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  1. kingdom of dreams
    The 2024 Oscars Closed the GatesThis year’s Academy Awards turned on the charm and turned away from anything uncomfortable, even as protests raged outside.
    By Alison Willmore
  2. movie review
    Oppenheimer Is a Tragedy of Operatic GrandeurChristopher Nolan’s movie about the invention of the atomic bomb is almost too big to wrap your head around.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. theater review
    The Old-Weird-America Pleasures of Dead OutlawFrom the team behind The Band’s Visit, another musical that is more than meets the eye.
    By Sara Holdren
  4. movie review
    Is Poor Things the Best We Can Do for Female Sexuality Onscreen?Emma Stone fully commits to a banal rendition of faux-feminist sexual freedom.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  5. movie review
    Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz Drama Borders on the UnwatchableThe shock of Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning Auschwitz drama is not in the graphic terrors it depicts, but in what it doesn’t show.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  6. movie review
    Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a StepBack from temporary retirement, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, The Boy and the Heron, is a reminder of what makes him an animation legend.
    By Alison Willmore
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    We’re Going to Be Talking About American Fiction All Awards Season LongCord Jefferson’s directorial debut, American Fiction, is a sharp comedy about racial commodification anchored by a terrific Jeffrey Wright.
    By Alison Willmore
  8. movie review
    Wonka … Is Pretty Good?Look, I’m as surprised as you are.
    By Alison Willmore
  9. movie review
    Netflix’s Damsel Is Sweaty, Snarly, Slithery FunMillie Bobby Brown might have the lead role in the new fantasy thriller, but the dragon steals the show.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  10. theater review
    Doubt Returns in a Traditionalist ProductionJohn Patrick Shanley’s dialogue still packs heat, but the fire’s been turned down this time.
    By Sara Holdren
  11. theater review
    Feeling the Illinoise, This Time Through MovementSufjan Stevens’s album becomes a transcendent theater-dance-music piece.
    By Sara Holdren
  12. movie review
    Problemista Could Use a Little Less Tilda SwintonAnd how often can you say that?
    By Alison Willmore
  13. movie review
    Adam Sandler Is All Wrong for SpacemanSandler plays a Czech astronaut. Paul Dano plays a giant spider from outer space that comes out of his nose. This movie should have been a lot better.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  14. theater review
    Brooklyn Laundry’s Drama Has Been Worn to DeathJohn Patrick Shanley’s play needs a little starch.
    By Jackson McHenry
  15. theater review
    In The Ally, Impossible Conversations We’re All HavingItamar Moses’s drama about a lefty Israeli American caught up in the complexity of pro-Palestine academia is confident and eloquent in its humility.
    By Sara Holdren
  16. opera review
    At the Met, Great Voices and Overwrought Choices in La Forza del DestinoSoprano Lise Davidsen knows what’s needed here; director Mariusz Treliński does not.
    By Justin Davidson
  17. movie review
    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Doesn’t Give a Damn That the DC Universe Is EndingWinningly goofy but blemished by behind-the-scenes tinkering, The Lost Kingdom is disappointing in the usual sequel way.
    By A.A. Dowd
  18. theater review
    Fiasco’s Smooth-Sailing PericlesAn affable, legible take that intermittently sings.
    By Sara Holdren
  19. theater review
    Cynthia Nixon Does Anything But Vanish in The Seven Year DisappearShe and Taylor Trensch lead an ambitious, if rangy, survey of mother-son dynamics.
    By Jackson McHenry
  20. theater review
    Tobias Menzies and Aerina DeBoer in The Hunt.
    Through a Glass, Familiarly: The HuntIn this adaptation of a Danish thriller, almost all the characters conform to movie-trope behavior and movie-trope actions.
    By Sara Holdren
  21. movie review
    Let the Hypnotic, Caustic Beauty of About Dry Grasses Consume YouDirector Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes award winner is one of the best films of this or any other year.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  22. theater review
    Encores! Jelly’s Last Jam
    The Jazz Age Re-reborn: At Encores!, Jelly’s Last JamFrom tap to vocals, an astonishing achievement for such a short run.
    By Jackson McHenry
  23. theater review
    Sunset Baby’s Troubled Children of the RevolutionDominique Morisseau’s play looks at the time after revolutionary fire is reduced to a simmer.
    By Sara Holdren
  24. movie review
    Unfortunately, Madame Web Is Bad in a Boring WayDakota Johnson seems to give up halfway through this latest superhero movie, which drags through the middle and is inept by the end.
