Reviews
Here are the best TV shows, movies, books, comics, and music to read, watch, and listen to right now.
A couple on the verge of a breakup have one wild night in Netflix’s new comedy.
The four-journey series comes to a poignant end.
From chefs and rockstars to painters and thieves.
The Painter and the Thief tells their poignant true story through two sets of eyes.
The FX on Hulu miniseries is not Phyllis Schlafly apologia. It’s something far more complicated and interesting.
Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham is a wildly compelling and occasionally icky alternate history.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is your apocalyptic escape from our current apocalypse.
If The Last Dance spins out the legend of Michael Jordan, Space Jam pretends to fill in gaps in the myth.
This week’s offerings include an Italian comedy, women’s friendship, and a dystopian future.
From weird science experiments to poignant dramas to Michelle Obama’s story.
The quiet drama about neighborly ties — which includes one of Brian Dennehy’s last performances — is exactly what I needed to see this week.
Family secrets come soothingly to light in Straub’s fifth novel.
The documentary gives a glimpse into Michelle Obama’s post-White House life and her hopes for her country’s future.
The understated take on coming of age in adulthood is now available on digital platforms.
From coming-of-age stories to classics from your childhood to a tale of a (literally) killer leather jacket.
The End of October is not a good novel. But its eerie accuracy has given it an unsettling resonance.
The hardships of working in the gig economy, explained in one vital new movie.
The Assistant, starring Julia Garner, is now available to watch at home.
That’s a good thing.
Embezzlement, small-town high schools, traveling Bible salesmen, revenge, and much more.
Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney star in a terrific, darkly funny tale of a Long Island school district scandal.
Bloody and breathless, the new film is a tale of violent cycles and violent ends.
Dateline’s first narrative true crime podcast is a jawdropping story of greed — and a deeply fallible justice system.
Fetch the Bolt Cutters is the impotent fury of right now in convenient album form.
The nine-part Netflix series explores the stories of people freed from prison.
I didn’t much like Trolls World Tour. My editor’s daughter set me straight.
These digital premieres and recent streaming releases are worth your time.
The lush, pensive family drama about a Taiwanese immigrant and his daughter is now streaming.
Starring Olivia Munn and Sam Claflin, the movie is perfect for a lighthearted evening.
These digital premieres and recent streaming releases are worth your time.
Twisted devotion and a young woman’s awakening intertwine in the creepy tale.
The playful reality baking show celebrates the joy of sugar, friendship, and messing up.
In the four-episode series, two drug testers go off the rails — and more than 47,000 criminal cases they were involved in get vacated.
If there’s justice in this world, Little Mix would have a No. 1 hit in the US.
Sonic follows in Detective Pikachu’s footsteps as a perfectly fun, satisfying gaming adaptation.
The City We Became is Jemisin’s follow up to her three-time Hugo-winning Broken Earth trilogy.
It’s a creepy, sinister, and altogether satisfying nightmare.
The film world is adjusting to new paradigms. Here’s what’s worth your time.
Come for queer soulmates, stay for epic fantasy, families, demon flutes, and love triumphing amid censorship.
A big experiment — and a bid to save independent cinema — is beginning.