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Othello and Iago, a Marriage Made in Both Heaven and Hell

Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that easy to call.

By Ben Brantley

You don’t have to know an orc from a Mumakil to enjoy the new animated adventure, though it’ll certainly help.

By Sarah Bahr

In the new film “The Critic,” he plays the titular acid-tongued reviewer in 1930s Britain, who is terrified of being outed as gay.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Ian McKellen stars as a drama critic in 1930s London who has much higher standards for the theater than for his own professional ethics.

By Ben Kenigsberg