The Year of the Slap: Pop culture moments in 2022
Taylor Swift was up. Elon Musk was in, out, in and maybe out again. Tom Cruise was back. BTS stepped aside, and so did Serena Williams, and Tom Brady, too...
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Documentary explores Anthony Bourdain's journey
There rarely are clear answers, anyway, and this film seems to want to be about a life, not a death. A fascinating life, parts of which will forever remain unknown.
‘Coming 2 America’ for the #MeToo world
It all feels like a 30th reunion — maybe because it IS one — where the liquor flows, old stories are rehashed, the men haven't aged quite as well as...
Getting personal about the Mideast peace effort
The film is full of such humanizing touches, not just about Arafat but about Israeli leaders and American ones, too. Like Bill Clinton, depicted here as a man on a...
Review: Chadwick Boseman’s final role is possibly his finest
A historical note: Ma Rainey, who died in 1939, was a groundbreaking Black singer from Georgia known as "Mother of the Blues." She's the only real-life character in Wilson's 10-play...
‘Sense of an Ending’ — remembering (and mis-remembering) the past
Jim Broadbent gives an effortlessly nuanced performance, and the supporting cast featuring such luminaries as Charlotte Rampling and Harriet Walter.