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Remembering the Founder of The New York Observer

Arthur Carter was devoted to quality, and he cared more about writers than their editorial opinions.

17.12.2025 30

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‘Truth & Treason’ Is a Sobering Drama About the Youngest Victim of the Third Reich’s Brutality

Director Matt Whitaker guides a perfect cast.

24.10.2025 10

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Emma Thompson Produces Her Own Career Nightmare In ‘Dead of Winter’

Like almost every other actor of renown in today's diminished world of second-rate movies, Emma Thompson is forced to face the challenge of inventing...

29.09.2025 10

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‘The Roses’ Is an Egregious Waste of Time and Talent

The film has a few moments of failed splendor but, overall, Jay Roach's remake of the 1989 smash is a complete yawn.

02.09.2025 10

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Jude Law Contributes Nothing But Full-Frontal Nudity in ‘Eden’

It's like one of those boring, incomprehensible Wes Anderson films that they make up, scene by scene, as they go along.

28.08.2025 10

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Elizabeth McGovern’s ‘AVA: The Secret Conversations’ Leaves the Best Stories Untold

It’s not a disaster, but any play about Ava Gardner that is this dull is definitely a disappointment.

11.08.2025 20

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‘My Mother’s Wedding’ Rises Above the Seasonal Sludge

Kristin Scott Thomas assembles a starry cast—including Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller—for her directorial debut, a heartfelt if uneven...

07.08.2025 10

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‘Four Letters of Love’ Delivers a Long, Damp Script to Nowhere

The director is Polly Steele, a lady with an unquenchable passion for long, lingering shots of wet beaches and dry emotions.

25.07.2025 10

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‘Sovereign’ Is a Fire Alarm for America’s Most Dangerous Family Values

A bloody, brainy debut about two fathers on opposite sides of the law, 'Sovereign' pits paranoia against authority in modern-day America.

10.07.2025 10

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‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Is a Roaring, Recycled Spectacle With Nothing New to Say

Thirty-two years after Jurassic Park, Hollywood’s favorite dinosaurs return for another round of nonsense—this time with flying raptors, heart...

03.07.2025 10

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‘Familiar Touch’ Is a Rare and Compassionate Work of Art

To miss it would be to overlook one of the most honest, heartfelt performances of this or any other year in motion picture history.

25.06.2025 10

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Review: Jean Smart Can’t Save the Overwrought and Underwritten ‘Call Me Izzy’

Smart deserves roles that deserve her. Izzy is not one of them.

13.06.2025 10

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Review: John Krasinski Grapples With Gender Politics and Modern Masculinity in ‘Angry Alan’

Penelope Skinner’s provocative script explores the emotional weight of identity and the shifting terrain of gendered expectations.

12.06.2025 10

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‘Just in Time’ Review: Jonathan Groff Ignites Broadway in a Dazzling Tribute to Bobby Darin

Jonathan Groff delivers a whirlwind, show-stopping performance that redefines what a Broadway star can be. Though the musical's biographical details...

29.04.2025 10

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‘Floyd Collins’ Review: Adam Guettel’s Best Work Still Lies Ahead

National treasure and Broadway's last great hope Adam Guettel is back onstage—but not with something new. Rex Reed reviews the revival with a wince...

22.04.2025 10

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The Story of an Extraordinary Woman, Played by an Extraordinary Deneuve

What could have been another dusty spousal biopic becomes a sly takedown of political ego, staged with couture precision. Léa Domenach delivers the...

16.04.2025 10

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‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Trades Tropes for Truth

In a season littered with sequels and soulless reboots, A Nice Indian Boy is that rare thing: a romantic comedy with actual charm and emotional...

16.04.2025 10

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‘Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Is a Love Letter in Two Acts—One Whispered, One Roared

Leaden direction and limp gags almost derail 'Sondheim’s Old Friends,' a tribute show that feels as uneven as it is ambitious. But with Bernadette...

09.04.2025 10

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Clooney Lights Up Broadway, but ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Flickers in the Footlights

Two decades after the film first flattered Oscar voters, 'Good Night, and Good Luck' returns—this time as a Broadway spectacle, complete with...

07.04.2025 10

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‘The Penguin Lessons’ Is a Waddling Delight

What begins as a melancholy expat's teaching stint in 1970s Buenos Aires morphs into a quietly powerful tale of friendship, fascism and feathered...

31.03.2025 9

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Review: Family Feuds and Plenty of Punchlines in ‘Conversations with Mother’

An endearing but inconsistent exploration of love, loss and motherly meddling.

25.02.2025 10

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If ‘Presence’ Proves Anything, It’s That Not Every Film Needs to Exist

The acting is so bad that it’s a favor to the cast not to mention any names.

11.02.2025 10

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