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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Offers Up the Pure Pleasure of Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman at Their Best
The performers are at their peak in the new Netflix adaptation of the August Wilson play
Wonder Woman 1984 Arrives When We Need Some Fun—But It Could Have Been More Than That
The sequel to the 2017 hit starring Gal Gadot feels too much like a dutiful version of more testosterone-fueled superhero movies
Lavish BBC Period Drama Meets Postcolonial India in Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy
Mira Nair knows how to throw a party
Aubrey Plaza Is Marvelous in the Otherwise Only Semi-Satisfying Black Bear
The semi-comedic cerebral thriller becomes something of a stunt, but Plaza is endlessly compelling
Who Was Selena? The New Netflix Series About the Singer Doesn’t Have a Clue
Maybe it was inevitable that 'Selena: The Series,' which covers much of the same material as the iconic 'Selena: The Movie' would disappoint.
The Undoing‘s Fatal Flaw Was Its Disrespect for Its Audience
The HBO series wrongly assumed its viewers weren't sophisticated enough to untangle our fondness for certain actors from our interpretations of their characters
The 5 Best New TV Shows Our Critic Watched in November 2020
From 'A Teacher' to 'The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City'
Hillbilly Elegy Condescends to the Very Characters It’s Trying to Champion
No matter how you feel about J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir, Ron Howard's movie cuts against its attempts to paint Vance's family as complicated, real people
Only ’90s Kids Will Understand How Depressing It Is to Watch Peacock’s Saved by the Bell Revival
As lighthearted and silly as it is, the revival turns out to be a weirdly poignant reminder of what a rough few decades millennials have had
In Steve McQueen’s Personal Small Axe: Mangrove, West Indian Immigrants Fight for Their Place in Great Britain
The first installment of the director's new anthology tells the true story of immigrants who protested racist police in early 1970s London
With A Promised Land, Obama Reminds Us He’s America’s Storyteller—And Holds Out Hope
Barack Obama knows how to tell a good story. He published his first memoir, Dreams from My Father, about his upbringing as the son of a Kansas-born mother and Kenyan father, at the age of 33. He entered the national political stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention with a rousing speech on the promise…
ABC’s Twisty, Mountainous Thriller Big Sky Is No Prestige Masterpiece, But It’s Still a Lot of Fun
The new thriller from 'Big Little Lies' creator David E. Kelley has plenty of problems. At least it's not boring