    By Alison Willmore
  25. theater review
    Alone in the Dark: I Love You So Much I Could Die and On Set With Theda BaraTwo solo shows, looking to make the most of limited resources—and one, at least, soars.
    By Sara Holdren
  26. movie review
    There’s a Great Movie to Be Made About Bob Marley. One Love Is Not It.You’ll leave knowing less about Marley than you did going in.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  27. theater review
    Two Queens (and Some Dancing): The ApiaryVirtuosic performances in a play that can’t quite get airborne.
    By Sara Holdren
  28. movie review
    The Iron Claw Should Be Even SadderZac Efron, Harris Dickinson, and Jeremy Allen White star in the story of a tragic wrestling family that holds its subjects at arm’s length.
    By Alison Willmore
  29. theater review
    Reviews: Onstage, Trauma Times 3Reviews of Munich Medea, Self Portraits (DELUXE), and you don’t have to do anything.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. super bowl
    Usher Rolls Out the Complete R&B ExperienceThe Atlanta legend’s halftime show was a message to never doubt him again.
    By Craig Jenkins
  31. theater review
    Too Too Solid: Eddie Izzard’s HamletThe British comedian, so deft on a standup stage, has a go at Shakespeare—and tightens up.
    By Sara Holdren
  32. movie review
    The Taste of Things Is Ravishing, Delectable, and Maybe Even a Little RadicalStarring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel, Tran Anh Hung’s film immediately joins the pantheon of great food movies.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  33. theater review
    Oh, Mary! The Play Was Hilarious, Mrs. LincolnCole Escola goes berserk as the First Lady.
    By Jackson McHenry
  34. theater review
    The Trouble With Trolls, in Russian Troll FarmSarah Gancher’s play takes us to the bunker where disinformation begins its journey.
    By Sara Holdren
  35. theater review
    We’re in This Together: Bark of Millions and The Following EveningA maximalist performance and a quiet, inward-looking play—both, somehow, about creative legacy and earthly mystery.
    By Sara Holdren
  36. movie review
    Under the Fig Trees Lets Its Women Talk BackThe Tunisian film is a beautifully shot exploration of love, life, and labor.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  37. theater review
    Editorial Notes on The Connector“Can we get more specific in this section right here?”
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. tv review
    On Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry Is Forever Going to LarryHBO’s longest-running scripted series is going out exactly as it started: with more examples of petty behavior than you ever dreamed possible.
    By Jen Chaney
  39. theater review
    Quiet Obsessions, Unplugged: Aberdeen and The Animal KingdomA verse play about Kurt, and a therapy play about hurt.
    By Sara Holdren
  40. movie review
    Mads Mikkelsen’s Cold, Hard Stare Awaits Us in the Epic Promised LandI cannot adequately express to you how perfect Mikkelsen is in this role; that sensuous frown of his has infinite layers.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  41. theater reviews
    Dramatizing Desire and Addiction in Jonah and The White ChipA twisty, emotional drama and a straight-down-the-line recovery comedy.
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. movie review
    How to Have Sex Is a Journey Through Euphoria and DreadDirected by Molly Manning Walker, the film’s elliptical style has the quality of a dark, fragile memory.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  43. movie review
    Wim Wenders Has Been Trying to Make Perfect Days His Whole LifeThe director’s latest is probably the best film he’s made since Until the End of the World.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Argylle Delivers Twisty-Turny Tedium, But Its Action Scenes Are GreatMatthew Vaughn might not be able to tell a story, but he can choreograph some wild mayhem.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. movie review
    The Greatest Night in Pop Is a Huge Blast of Gen-X NostalgiaNetflix’s new documentary about the making of “We Are the World” will be hard to resist for a lot of us.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  46. theater review
    Soaring Voices and Plastic Plants in Days of Wine and RosesKelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James at peak vocal power.
    By Sara Holdren
  47. movie review
    Pictures of Ghosts and the Images That Outlive Us AllThe beguiling new film from Bacurau’s Kleber Mendonça Filho is a meditation on place, film, and time passing.
    By Alison Willmore
  48. movie review
    Tótem Throws a Goodbye Party You’ll Never Want to LeaveDirector Lila Avilés’ extraordinary family drama is in the vein of party films like Monsoon Wedding and Rachel Getting Married.
    By Alison Willmore
  49. sundance 2024
    The Chilling War Game Shows Us What America’s Next Insurrection Might Look LikeAnyone who witnessed the real January 6 will find their stomach in knots, though admittedly some of us have had our stomachs in knots for years now.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  50. sundance 2024
    Kieran Culkin Is a Mercurial Pleasure in A Real PainJesse Eisenberg’s charming Sundance breakout moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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