-paced novel Noor By Gabrielle Sanchez November 15, 2021 | 4:00pm
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film Encanto upends Disney tradition with an adventure that never leaves home By Caroline Siede November 15, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Jagged is a riveting reminder of Alanis Morissette’s power, charisma, and influence By Annie Zaleski November 15, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop is a bloodless substitute for the real thing By Sam Barsanti November 15, 2021 | 8:00am
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tv Woody Harrelson drops by a thorny Curb Your Enthusiasm By Danette Chavez November 15, 2021 | 7:07am
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tv A trippy Doctor Who travels up its own timestream By Caroline Siede November 15, 2021 | 6:30am
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tv Showtime’s Yellowjackets premiere is a wild ride straight to hell By Leila Latif November 15, 2021 | 4:00am
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tv Why does Insecure continue to ignore the Kelli pregunta? By Ashley Ray-Harris November 15, 2021 | 3:30am
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tv Harrison confronts his daddy issues as Dexter: New Blood fumbles forward By Joshua Alston November 15, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv A breakneck Succession sees Logan go “piss-mad” as the shareholder meeting arrives By Roxana Hadadi November 15, 2021 | 3:00am
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tv Jonathan Majors fits right in on an uneven but ambitious Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins November 14, 2021 | 11:31am
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tv Jeremy Renner is a sad avenger in Mayor Of Kingstown By Danette Chavez November 12, 2021 | 11:25pm
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film Andrew Garfield shines as the creator of Rent in the Netflix musical Tick, Tick… Boom! By Caroline Siede November 12, 2021 | 5:30pm
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tv Marvel’s Hit-Monkey is a rip-roaring, comedic thrill ride By Stephen Robinson November 12, 2021 | 5:00pm
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tv Anyone could go home in The Great British Bake Off’s nail-biting quarter final By Leila Latif November 12, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv With one episode remaining, Foundation becomes needlessly messy By Nick Wanserski November 12, 2021 | 1:00pm
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film Asghar Farhadi tackles the milkshake duck phenomenon in his thrillingly complex A Hero By A.A. Dowd November 11, 2021 | 7:17pm
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tv Hulu’s The Great takes Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult on a rewarding journey in season 2 By Saloni Gajjar November 11, 2021 | 5:00pm
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film Home Sweet Home Alone makes a persuasive argument for taxing the rich By Katie Rife November 11, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Legends Of Tomorrow finally cracks its 1925 quagmire in a wildly good episode By Jarrod Jones November 11, 2021 | 1:55pm
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tv South Side proves you can make a great Chicago show that’s also a smart blue-collar comedy By Jill Hopkins November 11, 2021 | 12:00pm
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film Sexual abuse survivors direct their own stories in the poignant Procession By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 10, 2021 | 8:45pm
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film Kenneth Branagh revisits the troubles (and Troubles) of his youth in the oddly remote Belfast By A.A. Dowd November 10, 2021 | 6:30pm
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film Cusp throws a Friday night flashlight on the lives of three Texas teens By Roxana Hadadi November 10, 2021 | 2:25pm
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tv Supergirl says goodbye By Caroline Siede November 10, 2021 | 8:00am
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tv Impeachment: American Crime Story does what it does best in its season finale By Ines Bellina November 10, 2021 | 4:00am
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film Mayor Pete can’t find the warmth beneath the wonk of the former presidential candidate By Mike D'Angelo November 9, 2021 | 7:45pm
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books Supernatural thriller The Perishing is a luminous love letter to Los Angeles By Adam Morgan November 9, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell are a mesmerizing duo in the unsettling Shrink Next Door By Saloni Gajjar November 8, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Apple TV Plus’ Dickinson goes out on its own inimitable terms By Danette Chavez November 8, 2021 | 1:00pm
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tv Curb Your Enthusiasm perks up as Larry and Susie team up against bad dinner conversation By Danette Chavez November 8, 2021 | 6:52am
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tv Peak comfort TV is back with season 3 of Joe Pera Talks With You By Brianna Wellen November 8, 2021 | 6:00am