The Interested Bystander

"New York is my Personal Property and I'm gonna split it with you." I review mostly movies and New York theater shows. I am also an awards prognosticator. And a playwright.

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Monday, August 17, 2026

Film Reviews: Fans of Green Day Will Enjoy “Nimrods,” a Road Trip Love Letter to Punk Rock, While in “The Last House” a Family Only Has Each Other as the World Ends

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Nimrods (c) Inaugural Entertainment Film: Nimrods  In Cinemas  Up-and-coming actor Mason Thames has fought dragons (and then befriended the...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Theater Review: Thirty-Years Later, in a Bizarro Political Landscape, This “American Daughter” Revival Is Strangely Nostalgic; A Footballer Play Needs Less Banter and More “Pass”-ing; Cat Cohen’s “Broad Strokes” Has Funny Thoughts, As Almost-Death Becomes Her

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An American Daughter (c) Joan Marcus Theater: An American Daughter  At The Pershing Square Signature Center  The downside of having a QR Cod...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Reviews: Teens Born With Empathy Try to Interpret Religion in “The Saviors” and Greek Mythology is On a Box Office Roll With “Hadestown: The Musical”

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The Saviors (c) Ahron R. Foster Theater: The Saviors  At Atlantic Theater Company The minute you walk into the Linda Gross Theater, it’s so...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Film Reviews: A Welcome Return of Gregg Araki and He “Wants Your Sex,” “Motor City” Is the Loudest and Most Violent Silent-ish Film, “The Odyssey” Is Another Christopher Nolan Portrait of a Man Angering the Gods and “Heartstopper Forever” Gives Charlie and Nick a Proper Gay Farewell

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I Want Your Sex (c) Black Bear Pictures Film: I Want Your Sex  In Cinemas on July 31  I didn’t know I missed director Gregg Araki’s unique ...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Theater Reviews: Two Buzzy Women-Driven Theater Projects Open: “The Whoopi Monologues” Celebrate Goldberg (The Playwright) and There’s Only Murders in Palermo in the Entertaining “Giulia”

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The Whoopi Monologues (c) Angela Marie Orellana Theater: The Whoopi Monologues  At Lincoln Center Theatre  Director Whitney White has recon...
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Interested Bystander
My name is Cary Wong, and I am a reviewer and columnist for Film Score Monthly, which is behind a paywall, so here are some free thoughts just for you. You're Welcome.
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