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One of the most difficult challenges in show business is a Broadway musical, with original songs that illuminate the characters and move the storyline forward. But Tony-nominated Josh Gad (“The Book of Mormon”), best known to...

The critical rehabilitation of Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 “Showgirls” continues apace with “You Don’t Nomi,” a documentary that wants to appear inventive but too often comes off as affected, directed by Jeffrey McHale.  Some of you may...

Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten Island” is designed to elevate the personality and career of Pete Davidson in much the same way “Knocked Up” played to Seth Rogen’s skill set and “Trainwreck” made Amy Schumer...

“The King of Staten Island” marks the first narrative feature from director Judd Apatow in five years, continuing his interest in not just promoting rising comedians as he did with Amy Schumer and “Trainwreck” or producing Kumail Nanjiani’s...

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A woman sits alone at a table in a courtroom. Over the course of a divorce proceeding—and for years before that—she’s had her worth, her intelligence, her moral code, her abilities as a mother and her...

The only crime here is cinematic. It’s not often one sees a film as vile, ugly, and deeply incompetent as Olivier Megaton’s “The Last Days of American Crime.” Completely buried by Netflix—they didn’t send screeners and...

There’s a small moment in “Shirley,” directed by Josephine Decker, which is a perfect metaphor for Shirley Jackson’s brand of literary horror. Jackson (Elizabeth Moss) sits on a couch at a faculty party, staring with hatred...

I listened to the first track of an early score by the composer Johann Johannsson and it made me cry. The intro track. The one that’s supposed to just set the stage. I found it so beautiful and mournful,...

One might, if uninformed, look at this movie’s opening credit, “An Adams Family Film,” and chortle “didn’t you drop a ‘d’ there?” But yes, Virginia; there is a real one-d Adams family: John Adams, his partner...