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Saturday, March 14, 2026

'Their Town' Review: A Familiar but Lovely Coming-of-Age Tale from Katie Aselton and the Duplass Family by Tomilaffly

Between exploring new interests, engaging with new styles and making new friends, our young years are a searching pursuit of identity, and thus one of cinema's enduring topics. That quest is…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:50PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 5, 2026

'Fing!' Review: Roald Dahl Meets E.T. in Jeffrey Walker's Classical Tale of a Problem Child and Her Lovable Creature by Tomilaffly

In "Fing!," Jeffrey Walker's whimsical thing of wonder, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher and Maureen Meek (Blake Harrison and Mia Wasikowska) couldn't have been more aptly christened with that quirk…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:36PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York' Review: John Turturro Will Steal Your Heart in Noah Segan's Elegantly Tender Character Study by Tomilaffly

A melancholic affection for New York City permeates writer-director Noah Segan's nostalgia-powered "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York," a minor-key character study that quietly mourns a…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]
Sunday, January 25, 2026

'The Friend's House is Here' Review: A Touching Tale of Sisterhood Defiantly Celebrates Tehran's Underground Artists by Tomilaffly

Artists create not because they've been given permission to do so, but simply because they must. This certainty illuminates filmmaking duo Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei's Tehran-set dra…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:45AM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 14, 2025

'Went Up the Hill' Review: Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery Are an Exquisitely Haunted Pair in Austere Ghost Story by Tomilaffly

Maybe because so many of them were cautionary tales, but traditional nursery rhymes can be unnerving as hell when you unpack the meaning beneath the cheery tune. Among the strangest of them …

SOURCE: Variety at 07:33PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

'The Best You Can' Review: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Bring Warmth and Honesty to a Story About Aging and New Beginnings by Tomilaffly

One of the great misfortunes of human life is the fact that much of it is spent in a constant state of worry. Are we doing the right things to reach our potential? Is it too late to start so…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:25AM[SHARE]

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off