Cute Chaos: Penny Lane on “Happy And You Know It”
The documentarian discusses the curiously complex world of children’s music and her latest Music Box documentary.
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“The Pitt” Hasn’t Lost a Step in Confident Second Season
“The Pitt” hasn’t faltered at all to start its second intense season.
Land of Sin
It’s hard to justify watching this one over the scores of other, more interesting takes on the cold-blooded crime show out there.
Stranger Things: The Finale
Did the Duffers stick the landing and send these popular characters off in style? Yes and no.
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
A gripping, funny, insightful, and at times melancholic look at a comedy legend.
Run Away
A ludicrous assemblage of coincidences and nonsensical plot twists that only the most hardcore Harlanheads will be able to run with.
“Stranger Things” Hurtles to Its Series Finale with Second Volume of Fifth Season
The penultimate volume of “Stranger Things” almost feels nostalgic for itself.
Cover-Up
“Cover-Up” reveals, in the behavioral sense, the obsessiveness that makes an investigative journalist.
Breakdown: 1975
Little more than a rambling, undisciplined clip show that misfires as both history and entertainment.
Emily in Paris Season 5, but It’s Rome (Where She Wants To)
Deeply annoying and yet highly watchable.
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
The best TV shows of the last 12 months, and where to watch them.
Sophomore Season of Prime Video’s “Fallout” Gets a Bit Lost in the Desert
If it lacks direction, that displacement sometimes feels like a product of the story that’s being told.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
It’s an ambitious delight, a movie that doesn’t divide the faithful from the heretic but reminds them of their common needs.
Goodbye June
The whole film feels like a production of calling in favors, as the relatively hotshot cast it drew seems incongruent with its content.
HBO’s “Heated Rivalry” is the Sexiest and Most Significant Queer Show of the Year
A review of the Canadian drama, now a hit on HBO Max.
