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A History Museum Shows How China Wants to Remake Hong Kong
A new exhibit calls for the city’s residents to be patriotic, loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and ever vigilant to supposed threats to the state.
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Russia Quashes Deadly Prison Mutiny by Islamist Inmates
The revolt is the latest in a series of terrorist attacks in Russia claimed by Islamic militants.
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Intuit Dome: Where Art Competes With Hot Dogs, Beer and Busy Fans
At the impressive new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, new artworks foster a community spirit. But there are no outright slam dunks here.
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The Hidden Splendors of Cleveland’s Museums
It’s not too late to enjoy some lake weather in Cleveland, where the ice cream is fabulous and there’s never any shortage of art to see — let our critic tell you where.
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13 Films Illuminate Locarno Film Festival’s Columbia Pictures Retrospective
The hardest part about attending a film festival strictly as a critic, is knowing you have little chance of seeing the wealth of retrospective titles programmed. It’s just so difficult to divide your time away from the newer titles, mostly because, quite frankly, those pay the bills. Often you just hope your local repertory movie…
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Decoded
The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of reasons, mostly in spite of its conventional and hackneyed depiction of a troubled mathematician who deciphers encrypted messages for the mainland army. For starters, “Decoded” provides a dramatic change of pace for two marquee-worthy names: soft-spoken heart-throb Liu Haoran, who takes an unusual…
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The Becomers
Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think too deeply about. Science fiction movies can do the same, but in a more exaggerated fashion, revealing the surreal eeriness of the “normal.” You can see this dynamic on display in “The Becomers,” writer-director Zach Clark’s movie about extraterrestrials coming to earth and assuming the bodies…
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Apple TV+’s Pachinko Expands Its Narrative Palate For An Emotional Season Two
One of the shining jewels of Apple TV+’s lavish yet underseen output—”Ted Lasso” and “Severance” aside—”Pachinko” stood out in 2022 as one of the most layered, complex shows on the streamer. An epic, novelistic tapestry woven through generations of a Korean family’s struggle through Japanese occupation, cultural assimilation, and all manner of personal boondoggles. While…
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The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its first hour, Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” is a bubbly, melodramatic story about the multi-decade friendship shared by three Black women. Based on Edward Kelsey Moore’s same-titled novel, the comedy zigs—despite its name, it’s not actually about the musical group—and zags…
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Scientists Made a List of Lost Birds and Now They Want Us to Find Them
Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild.