Reviews
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On Hulu’s new documentary and why we keep falling for guys like Adam Neumann.
But the movie is also four hours long.
HBO’s dramatized series uses its methodical pace to fully confront the murder of Kim Wall.
Murder Among the Mormons should have been all about obsessive Mormon book nerds instead of its dweeby killer.
Eddie Murphy — and Zamunda — are back in this sequel that lacks the edge of its predecessor but isn’t without its charms.
The animated fantasy is a gorgeous, if generic, vehicle for a great Disney princess.
Klara and the Sun is Ishiguro’s first novel since his 2017 Nobel Prize win. It’s quiet and tender.
A new book from Twitter’s greatest poet is strange and sad and beautiful.
Starring Frances McDormand, it’s an aching portrait of wandering people in a country that’s abandoned them.
It’s a Sin shows how friendship is the bridge to queer survival.
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo reunite a decade after Bridesmaids for a movie that’s as refreshing as a beach vacation.
The first To All the Boys film was an instant classic. What happened?
The story of a Korean immigrant family is a layered and loving recollection of an American childhood.
It’s a stellar retelling of a vital historical moment.
The best nonfiction movies from Sundance 2021.
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and many of its films, reflect life in a time of plague.
The new Netflix drama is all talk, but it has very little to say.
Activism, college admissions, and the high school to law enforcement pipeline all take center stage in terrific new nonfiction films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Fun but baffling, Ghibli’s first foray into 3D animation feels like Miyazaki Gorō’s unfinished homework assignment.
The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen’s experimental three-volume memoir, is a stunning portrait of addiction and ambition.
Her last book, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, tapped into what made the late writer an icon.
To be a true crime fan is to have a troubled dependence on the police.
Based on the bestselling novel, it’s a wry, blistering critique of inequality in India — and elsewhere.
“Every country has to build themselves up on propaganda.”
Regina King’s directorial debut follows Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, and Malcolm X over one night in 1964 — and their conversation rhymes with today.
Marvel’s buzzy new Disney+ series wraps an intriguing superhero mystery in throwback sitcom trappings.
Promising Young Woman, with a crackling performance from Carey Mulligan, never apologizes for finding the pleasure in revenge.
The documentary evokes the perspective of autistic people.
Housebound’s surly protagonist is fed up with her house arrest from day one. It’s the perfect 2020 mood.
Death to 2020’s most urgent 2020 commentary is that social media is ruining everything. Wow.
Bridgerton wants to explore consent while it ignores its own glaring consent issue.
Your year-end viewing sorted, from Wonder Woman 1984 to Pixar’s latest to Small Axe.
Nothing about the beloved Christmas rom-com comes off as romantic — at least, not in a way that doesn’t feel cheap.
The Star Wars spinoff series hides an obsession with spectacle in its stripped-down storytelling.
The newest from the animation studio combines jazz, comedy, and metaphysical inquiry in one glorious package.
Bridgerton tries to put a fresh perspective on historical romance, but it forgets to be interesting.
Mads Mikkelsen stars in an exhilarating movie that is far weightier than its premise implies.
The Netflix drama, adapted from August Wilson’s play, is a brilliantly damning tale of the blues and Black power.
The 25 greatest films from an unforgettable year.