When an American Pursues Bulgarian DreamsIn The Black Sea, Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden co-direct a lovely ode to finding one’s place even when feeling out of place.
Haruki Murakami Has Lost the SauceTwo new works read more like fan fiction set in the extended Murakami universe than the thrillingly strange novels he’s famous for.
Look, I LaughedDeadpool & Wolverine isn’t particularly good. But it’s so determined to beat you down with its incessant irreverence that you might submit anyway.
Hugh Grant Was Born to Play the VillainGrant’s been terrific in recent years as characters of questionable moral standing, but his riveting turn in Heretic is something else entirely.
Teeth Is Back and Biting HarderAnna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson’s horror musical now has a gory splash zone, and it benefits from the extra layer of kitsch (and plastic).
ByJackson McHenry
theater review
A Big, Agnostic RagtimeCity Center’s revival blows the speakers out but says comparatively little.
