Three children embark on a mystical journey in this charming but shapeless first feature. Source link
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‘William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill’ Review: Living Long
The line between star and character gets thoroughly blurred in “William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill,” a profile documentary that treats Shatner, the sole interviewee, as if he were as polished as Capt. James T. Kirk — as opposed to merely being the durable, hard-working actor who played him
‘Shirley’ Review: A Woman Who Contained Multitudes
Shirley Chisholm was an American heroine who challenged simplistic political narratives of victory and defeat. Though her most famous effort — her bid for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 1972 — wasn’t successful, it was one chapter in a life’s worth of grit and innumerable wins, only a few
Review: In Charles Busch’s ‘Ibsen’s Ghost,’ a Widow’s Work is Never Done
Like “Oh, Mary!,” Cole Escola’s hysterical take on Mary Todd Lincoln, Charles Busch’s “Ibsen’s Ghost” follows a notable woman of yore — Suzannah Ibsen, the wife of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen — whose corseted unknowability is mined for mischief. Subtitled “An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy,” this Primary Stages production, in
Review: ‘3 Body Problem’ Is a Galaxy-Brained Spectacle
The aliens who menace humankind in Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” believe in doing a lot with a little. Specifically, they can unfold a single proton into multiple higher dimensions, enabling them to print computer circuits with the surface area of a planet onto a particle smaller than a pinprick. “3
Review: An Affair to Dismember, in the Gory Musical ‘Teeth’
The real source of Dawn’s terror, though, is not familial or theocratic but erotic. Though the song she sings with her hunky boyfriend (Jason Gotay) is a sweet midtempo number called “Modest Is Hottest,” their sublimated lust is barely sub. And when even her gay bestie (Jared Loftin) turns out
Review: Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People,’ Starring Jeremy Strong
Dissent is necessary to democracy, sure. But how much does it cost? That’s the fundamental question posed by Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” — and, in highly dramatic fashion, by the preview I attended of its latest Broadway revival. At that performance, on Thursday, just as the play
Review: ‘The Shell Trial’ Seeks a Guilty Party in Climate Change
The climate activist was tired. Protests at the house of Shell’s chief executive had led to little more than free cookies and the police being called to break things up. The same thing had happened the week before. And the week before that. And the week before that. “I don’t
‘Stormy’ Review: Trials and Travails
A new documentary on Stormy Daniels traces how fame, frenzy and legal battles involving a former president upended her life. Source link
‘Winterreise’ Review: Hiding a Roiling Grief
It was a performance of hard-won wisdom. When the eminent pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the tenor Mark Padmore teamed up for Schubert’s “Winterreise” on Friday at Zankel Hall, they brought the maturity of hindsight to a genre-defining work of young, unrequited love. The concert was part of Uchida’s Perspectives series