Happy Twentieth Anniversary, “The School of Rock!”
Twenty years ago today, Richard Linklater’s The School of Rock was released. Jack Black put on a bow tie, walked into a prep school, and told a bunch of fourth…
“Only Murders in the building” Season 3 review
Well, the Upper West Side trio has solved the latest murder mystery. Are you satisfied?
Happy Twentieth Anniversary, “The Station Agent!”
Twenty years ago today, Tom McCarthy's The Station Agent was released. Fin is a quiet bachelor with dwarfism living in Hoboken, New Jersey. He works away from the public eye…
Happy Thirtieth Anniversary, “The Age of Innocence!”
Thirty years ago today, Martin Scorsese upended viewers’ expectations with the premiere of a new addition to his canon: The Age of Innocence, adapted from Edith Wharton’s 1920 Pulitzer Prize-winning…
“Job” reviewed
Max Wolf Friedlich wastes no time establishing the stakes — life or death — in Job, his taut and verbally lacerating two-person drama now making its world premiere at SoHo…
“Flora and Son” reviewed
Irish director John Carney has made a name for himself as a storyteller with a heart for feel-good, romantic movies, often using music to unite his characters. His latest creation,…
Melissa Etheridge in Two Acts: “My Window” reviewed
Towards the first-act end of Melissa Etheridge: My Window, the woman whom Island Records founder Chris Blackwell called the “new face of rock ‘n’ roll” in 1988 reprises one of…
In Appreciation: Dianne Feinstein
When Senator Dianne Feinstein died Thursday at 90, she had already settled her legacy. She spent her last months in office despite cognitive decline and failing health. The ghoulish spectacle of her recent…
Delta Dawn: “Swing State” reviewed
Swing State, set in the summer of 2021 during the Covid pandemic, makes its chief claim to contemporaneity in its concern for topics of current environmental importance; these offer a…
In Appreciation: Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor who drew acclaim from both audiences and peers for his stage and screen work, and who won even wider renown as Albus Dumbledore, the firm…