Review: ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ follows the trail of a Brazilian jazz giant’s murder
The story of Francisco Tenório Júnior is told in an animated movie that blends fact and fiction, as well as music and in-depth investigation.
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Column: ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ composer Adam Guettel had the challenge of putting addiction to music
Does addiction have a sound? Popular culture and several of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, from Charlie Parker to Bill Evans and back, say yes. It does. Many, in fact....
‘Mea Culpa’ review: In Tyler Perry’s Chicago, attorney-client privileges include sex and painting lessons
Attorney Mea keeps it strictly business with her artist client for a scene or two. Then we move on to the candlelit finger painting.
‘Drive-Away Dolls’ review: Lesbians on a tear, chased by criminals and partying like it’s 1999
Set in 1999, director/co-writer Ethan Coen's "Drive-Away Dolls" is out for a sex-positive, violence-positive good time. It has the cast. But the spirit's missing.
‘Dune: Part Two’ review: Sand-filled vision of Arrakis continues to work on a massive scale
"Dune: Part Two" has all the astonishments and some of the narrative sags of the 2021 film. It also has Austin Butler as a killer adversary.
Column: A new book on Blaxploitation movies celebrates it all, from Pam Grier to ‘Black Belt Jones’
Author Odie Henderson on Blaxploitation movies: "Like anything starting underground, once it goes mainstream it's going to be destroyed."
Review: In ‘The Taste of Things,’ a sumptuous romance with Juliette Binoche and one great meal after another
When the last bite of breakfast omelette transitions immediately into Eugénie's preparations for a grand luncheon, you may enter a sort of fugue state of culinary envy.
Review: ‘Bob Marley: One Love,’ a musical biopic periodically saved by Lashana Lynch
In "Bob Marley: One Love," the reggae giant remains more of a cipher than an enigma, while Lashana Lynch's Rita Marley emerges triumphant.
‘Madame Web’ review: An itsy-bitsy spider of a Marvel hopeful
Dakota Johnson stars as New York paramedic Cassie Webb, the central figure in Sony's attempt to get a new franchise going. Best of luck.
Hits and misses from the 2024 Super Bowl commercials
Love that Dunkin' Affleck sequel! But the Squarespace UFO invasion? Some high and low points from Sunday's Super Bowl of advertising.