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The Flash

The Flash Review: A Smart Take on Time Travel, Undone by Desperate Fan Service

by Justin Clark
June 6, 2023

Instead of a raucous celebration, The Flash feels like a muted parade of regrets.

2023 Tony Award Predictions

2023 Tony Awards: Predicting the Likely Winners, from A Doll’s House to Kimberly Akimbo

by Ed Gonzalez
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Weathervanes

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Weathervanes Review: So Close Yet So Far

by Jeremy Winograd
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review: Breath of the Familiar

by Paul Attard

Film

Flamin’ Hot

Flamin’ Hot Review: Frito-Lay Celebrates Itself

by Ross McIndoe

Eva Longoria’s film is simply a 99-minute commercial for the Frito-Lay corporation.

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Blue Jean

Blue Jean Review: Georgia Oakley’s Fine-Grained Portrait of a Double Life in Thatcherite Britain

by Diego Semerene

Blue Jean more than ably exposes sexism and homophobia in British culture.

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Users

Users Review: Natalia Almada’s Lyrical Meditation on Technology’s Omnipresence

by Wes Greene

The film is inextricably bound to the very thing whose unstoppable creep worries Almada.

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Dalíland

Dalíland Review: Mary Harron’s Bannally Counterintuitive Portrait of a Surrealist Icon

by Jake Cole

The film renders Dalí’s final years with a self-negating blend of pity and devotion.

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Music

Christine and the Queens, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love

Christine and the Queens Paranoïa, Angels, True Love Review: A Multifaceted Manifesto for Love

by Eric Mason

The album is the culmination of the French singer’s ambitious approach to pop conventions.

Feeble Little Horse Girl with Fish Review: Amorphous Musical Mayhem

by Charles Lyons-Burt

The album is an economical calling card and the sound of a band coming into their own.

Jewel and Liz Phair

Pop Cosplay: When Liz Phair and Jewel Went Pop…and Rock Purists Lost Their Minds

by Sal Cinquemani

In 2003, both artists faced charges of “selling out” with pop albums which require no apologies.

Interviews

Celine Song on Implicating and Welcoming Audiences with 'Past Lives'

Interview: Celine Song on Implicating and Welcoming Audiences with Past Lives

by Marshall Shaffer
June 2, 2023

Song discusses the hard and soft skills she found indispensable running a set for the first time.

Mira Nair on 'Monsoon Wedding, The Musical'

Interview: Mira Nair on the Monsoon Wedding Musical and Capturing the Spirit of a Culture

by Gerard Raymond
Zachary Wigon on Embracing Artistry and Artifice in 'Sanctuary'

Interview: Zachary Wigon on Embracing Artistry and Artifice in Sanctuary

by Marshall Shaffer

TV

Cruel Summer

Cruel Summer Season Two Review: A Charmingly Hokey Teen Mystery

by Steven Scaife

Thrilling and cheesy in equal measure, the series breezes toward its finish as a particularly well-oiled drama.

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Survivor

Every Season of Survivor Ranked

by Jake Cole

In the two decades since it hit airwaves, Survivor has morphed from a “social experiment” into TV's most complex competition.

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Platonic

Platonic Review: Superficial Social Commentary Saved by Comic Chemistry

by Ross McIndoe

The series is far better when it focuses on its characters’ shenanigans than on social commentary.

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Games

Diablo IV

Diablo IV Review: A Hell of a Refinement

by Ed Gonzalez

Diablo IV pushes the series’s signature formula in thrilling directions.

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Amnesia: The Bunker

Amnesia: The Bunker Review: A Nerve-Wracking Experience That Hinges on a False Promise

by Steven Scaife

For better and worse, Amnesia: The Bunker is an intense game of resource management.

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Killer Frequency

Killer Frequency Review: A Golden Oldie

by Aaron Riccio

Killer Frequency is a delightfully gimmicky game with an outrageous horror-comedy premise.

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Lists

All 32 Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies Ranked

All 32 MCU Movies Ranked

by Slant Staff
May 7, 2023

On the occasion of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 ’s release, here’s a ranking of every MCU film.

Tori Amos, From the Choirgirl Hotel

Tori Amos’s From the Choirgirl Hotel at 25: Every Song Ranked

by Eric Mason Sal Cinquemani
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Winners Ranked

Every Cannes Palme d’Or Winner of the 21st Century Ranked

by Slant Staff

Video

Thelma & Louise

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Ridley Scott’s Thelma & Louise on the Criterion Collection

by Chris Cabin Ed Gonzalez

Thelma & Louise is a legitimately unique rethinking of genre structure.

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Targets

Blu-ray Review: Peter Bogdanovich’s Crime Thriller Targets on the Criterion Collection

by Eric Henderson

The film is a still-relevant portrait of America’s schizophrenic relationship with gun violence.

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Danza Macabra Volume One: Italian Gothic Collection

Review: Danza Macabra Volume One: Italian Gothic Collection on Severin Films Blu-ray

by Budd Wilkins

Severin cherry-picks four enjoyably atmospheric films in the Italian gothic mode.

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Theater

Bartlett Sher on Making 'Camelot' Sing Again and Being King Arthur

Interview: Bartlett Sher on Making Camelot Sing Again and Being King Arthur

by Gerard Raymond

Sher discusses how Camelot speaks to our current turbulent era of national politics.

Oliver!

Oliver! Review: Benjamin Pajak Leaves Audiences Wanting More in Lumpy Revival

by Dan Rubins

Never before has a boy triumphed more.

Prima Facie

Prima Facie Review: Jodie Comer Is Blistering in Suzie Miller’s Indictment of the Legal System

by Dan Rubins

Comer’s Tessa wins the case for Suzie Miller’s play as urgent, necessary theater.

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