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'I Know This Much Is True'

HBO's limited series "I Know This Much Is True" ends up being precisely the sum of Mark Ruffalo's two parts.
Critics Pick
‘Normal People’

The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel "Normal People," starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, is crushingly intimate.
‘Hollywood’

Netflix's ambitious limited series "Hollywood" is the first outright dud of Ryan Murphy's post-"Glee" career.
‘Never Have I Ever’

Mindy Kaling's "Never Have I Ever" is anchored by a breakout performance from Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in her debut role.

‘Scoob!’

Attractive but calculated attempt to connect "Scooby-Doo" to other Hanna-Barbera characters abandons the show's fun teen-detective format.
‘Capone’

Tom Hardy's performance as Al Capone is authentic on the surface, but there isn't enough beneath the mob mannerisms.
‘The Wrong Missy’

Lauren Lapkus, as David Spade's date from hell, provides the anarchic spark plug for a functional slob-vs.-the-corporate-snobs rom-com.
‘How to Build a Girl’

Beanie Feldstein takes down the cool kids in a brisk British comedy inspired by '90s rock critic Caitlin Moran.

Album Review: JoJo's 'Good to Know'

JoJo, the multi-tracked queen of pop-R&B as a young teen in the early 2000s, has grown into herself on a comeback album, "Good to Know."
Album Review: The Weeknd's 'After Hours'

The Weeknd's "After Hours" finds him mixing commerciality with innovation as well as anyone today.
Album Review: Ashley McBryde’s ‘Never Will’

Ashley McBryde's emotionally stirring second album represents the pinnacle of what contemporary mainstream country can be.
Album Review: Pearl Jam's 'Gigaton'

The angry and sometimes experimental "Gigaton" might be Pearl Jam's most fully realized album since "Ten."

‘The Prince of Egypt’

With a score by Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked"), this screen-to-stage transfer is so effortful it's enervating.
‘Girl From the North Country’

The moody music and lyrics from the Bob Dylan playbook both define and heighten Conor McPherson's haunting vision of the Depression.
‘The Hot Wing King’

Katori Hall gets belly laughs out of this comedy about an amateur cook trying to create a signature dish while chaos reigns in the kitchen.
‘West Side Story’

Ivo Van Hove dares to fiddle with perfection in this modernized but still respectful re-working of the 1957 masterpiece.