Is It Finally Time to Watch ‘What…If?’ After Watching ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’?
I’m far from the only Marvel fan to have skipped What If…? when it first premiered last August on Disney+. While I have been keeping …
Nicole Ackman
From ‘Hamlet’ to ‘Belfast’: 10 Kenneth Branagh Movies and Where to Stream Them
When you think of modern Shakespeare, it’s impossible not to think of Kenneth Branagh. But the Belfast native has had a long and varied career …
Essential Guide to Sebastian Stan Movies (And Where to Stream Them)
Sebastian Stan is having a moment between the much-talked-about television series Pam & Tommy, the release of the spy thriller The 355, and the rave …
Interview: ‘Mass’ Producers J.P. Ouellette & Dylan Matlock on Fran Kranz’s Script and Its Catharsis
Fran Kranz’s Mass is one of the most striking films of 2021, as audiences are given an intimate look at two sets of parents dealing …
Review: ‘Call Jane’ Is a Disappointingly Surface-level Look at Abortion
The Jane Collective was an impressive group of women in Chicago in the decades before Roe v. Wade who helped thousands of women gain access …
Review: ‘Nightmare Alley’ Is Visually Stunning, but Emotionally Unengaging
Guillermo del Toro’s latest film immerses us into the shady world of a late 1930s traveling carnival. The neo-noir thriller Nightmare Alley begins and ends …
Review: ‘Don’t Look up’ Is a Hilarious, but All Too Familiar Look at the End of the World
After seeing the responses to climate change and Coronavirus, it’s not very hard to believe that many people would have a flippant or downright antagonistic …
Review: ‘the Power of the Dog’ Shows Us a New Side of Benedict Cumberbatch
From his villainous turn in Atonement to his ornery Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Benedict Cumberbatch is no stranger to thorny characters. He …
Review: ‘C’Mon C’Mon’ Is the Most Heartwarming Film of the Year
“He’s a whole little person,” Jesse’s mother warns her brother when he offers to take care of her son for a few days. But Johnny …
Review: ‘Tick, Tick…boom!’ Is a Beautiful Tribute to Theatre and Jonathan Larson Himself
In tick, tick…BOOM!, Jonathan says, “There’s not enough time.” The fear of not having enough time to accomplish everything within a person’s potential is a …
Review: ‘Passing’ Is a Gentle, but Nuanced Directorial Debut From Rebecca Hall
Passing opens with a woman shopping in the sweltering heat of New York City in the 1920s. Irene goes to a tea room in a …