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"Killer Heat" is based on "The Jealousy Man," a short story by the hugely popular Norwegian crime novelist Jo Nesbø, and whatever intrigue it had on the page has been largely tamped down by the movie, in which the unraveling of twists feels more like the connecting of dots.

The devil is making them do it… or maybe it’s actually an exercise in divine justice. “Randy Newman’s Faust,” the only musical comedy ever written for the stage by the dean of barbed American singer-songwriters, has never been produced in its creator’s hometown before. In fact, it’s almost never been produced anywhere, despite its legend […]

SPOILER ALERT: The following interview contains spoilers from “Chapter Fourteen,” this week’s episode of “Pachinko,’ now streaming on AppleTV+. “It’s been a very good week,” says a smiling Anna Sawai on the Thursday after her history-making Emmys victory. Having won an Emmy for lead actress in a drama — for her role as Toda Mariko in […]

Some of the best boxers in the world are in the Big Apple for Top Rank Boxing. For the main event, British boxer Sandy Ryan (7-1-1) defends her WBO women’s welterweight title against vs. American Mikaela “Gangsta Barbie” Mayer (19-2-0) in a scheduled 10-round bout. Want to watch Top Rank Boxing online?

“She always looks so extreme,” a fellow teacher observes of Maggie Smith’s trademark rigidity in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969), putting her finger on the straight-backed, nose-high hauteur audiences enjoyed for more than half a century. A shrill and tragically short-sighted instructor at a school full of impressionable-aged girls, Jean Brodie proved to […]

According to recent research from Amazon Ads, 72% of monthly streaming viewers want to see more authentic, cross-cultural stories in the media. That study, titled “Ads to Zeitgeist,” examines why streaming is at the forefront of the globalization of storytelling. “It’s an interesting time in the world of television and content creation,” said Nick Pepper, […]