Reviews
Here are the best TV shows, movies, books, comics, and music to read, watch, and listen to right now.
It’s the best TV episode of 1997. This is a huge compliment.
Fans of Good Omens will rejoice at the loving faithfulness of this adaptation. For the rest of you, it may lag a bit.
The four-part Netflix series is essential viewing to understand today’s America.
The rom-com starring Ali Wong and Randall Park is streaming on Netflix.
The maniacal horror movie starring Octavia Spencer is currently in theaters.
The shiny, imaginative Elton John biopic is currently in theaters.
Ali Wong and Randall Park shine in the charming new rom-com.
Blockbusters can certainly be both cool-looking and good. So why doesn’t this one try?
The annual film festival sets the pace for the rest of the year in cinema. Here’s what we’ll be talking about.
Netflix’s controversial new horror movie tries — and fails — to be a metaphor for rape culture.
The teen movie has evolved, and Booksmart shows how.
The noir-style spin on a Pokémon story is currently in theaters.
Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie lead this star-studded film about a fading era.
Finally, a TV show on the pressures of being a fictional character.
Guy Ritchie’s remake thankfully overcomes most of its cultural baggage — but it loses the joy of its predecessor.
From the director of The Witch comes a psychosexual drama, a pitch-black comedy, and a tale of two men driving each other nuts.
The latest from the director of The Tree of Life deconstructs religion and nationalism by looking at someone who refused to fight.
A tale of addiction, excess, and love, filtered through the rocker’s greatest hits.
We caused it, and that’s just fine.
The third installment in the action franchise starring Keanu Reeves is currently in theaters.
This anthology reads exactly like a Karen Russell book. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing.
Honor Swinton Byrne stars alongside her mother, Tilda Swinton, in an exquisite story drawn from director Joanna Hogg’s youth.
A Bolivian Mennonite community was terrorized by a string of rapes. This new novel asks what comes next.
Cute robots, time portals, and digital memories mingle in Ted Chiang’s Exhalation.
The third chapter in the action movie trilogy is basically ballet.
The star-studded comedy is a little bland, but it gets the job done.
You don’t need to understand Pokémon to understand this movie. You do need to understand Blade Runner.
The series, from BoJack Horseman production designer Lisa Hanawalt, is a fantastical study of female friendship and life in your 30s.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile didn’t have to be this morally confused.
The new Netflix documentary is worth a watch, no matter your political persuasion.
The long-awaited conclusion of the Infinity Saga is currently in theaters.
Avengers: Endgame is a heartfelt goodbye to the Avengers — with the best superhero fight scene ever.
Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me is perfectly fine. Coming from McEwan, that’s disappointing.
Hell is a factory town in Broadway’s terrific new Hadestown.
It takes some help from your friends.
The indie sci-fi thriller about three generations of black women with mysterious superpowers is now in theaters.
The entrancing Chinese neo-noir — featuring an hour-long 3D tracking shot — is in theaters.
