The Critics
“Sing Sing” Puts a Prison Theatre Program in the Spotlight
Greg Kwedar’s film, starring Colman Domingo and Clarence (Divine Eye) Maclin, brings us deep—though not deep enough—into the process of rehabilitation through art.
By Justin Chang
Clairo Believes in Charm as an Aesthetic and Spiritual Principle
The artist discusses her new album, moving upstate, and the wallop and jolt of romantic connection.
By Amanda Petrusich
The Seditious Writers Who Unravel Their Own Stories
“Consent,” by Jill Ciment, and “Change,” by Édouard Louis, revisit the past with an eye for distortion and error.
By Parul Sehgal
Norman Maclean Didn’t Publish Much. What He Did Contains Everything
You could read his literary output in a single day, yet it includes almost all there is to know about what the English language can do.
By Kathryn Schulz
Briefly Noted
“The Silence of the Choir,” “In Tongues,” “Woman of Interest,” and “The Museum of Other People.”
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Scabrous Satire of the Super-Rich
In “Long Island Compromise,” wealth is a curse. Or is that just what we’d like to think?
By Jennifer Wilson
Ivan Cornejo’s Mexican American Heartache
“Regional Mexican” music is booming, but one young singer is in no mood to celebrate.
By Kelefa Sanneh
Kevin Costner’s “Horizon” Goes West but Gets Nowhere
The actor-director’s three-hour Western, the first installment of a planned tetralogy, rushes through its many stories and straight past American history.
By Richard Brody
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” Lands on Its Feet
The directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch cross Andrew Lloyd Webber’s juggernaut musical with queer ballroom culture to electrifying effect.
By Helen Shaw
“The Boys” Gets Too Close for Comfort
The Amazon Prime series started as a fantastical, darkly funny sendup of the superhero genre. Now it’s set in a political landscape that looks distressingly like our own.
By Inkoo Kang