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‘A Different Man’ review: Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson play two sides of the same coin

‘A Different Man’ review: Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson play two sides of the same coin

April Klein, Arts & Life Assistant Editor October 14, 2024

Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man” is about its own creation. Around halfway through the film, the character of Ingrid Vold (Renate Reinsve) discusses the ethics of casting her theater production...

‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ review: Todd Phillips should be disbarred from the Director’s Guild of America

‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ review: Todd Phillips should be disbarred from the Director’s Guild of America

April Klein, Arts & Life Assistant Editor October 7, 2024

The end of the 2010s were the apex of superhero popularity: everything from “Avengers: Endgame” to “Shazam!” were at the forefront of pop culture’s interaction with cinema. The first “Joker”...

‘The Wild Robot’: The best DreamWorks movie in 13 years

‘The Wild Robot’: The best DreamWorks movie in 13 years

Finn Morse, Theater Beat Writer October 7, 2024

DreamWorks Animation has had a mixed output of quality since their inception. Its hit-or-miss tendency hasn't stacked up against the competition within the animation industry, with Pixar and Disney swiping...

'Megalopolis' review: A baffling, unhinged epic unlike anything before or since

‘Megalopolis’ review: A baffling, unhinged epic unlike anything before or since

Jake Panek, Film & TV Beat Writer September 30, 2024

Let’s cut to the chase: there has never been anything like “Megalopolis,” and there will never be anything like it. Maybe there shouldn’t be. After all, no Hollywood filmmaker has ever set the...

All eyes on the wise of heart: 'Inherit The Wind' at Goodman Theatre

All eyes on the wise of heart: ‘Inherit The Wind’ at Goodman Theatre

Finn Morse, Theater Beat Writer September 30, 2024

Many pairs of eyes and ears have witnessed the script of “Inherit the Wind,” a dramatic retelling of the Scopes Monkey Trial — the unprecedented historical trial in which a school teacher was arrested...

‘The Substance’ review: A wild, nauseating body horror facemelter

‘The Substance’ review: A wild, nauseating body horror facemelter

Jake Panek, Arts & Life Beat Writer September 23, 2024

Activate only once. Stabilize every day. Switch every seven days, without exception. The one and only thing not to forget: you are one. You can’t escape from yourself. These are the instructions given...

'The Outsiders' Review - Staying Gold at The Athenaeum

‘The Outsiders’ Review – Staying Gold at The Athenaeum

Finn Morse, Arts & Life Beat Writer September 23, 2024

With the breakout acclaim of its recent musical adaptation, a goldmine has been made of the classic American story “The Outsiders.” As fate would have it, a non-musical play adaptation by local...

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” review: A delightfully spooky return to form for Tim Burton

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” review: A delightfully spooky return to form for Tim Burton

Jake Panek, Arts & Life Beat Writer September 16, 2024

Not that I was alive (or at least conscious) to remember it, but there was a time where the words “Directed by Tim Burton” truly meant something. Seeing Burton’s name on a project used to immediately...

“I Saw the TV Glow” Review: Nostalgia and queer identity intersect in Jane Schoenbrun’s new psychological horror-drama.

“I Saw the TV Glow” Review: Nostalgia and queer identity intersect in Jane Schoenbrun’s new psychological horror-drama.

Robin Pett, Contributing Writer May 26, 2024

In the films of director Jane Schoenbrun, screens and the media displayed on them act as a separating force between the “real” world and the true identity of the characters within it. If Schoenbrun’s...

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