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‘On the Sea’ Review: A Piercingly Observed Queer Love Story Set in a Hyper-Masculine Welsh Fishing Community
"On the Sea" centers a tender queer romance within the unforgiving landscape of a Welsh fishing village, where hypermasculinity dominates and intimacy…
‘Act One’ Review: Acting Is Overreacting in Sophia Takal’s Intriguingly Off-Kilter Psychodrama
Sophia Takal's "Act One" presents a deliberately uncomfortable psychodrama that questions the nature of performance itself and the desperation actors …
‘One Day: The Musical’ Secures West End Transfer, Jamie Muscato in Talks to Star (Exclusive)
"One Day: The Musical" will move to London's West End following its successful run, with Jamie Muscato in active negotiations to reprise his role as D…
‘Mineshaft’ Review: A Riveting Look at the Times, the Torment, and the Very Real Murder That Inspired William Friedkin’s ‘Cruising’
Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary "Mineshaft" traces a dark line from a real 1977 murder to William Friedkin's infamous 1980 thriller "Cruising." The film…
Olivia Rodrigo Trades Pop-Punk for New Wave — and Angst for True Love (for Half an Album) — in the Excellent ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’: Review
Olivia Rodrigo delivers her third consecutive career-defining album with "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love," a project that finds the Disney-…
The Craft of the ‘Lord of the Flies’ Gave Its Actors, Camera, and Score an Edge
Luca Guadagnino's "Lord of the Flies" remake strips away the theatrical posturing of William Golding's source material to create something rawer and m…