Review: Madonna's "I Feel So Free" Feels Reductive and Sublime Madonna’s first new solo song in seven years is a nostalgic dance-floor rave-up.

The queen of pop's first solo song in seven years, "I Feel So Free," sounds a hell of a lot like the old Madonna. And we’re not complaining.

Olivia Rodrigo's "Drop Dead" Drops References to Louis Partridge and the Cure The music video for the song sees the singer wandering the Palace of Versailles.

Olivia Rodrigo's new single "Drop Dead" drops apparent references to Louis Partridge, the Cure, and more.

John Singleton’s HOOD TRILOGY is one of the great achievements in African-American filmmaking, and Criterion’s extras-laden release gives the films their proper due. Available on 4/28 on 4k UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/5xspx782

Jessie Ware 'Superbloom' Review: A Disco Diva in Full Flower The third album in the singer’s disco trilogy feels like something brighter and more perennial.

The third album in Jessie Ware’s disco trilogy, #Superbloom, feels like something brighter and more perennial. Read our review!

The Sixth Sense meets Ringu in the Pang Brothers’ THE EYE, available next week on Arrow Video 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/4pyxw6pj

Lana Del Rey Releases "First Light," from '007 First Light' Video Game The new song is a collaboration with James Bond composer David Arnold.

With "First Light," Lana Del Rey just got one step closer to recording an official Bond theme. Listen to the title song from the new game '007 First Light.'

Radiance’s release of CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN, a chilling portrait of a society on the brink of destroying itself, includes a beautiful 2K restoration and a small but compelling slate of extras. tinyurl.com/wy2px2wx

Janet Jackson's 'All for You' at 25: A Rosy-Eyed Break-Up Album The album’s ambition is masked by its apparent effortlessness and embrace of pleasure.

Released on this day 25 years ago, Janet Jackson's 'All for You' represented a shift in the singer's style and approach.

'Beef' Season 2 Review: A Double Whopper of Drama The show’s second season is just as sharply written and darkly funny as the first.

Season two of #BEEF is just as sharply written and darkly funny as the first. Read our review!

In lieu of competently developed drama, LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY gives us a blitzkrieg of scares and gooey body horror that can best be described as arbitrary. tinyurl.com/4sv82dcf

'Mouse: P.I. for Hire' Review: The Pretty Good Mouse Detective On paper, the game's target audience would seem to be tech-savvy 60-year-olds who worshipped Ub Iwerks on Usenet in 1994.

The sheer volume of pastiche on display in MOUSE: P.I. FOR HIRE is overwhelming. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.

'Wasteman' Review: Cal McMau's Tense Prison Thriller While 'Wasteman' is largely verité in approach, the filmmakers introduce several breaks in style to emphasize big moments.

Cal McMau’s WASTEMAN illustrates why a powerful paradox about prisons makes them such a popular staging ground for psychodramas. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review.

The friction between mechanized output and our humanity is at the center of Elmer Rice’s century-old play THE ADDING MACHINE. Read Mike Dressel on the New Group's revival, starring Jennifer Tilly, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Sarita Choudhury. tinyurl.com/5bj2stpa

‘Normal’ Review: Bob Odenkirk Gets His John Wick On...Again The film, written by 'John Wick' franchise creator Derek Kolstad, has a more thoughtful underpinning than your average 87Eleven joint.

Ben Wheatley’s NORMAL, written by John Wick franchise creator Derek Kolstad, has a more thoughtful underpinning than your average 87Eleven bullet storm. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.

“When I was first pitching Charli, I knew that one character spoke Polish, one character didn’t, and somehow volcanoes were involved.” Read our chat w/ Pete Ohs about ERUPCJA, his “table of bubbles” filmmaking approach, working with Charli XCX, and more. tinyurl.com/3tnhc7e3

Pete Ohs’s ERUPCJA, starring Charli XCX and Jeremy O. Harris, is a drug-and-dance-music-fueled party girl’s lament. Opens in NY and LA this Friday. tinyurl.com/2xdfued8

Joel Alfonso Vargas’s MAD BILLS TO PAY folds warmth into the real pressures that define daily life in a Dominican community. Opening @filmforumnyc.bsky.social this Friday. tinyurl.com/yms7kv3b

Read our talk with David Lowery about MOTHER MARY, the creative uncertainty that led him to write it, directing Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, and working with Charli XCX on the soundtrack. tinyurl.com/yr7ey8zt

'Mother Mary' Review: Beatified by the Spotlight Here, the wounds of the past serve as a gateway to forces that can consume or lift the possessed to ecstatic new levels of self-expression.

MOTHER MARY is a boldly theatrical pop exorcism where the wounds of the past serve as a gateway to forces that can consume or lift the possessed to ecstatic new levels of self-expression. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review.

'The Boys' Season 5 Review: God Exists and He Is American The greatest existential threat in the final season of ‘The Boys’ turns out to be reality itself.

The greatest existential threat in the final season of ‘The Boys’ turns out to be reality itself. Read our review.

Fatih Akin’s AMRUM is a delicate coming-of-age parable tracking national identity and violence to their most intimate origin points during the waning days of the Third Reich. tinyurl.com/59xmsjdx

“I was trying to do a lot of different things, like the acknowledgement of memory and grief, but then also [show] what makes her into who she is.” Read our chat with Sophy Romvari about her autobiographical BLUE HERON and how it builds on her short work. tinyurl.com/45a9trau

Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON is a vivid, nostalgic portrait of family life that, across its runtime, opens out into a self-reflexive study of grief. Opening in NYC this Friday. tinyurl.com/2r3j5mpv

Werner Herzog’s remarkable CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS is a work of communion, and not only between the present and the past. See the new 6K IMAX restoration of the film starting this Wednesday. tinyurl.com/yjf9k6e8

There’s a distinct rhythm to TROUBLE IN PARADISE that accentuates the poetic qualities of everything from the dialogue to the cinematography. Ernst Lubitsch’s masterpiece lands on 4K UHD Blu-ray this Tuesday from Criterion. tinyurl.com/2ymh7utn

'Death of a Salesman' Review: A Stark, Rivetingly Acted Revival This revival's magic sizzles in the cast's gutting portrait of a family's striving as they reach to find anything to make life worth living.

The magic of the new DEATH OF A SALESMAN revival sizzles in the cast’s gutting portrait of the Loman family’s striving as they reach to find something to make life worth living.

Lady Gaga and Doechii Take to the "Runway" for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' The duo injects their new single with a distinct ballroom flair.

Lady Gaga and Doechii take to the "Runway" with their new song, from 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.' Listen:

Given an immaculate 4K transfer and some essential extras on Kino’s new Blu-ray release (available Tuesday), Louis Feuillade’s TIH-MINH is a narratively sprawling, superbly visualized, and consistently action-packed early example of the spy thriller. tinyurl.com/ye39s2vz

'Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair' Review: Charming but Imperfect You’re not the boss of me, nostalgia—but you get a pass this time.

As a brief but spirited revival, 'Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair' is a worthwhile reunion with one of TV’s most perfectly imperfect families. Read our review.

Today, Janus Films has released the 4K restoration trailer for AMERICAN DREAM, Barbara Kopple’s brutally revealing (and Oscar-winning) documentary classic about the state of American capitalism. tinyurl.com/2wmks2bh