Friends struggle to make sense of romance, purpose and family in this meandering drama.Friends struggle to make sense of romance, purpose and family in this…
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‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: Portraits of Autism
Adapted from Naoki Higashida’s book of the same title, this documentary, from Jerry Rothwell, shares portraits of five nonspeaking autistic people on four continents.Adapted from…
View More ‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: Portraits of Autism‘Blizzard of Souls’ Review: A Soldier’s Tale From the Front
This beautifully shot film from Latvia displays too much good taste when depicting the horrors of World War I.This beautifully shot film from Latvia displays…
View More ‘Blizzard of Souls’ Review: A Soldier’s Tale From the Front‘Grizzly II: Revenge’ Review: Bear Atrocity
Completed after almost four decades in limbo, this unerringly awful sequel places a killer bear in a park filled with clueless concertgoers.Completed after almost four…
View More ‘Grizzly II: Revenge’ Review: Bear AtrocityThere’s Dance All Over, No Matter Where You Look
(TKTK)Live dance may largely be on hold, but there’s still beauty and catharsis outside of theaters, in the movements we encounter every day. We asked…
View More There’s Dance All Over, No Matter Where You LookBeethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ Doesn’t Deserve Your Eye Rolls
It is overplayed all over pop culture. But the pianist Igor Levit says it is “one of the most beautiful pieces I know.”It is overplayed…
View More Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ Doesn’t Deserve Your Eye RollsThis Time, He Stars In His Own Story
Gabriel Byrne, known for his contemplative performances in “The Usual Suspects” and “In Treatment,” contends with his unlikely path to acting in his memoir, “Walking…
View More This Time, He Stars In His Own StoryA Comic Novel, a Mystery, a Love Story, a Melodrama — All About Words
Eley Williams’s first novel, “The Liar’s Dictionary,” is a hilarious and clever homage to the power of words, both real and imagined.Eley Williams’s first novel,…
View More A Comic Novel, a Mystery, a Love Story, a Melodrama — All About WordsErnest Cline Was ‘Raised by Screens.’ Look How Well He Turned Out!
With “Ready Player Two,” the novelist goes back to the future he created in “Ready Player One.”With “Ready Player Two,” the novelist goes back to…
View More Ernest Cline Was ‘Raised by Screens.’ Look How Well He Turned Out!Stephen Colbert Goes ‘Unexpectedly Live’
“It’s a horrifying day that will go down in U.S. history, however much longer that is,” Colbert said after President Trump incited a mob of…
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