Stage Whisperer: Ariana DeBose’s Tonys Hat TrickThis week in theater news: Ariana will host the Tonys, Lempicka is giving Repo! The Generic Opera, and Bronies are an untapped Broadway audience.
Can TV Procedurals Save Streaming?Max and Netflix are making old-school hospital dramas from network veterans. Is this the next front in the streaming wars?
ByJosef Adalian
stand-up
No One Ends a Comedy Show Like Tig NotaroIn her specials and albums, the stand-up constantly pushes the boundaries of what audiences might expect from a closing joke.
Did We Really Need Kaiju to Get All Cute?Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire doesn’t deliver the giant-monster goods, but it does make its creatures disconcertingly adorable.
The Flattening of Bob Marley’s RadicalismThe biopic One Love continues a long tradition of downplaying the late reggae star’s lifelong commitment to the liberation of Black people.
ByLawrence Burney
pre-spoilers
What’s Next for 3 Body Problem?Liu Cixin’s book trilogy and season one’s hints comprise a map of where a potential second season may be headed.
3 Body Problem’s Imagination ProblemIn ignoring humanity’s wider reaction to the end of the world, the Netflix adaptation fails to find gravity in its final scene.