“Bridge of Spies” Features Spielberg, Hanks at Their Best
Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies” is a film one can only dream of making. Its vibrant characters, vivid cinematography, and ...
Arts & Culture
Second Stage’s “Spelling Bee” Puts Audience Under a Spell
Pre-pubescence is an awkward time, and not one that we tend to look back upon fondly. It lies smack in ...
Amy Schumer’s New Special Fails Its Creator
Amy Schumer is 2015’s Jennifer Lawrence: a celebrity whose rise to fame comes out of nowhere, but who quickly establishes ...
“Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” Melds Comedy with Horror
Just entering its second decade, the realm of YouTube can offer nearly anything. Some of those things are weirder than ...
Idiot Box: “You’re the Worst”
Written by Stephen Falk, FXX’s “You’re the Worst,” currently midway through its second season, might reductively be described as an ...
Harriet Opens Up Before Forthcoming Eclectic Performance
In an age where bands have steeped themselves in alternative hipsterdom, Los Angeles-based band Harriet adopts a more traditional mentality. ...
“Goosebumps” Delivers a Middling Combination of Laughs and Scares
With two starring roles in major projects this year, the HBO political satire “The Brink,” and the film “Goosebumps,” it ...
Daveed Diggs Turns Rap Political
It may be apparent given the number of articles I’ve published on the topic that I’ve become consumed by a ...
Idiot Box: “The Knick”
“The Knick,” which began its second season on Cinemax this past Friday, is not a show for the faint-hearted. This ...
Idiot Box: Fargo
Winter, when used correctly, can be wielded as an immensely powerful aesthetic. It also may be the year’s most emotionally ...