One of the last premiere parties of the Broadway season felt a little on the nose. The Great Gatsby, a ballad-belting, pyrotechnic glow-up of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American tragedy with two onstage cars and a budget approaching $25 million, celebrated its official opening on Apr... More »
Many thanks to Bridgerton (and specifically Sarah L. Thompson, who wrote this episode) for the full-on rom-com goodness we’re getting here. Nicola Coughlan is nailing the comedy (no surprise for our Derry Girl, but it still must be said) and Luke Newtown is nailing the art of the swoon —... More »
What good news, friends: Our esteemed lords and ladies have fled their country estates and returned to London all revved up to get their marriage mart on. They are, as we are well aware, revved up to get other things on, too, but this is the beginning of the season and everyone has to keep up app... More »
Abbott Elementary’s students and teachers may have crowned the Smith Memorial Playground outing the best field trip ever, but the episode doesn’t quite live up to its predecessors. The storyline is fairly clichéd — a petty playground competition brings out the childlike tendencies of the teachers... More »
To experience the Cannes Film Festival, one cannot merely read about it. You have to watch Mr. Bean’s Holiday, too. Seriously folks, the media maelstrom of Cannes is wild, and this fest is particularly known for wildin’ out in one particular way: weirdly long standing ovations. (Also More »