More from Robyn Bahr
Critic’s Appreciation: Phil Donahue Transformed Daytime Television, and the Culture Wars Along With It
The intrepid host reinvented the talk show genre, boldly normalizing ostensibly scandalous subjects and cultural entities.
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‘1-800-ON-HER-OWN’ Review: Dull Ani DiFranco Doc Sheds Little Light on a Music Legend
Premiering at Tribeca, Dana Flor's ode to the folk-rock singer focuses more on her current career predicaments than her popular appeal.
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‘Witches’ Review: Self-Serious Doc Links Women’s Mental Health With the Ethereal
Director Elizabeth Sankey posits a dubious connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering in this documentary bowing at Tribeca.
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‘Sabbath Queen’ Review: Awe-Inspiring Doc Examines the Life of a Radical Queer Rabbi
Director Sandi DuBowski ('Trembling Before G-d') chronicles Amichai Lau-Lavie, a drag queen and subversive Jewish storyteller who chooses to become a conservative rabbi.
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‘Glitter & Doom’ Review: Indigo Girls Jukebox Musical Is Prosaically Quirky
Tom Gustafson's queer pop-disco romance imagines a circus performer and a singer-songwriter falling in love in Mexico City.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (So Far)
Over the course of a few months, several Zoom meetings, lots of emails and countless Excel spreadsheets, three THR TV critics joined forces to hash out, and rank, what they consider the greatest shows since 2000.
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Critic’s Notebook: A Frustrating ‘And Just Like That’ Finale Concludes a Sophomore Slump
The uneven second season of the HBO Max series ended with a disappointing cameo and a dark outlook on life.
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Destiny Drives the Narrative in Emmy-Nominated Dramas
Questions of fate and fatalism unusually steer each of this year’s outstanding drama series Emmy nominees. In a category often dominated by staid, serious programs about staid, serious people, this crop of competing TV dramas all hinge on the ethereal concept of destiny, either literally or figuratively. Franchise prequels Andor, Better Call Saul and House […]
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How Dual Roles in ‘Queen Charlotte,’ ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ and More Mirror the Past As Well As the Present
I knew I’d been sucked into Netflix’s Queen Charlotte when 21-year-old star India Amarteifio offers her first onscreen sneer. Playing the young version of Bridgerton‘s capricious royal (Golda Rosheuvel) in this prequel series, the actress showcases plenty of theatrical rebellion by smashing busts and monologuing about all the ways her corsetry could kill her. She’s […]
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‘And Just Like That’ Review: Season 2 of Max’s ‘Sex and the City’ Sequel Compels and Comforts Despite Lack of Cohesiveness
Carrie Bradshaw and her friends are back again and still looking for love in all the wrong places.
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‘Let the Canary Sing’ Review: Cyndi Lauper Doc Is Slight But Serviceable
Premiering at Tribeca, Alison Ellwood's straightforward biography centers on the singer/activist's unconventional talent.
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10 Eerie Documentaries About the Wonders of Planet Earth
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more). We’re currently living in a golden age of panic-inducing eco-documentaries gushing facts and statistics at us about how humans are killing the planet. These didactic films are vital for grounding us in the sobering truths of climate change and […]
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