Reviews Archive
Archives for February 2019
Russian Doll, PEN15, and 3 other TV shows that you’ve just gotta see.
The HBO documentary may forever change the legacy of the pop icon.
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman’s Sounds Like Titanic explores America’s endless appetite for comforting fakery.
No matter what John Oliver says.
The show weaves a brutal family portrait into a save-the-world adventure. It also has Mary J. Blige as a time-traveling assassin named Cha-Cha.
Natasha Lyonne stars. We’re not sure we should tell you anything more than that.
Everything’s not awesome in a movie that follows the assembly instructions for a movie sequel to the letter.
The comedy’s warm and funny season three expertly weaves stories across a year of its family’s life.
The gender-swapped remake of 2000’s What Women Want wastes the opportunity to reassess the original.
The gonzo horror-comedy stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, John Malkovich, Daveed Diggs, Toni Collette, and more.
Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James goes genre with his latest novel.
Thomas’s superpower is the ability to write tough subjects joyfully. It shines in her latest book.
Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, 2019’s Sundance documentary selections offered history and hope.
Kaling also wrote and produced the movie, which tackles being a woman in a male-dominated world — late-night comedy — with wit and heart.
Untouchable doesn’t have new information. But it’s important nonetheless.