Review of all the short films at the Oscars 2026: What should win?
The Oscar-nominated short films are divided into three categories and many themes, styles and temperaments. It is further evidence that…
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'The Love That Remains' review: Icelandic domestic drama reinvents the form
The beautiful, quirky and melancholic “The Love That Remains,” by Icelandic filmmaker Hylnur Pálmason (“Godland”), begins with a bracing shot…
Collaborator: Jimmy Kimmel and the threat that the comedy raises to the autocrats
The abrupt suspension of the night show of the comedian's night Jimmy Kimmel in ABC might seem the slightest of…
Review of 'M3Gan 2.0': robots are aware of themselves and so are the laughs
“M3Gan 2.0” is another brilliant showcase for its violent antiheroin, an artificially intelligent doll with little consideration for human life.…
Op-comic: humor is a comfort to grow
As my daughter becomes more of her own person apart from me, I see that my sense of humor is…
Opinion: People made fun of Jimmy Carter. I was lucky he made fun of me.
Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, is the first presidential candidate I remember publicly expressing an opinion about. As it turned…
Roy Wood Jr. wants to fill the comedy void with 'Have I Got News for You'
When Roy Wood Jr. played sports in high school, he spent a lot of time warming the bench, an experience…
With 'Colored Television', Danzy Senna offers us a cultural critique that makes us laugh out loud
Book review Color Television: A Novel By Danzy SennaRiverhead: 288 pages, $29If you purchase books linked on our site, The…
The reason HBO's 'House of the Dragon' seems like a flop
I’m two seasons into HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” and here’s what I know: Before “Game of Thrones,” Westeros had…
For 'Ghosts' star Martine, Vanesja is a part of her personality
On a show that features guest appearances by the likes of Emma Stone, Bowen Yang, Amy Sedaris and Aidy Bryant,…