

Wesley Morris
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Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat.
At home in California, Streisand talks about her new memoir, exploring the movies and men of her life, and her determination to control her own...

‘The Holdovers’ Review: Three Sad Souls Stranded for Christmas
Alexander Payne’s jaunt to the past, with Paul Giamatti playing a curmudgeonly instructor at a 1970s boarding school, is crackling with pungent life.

Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ Movie Review: Look What We Made Her Do
Swift’s cultural phenomenon arrives on the big screen with lots of little revelations, along with some what-could-have-beens.

How Hip-Hop Conquered the World
Fifty years ago, a party in the Bronx jumpstarted an essential American artform. For decades the genre has thrived by explaining the country to itself.

Aaron Rodgers Is Now a Jet (and Becoming a New Yorker, Too)
The Jets’ starting quarterback has thrown himself into the culture of his new professional home before he’s thrown a single pass.

‘Wham!’ Review: They Made It Big, Then Broke Up
A new movie documents George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s storming of the pop airwaves as the duo Wham! and laughs past the thorny questions.

‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Review: She Can’t Handle the Truth
The director Nicole Holofcener’s characters are known for their brazen honesty. But it’s dishonesty that drives her new film, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Tina Turner: Tornado. Treasure. There Was Nobody Like Her.
She enthralled the masses like she was a wonder of the world, bringing her singular electricity to songs about survival, freedom and bravery. It’s hard...

‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: Disney’s Renovations Are Only Skin Deep
Disney’s live-action remake, with Halle Bailey starring as Ariel and a diverse cast, is a dutiful corrective with noble intentions and little fun.

‘Fast X’ Review: Drivers Wanted. Again.
Twenty-two years and nine sequels in, the “Fast and Furious” franchise is finding it hard to keep the thrill alive.