‘Mr. Throwback’ review: The NBA’s Steph Curry stars in this mockumentary about hangers-on
Adam Pally plays a sports memorabilia dealer named Danny in need of money, so he seeks out his childhood friend-turned-NBA star Steph Curry.
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Column: The highlights and lowlights of watching the Olympics so far
We’re more than midway through the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and the games have been full of drama, both good and bad. Here’s a look from a TV critic’s...
Column: The allure of DVDs over streaming
Selecting a movie to watch via streaming doesn't come with the same anticipatory thrills that once accompanied browsing a video store's shelves or buying physical media. Why?
‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’ review: Newly discovered tapes from 1964 paint a riveting picture
Like HBO’s recent “Faye,” about Faye Dunaway, this is a celebrity documentary about another movie star, Elizabeth Taylor, that goes beyond hagiography
Column: Do movies have a message? (They do, whether studios like it or not)
The director of "Twisters" says no one in the movie says the words "climate change" because he doesn't think "films are meant to be message-oriented.”
‘Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose’ review: A soiled baseball great attempts to come clean
Banned from baseball for life after he was caught gambling on games, Pete Rose squirms and dodges through a reckoning in this four-part HBO documentary series.
‘Simone Biles Rising’ review: An elite gymnast untangles the twisties
Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where gymnast Simone Biles is set to compete, the two-part Netflix documentary dissects why she pulled out in 2020.
Column: Do we need movie stars?
Plenty of screen actors these days are successful but we don’t think of them as stars. Why is that, and what’s different from the era of De Niro and Dunaway?
‘Teen Torture, Inc.’ review: In the troubled teen industry, major profits and major allegations of abuse
The documentary "Teen Torture, Inc." on Max centers on survivors of programs that use "tough love" and abuse as methods to turn around wayward kids.
Column: Class and social status in the kitchen and ‘The Bear’
A Chicago sandwich joint switches to fine dining, but restaurants of all types are an ecosystem where class issues play out. How well — or not — does “The Bear”...