Comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s new show is obnoxiously compelling. It’s compelling because Carmichael cannot seem to help being electrically charismatic, and because the series moves through stories and ideas with an ease that belies the challenge of good pacing. It’s obnoxious because the only thing more trying than a vanity project is a vanity project that… Continue reading ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ HBO Documentary Review
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‘War Game’ Review: Role-Playing America’s Next Insurrection
On January 6, 2023, a group of former politicians and officials from America’s military and intelligence services convened to role-play what the country’s next insurrection might look like. The simulation, organized by a veterans’ group called Vet Voice, was set on January 6, 2025, but it was designed to look like January 6, 2021, on… Continue reading ‘War Game’ Review: Role-Playing America’s Next Insurrection
Theater Review: Shayok Chowdhury’s ‘Public Obscenities’
From Public Obscenities, at Theatre for a New Audience. Photo: Hollis King Plays tend to teach you how to watch them within the first five minutes. The good ones do it deliberately, the not-so-good ones less so. The fiction writer Rob Spillman calls it the “handshake.” A writer introduces themself — tells you, through the… Continue reading Theater Review: Shayok Chowdhury’s ‘Public Obscenities’
Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Review: Elegant, Restless, Horrific
Michael Mann’s long-gestating movie is elegant and restless, with a sense throughout that something horrific is lurking around each corner. Photo: Lorenzo Sisti This review was originally published on August 31 out of the Venice Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to Ferrari’s theatrical debut. Be sure to also check out our In… Continue reading Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Review: Elegant, Restless, Horrific
Vulture’s Most-Read Stories of 2023: The Year in Review
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Tracy Ma, Bobby Doherty, Mark Seliger, HBO, MEGA/GC Images This year’s most-read post on Vulture was, unsurprisingly, a piece of Taylor Swift journalism. The star certainly had an eventful year, dominating venues, restaurants, condiments, and headlines. But she was far from the only thing that captured our attention—or yours. Here are the… Continue reading Vulture’s Most-Read Stories of 2023: The Year in Review
‘Strike Force Five’ Late-Night Host Podcast Review
Jimmy, Seth, John, Stephen, Jimmy. Photo: Strike Force Five On August 29, Spotify surprise-announced the launch of Strike Force Five, a new podcast collaboration between the late-night hosts Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and the Jimmies (Kimmel and Fallon). Inspired by a series of bonding Zooms organized by Kimmel, the show was created to… Continue reading ‘Strike Force Five’ Late-Night Host Podcast Review
Theater Review: Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Dig’
Jeffrey Bean and Andrea Syglowski in Theresa Rebeck’s Dig. Photo: James Leynse Sometimes, in watching a play, you get the surreal, frictionless feeling of seeing one event after another pile up in front of you without a sense of why it’s all happening. The characters may explain their motivations, and there might be a sort… Continue reading Theater Review: Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Dig’
Theater Review: ‘Prometheus Firebringer’
Annie Dorsen in Prometheus Firebringer. Photo: Maria Baranova Not to overdo it with the ancient Greekiness, but Prometheus Firebringer is a Pandora’s box: a compact container that might contain the end of the world. The “hybrid lecture performance” by director and writer Annie Dorsen, who is also the only living performer onstage, is less than… Continue reading Theater Review: ‘Prometheus Firebringer’
‘The Promised Land’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is Perfect
I cannot adequately express to you how perfect Mikkelsen is in this role; that sensuous frown of his has infinite layers. Photo: Henrik Ohsten/Zentropa Lev Kuleshov would have wet his pants at the sight of Mads Mikkelsen. The Soviet filmmaker and theorist, best known now for stating that the exact same inexpressive shot of an… Continue reading ‘The Promised Land’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is Perfect
‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ Review: A Mess
The third time is … whatever is the opposite of a charm. Photo: Courtesy of Yannis Drakoulidis/Focus Features After it came out in 2002, My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a lot of things: one of the highest grossing indie films in history; the most financially lucrative rom-com of all time; and an Academy Award… Continue reading ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ Review: A Mess