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‘Oppenheimer’ Reigns

Christopher Nolan's drama won 7 Oscars, including best picture and director.
Ryan Gosling Electrifies Audience

The "Barbie" star brought down the house with "I'm Just Ken."

‘The First Omen’

Akasha Stevenson's prequel is less scary than the 1976 horror classic suggested, but infinitely more profane.
‘Monkey Man’

Dev Patel directs and stars in an audacious, at times awkward mashup of action film and slumdog fable.
Critics Pick
‘Coup de Chance’

Woody Allen's drama of upper-middle-class murder is his best movie since "Blue Jasmine" (or maybe "Match Point").
Critics Pick
‘Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy’

A chilling documentary provides a look at the potential soldiers of a second Trump reign.

‘Fallout’

An ultra-violent and twistedly fun adaptation of the video game series.
‘The Sympathizer’

Don McKellar and Park Chan-wook move metatextual matters to the center of a dense, ambitious, tonally varied account of the Vietnam War.
‘Ripley’

The Netflix series fails to offer a new or intriguing perspective on Patricia Highsmith's infamous scammer.
'Mary & George’

The Starz drama features Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine as a mother and son scheming their way into the court of King James I.

‘Cowboy Carter’

Being Beyoncé means never having to pretend to be just one thing.
‘Everything I Thought It Was’

Justin Timberlake channels past love and sex sounds on his suitable but uneven sixth album.
‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’

Shakira makes surprising turns in regional Mexican, EDM and pop for her musical return.
‘Deeper Well’

Kacey Musgraves turns her collaboration with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk into a trilogy, with an album full of finger-picking and hard-fought bliss.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.