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Robyn Bahr
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Robyn Bahr is a film and television critic who primarily writes for The Hollywood Reporter. She enjoys covering reviews, the awards races, and topics related to women's stories on screen and children's and family content. Robyn has also written for The Washington Post, The Village Voice, Slate and Vanity Fair, among other publications, and co-hosts The Film Stage Show podcast. She is a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and the Critics Choice Association. She holds a B.A. from Amherst College and an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Patina Miller and Mekai Curtis play a complex mother-son drug-lord duo in the long-running 50 Cent- and Courtney Kemp-produced TV series.
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From ‘Babygirl’ to ‘Nightbitch,’ a once-neglected topic is on the table.
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The intrepid host reinvented the talk show genre, boldly normalizing ostensibly scandalous subjects and cultural entities.
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‘1-800-ON-HER-OWN’ Review: Dull Ani DiFranco Doc Sheds Little Light on a Music Legend
Premiering at Tribeca, Dana Flor's ode to the folk-rock singer focuses more on her current career predicaments than her popular appeal.
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‘Witches’ Review: Self-Serious Doc Links Women’s Mental Health With the Ethereal
Director Elizabeth Sankey posits a dubious connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering in this documentary bowing at Tribeca.
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‘Sabbath Queen’ Review: Awe-Inspiring Doc Examines the Life of a Radical Queer Rabbi
Director Sandi DuBowski ('Trembling Before G-d') chronicles Amichai Lau-Lavie, a drag queen and subversive Jewish storyteller who chooses to become a conservative rabbi.
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‘Glitter & Doom’ Review: Indigo Girls Jukebox Musical Is Prosaically Quirky
Tom Gustafson's queer pop-disco romance imagines a circus performer and a singer-songwriter falling in love in Mexico City.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (So Far)
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The uneven second season of the HBO Max series ended with a disappointing cameo and a dark outlook on life.
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Destiny Drives the Narrative in Emmy-Nominated Dramas
The bulk of the nominees for outstanding drama series deal with some element of fate: Who is going to rule? Who will die?
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How Dual Roles in ‘Queen Charlotte,’ ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ and More Mirror the Past As Well As the Present
This season is full of female-driven shows boasting performers playing young and older versions of the same complex characters.
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