War Horse: "Death of a Unicorn," reviewed.

What drag, this unicorn death. My review is in your Washington City Paper.

A Lost Time Accident: "A Working Man," reviewed.

I miss when David Ayer made real movies. My Village Voice review of Sabotage from 2013 is lost to time, but my NPR pieces on Ayer’s Fury, Suicide Squad, and Bright are all readily available. It’s a bummer that the guy who wrote Training Day and wrote and directed End of Watch is now doing shlock like A Working Man — which I reviewed in your Washington Post.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: "Dope Thief"

Wagner Moura and Brian Tyree-Henry in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Dennis Tafoya’s novel’s Dope Thief.

I was glad to join Aisha Harris and Cristina Escobar to talk about the new Apple TV+ adaptation of Dennis Tafoya’s crime novel Dope Thief.

The Spy Who Fed Me: "Black Bag," reviewed.

Black Bag boasts a killer cast of trained killers.

My City Paper review of Black Bag, the second David Koepp-Steven Soderbergh collaboration this young year, is here. Good movie!

Prude Mechanicals, or Pore Newland Is Daid: Arena's "The Age of Innocence," reviewed.

An Archer misses the target. Shereen Ahmed and A.J. Shively in The Age of Innocence. (Daniel Rader)

Another Gilded Age, another pandemic. The time is right for another look at The Age of Innocence, more now than in 1993, when Martin Scorsese made his marvelous film of Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel. Turning in into a movie made sense. And putting it on stage? I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it might’ve worked better as a musical.

My full Washington Post review is here.

Cop Show: Studio's "The Scenarios," reviewed.

Joel Ashur and Sarin Monae West in Matthew Capodicasa’s The Scenarios. (Margot Schulman)

My review of The Scenarios, a compact and brilliant new play by Matthew Capodicasa, is in the Washington Post.

"Reacher" Season Three, Recapped!

Mariah Robinson and Alan Ritchson, comrades in arms. (Jasper Savage / Amazon)

Reacher is back, and so are my Vulture recaps. Send me your synonyms for enormous; I’ve just about tapped out my thesaurus already.

Anthony Mackie, Agent of Shield: "Captain America: Brave New World," reviewed.

No cherry blossom trees were harmed in the production of this major motion picture (Disney)

My apologies to Shira Haas and to Tim Blake Nelson, both of whom were cut for space my Washington City Paper review of the extremely busy, half-successful Captain America: Brave New World.