Flight Risk Is Not the Right Kind of DumbThis gimmicky thriller, directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg, starts falling apart almost as soon as it gets started.
ByAlison Willmore
movie review
Shouldn’t Nosferatu Be Scarier?Lily-Rose Depp stars in a vampire movie from The Witch director Robert Eggers that’s gorgeous and weirdly inert.
Thank the Cinema Gods, Mike Leigh Is BackHard Truths might be his funniest film in a long time, but as always, it’s the kind of laughter that comes with unnerving inevitabilities.
ByBilge Ebiri
tv review
Bury Me in The PittI powered through Max’s not-an-ER reboot with so much delight that I was annoyed when I had to pause to watch something ostensibly better.
The 2024 Very Specific TV AwardsBestowing high honors in the esteemed fields of fart-based communication, cringe-worthy pricks, and being Angela Bassett.
This Was the Year of Elevated TrashThere’s no shame in being a little trashy. Three of the year’s best movies are silly, soapy, or vulgar, but with a prestige sheen.
The 10 Best TV Needle Drops of 2024From righteous intensity to bittersweet nostalgia to unabashed horniness, these songs gave the scenes they soundtracked that little something extra.
BySophie Brookover
close read
The Ted Lasso-ing of ShrinkingBill Lawrence’s therapy dramedy didn’t start as a harmony-at-all-costs clone of his other TV shows. But it unfortunately became one.