Two critics face off about the actor’s Challengers performance and debate whether she knows how to serve onscreen as well as on the red carpet.By Madeline Leung Coleman
Sugar(S1/E5)Everything Loose Lands in Los AngelesThe show keeps flirting with the case of a missing woman, L.A. power brokers, and Sugar’s big secret, but it struggles to connect all the dots.
the action editionPicking His Fights The twists and turns of Jake Gyllenhaal’s unlikely, unsettling action career have brought him to Road House.By Bilge Ebiri
in conversationTodd Haynes Plays the Superego The director is interested in people constrained by society’s rules. In his new film May December, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers.By Madeline Leung Coleman
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the industryRomeo and Juliet Was a Tragedy In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.By Lila Shapiro
screen timeThe Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.By Lane Brown