Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is a cold and beastly critic who takes immense pleasure in the fact that he holds the power to ...

Theatregoers and actors alike may envision the average theatre critic as a venal, bitter figure, proud of the power and ...

As a critic preparing to write about The Critic, I feel somewhat intimidated. The eponymous writer at the center of Anand ...

Ian McKellen stars as a drama critic in 1930s London who has much higher standards for the theater than for his own ...

“Oh, well,” she said, with just a touch of resignation. “If you’re going to appeal to my humanity.” Even a critic can’t help ...

While Ian McKellen and the rest of the cast do what they can with their characters, the film around feel more like it belongs on small screens rather than big.

The Critic,” handsomely directed by Anand Tucker (“Hilary and Jackie,” “Leap Year”) and written by Patrick Marber (“Closer,” ...

Siddhant Adlakha of Variety finds the movie overall entertaining, though sometimes torn between its pre-ordained tragedy and ...

The setting is the lively 1930s London theatre world, but any sense that The Critic will be a lighthearted thriller should ...

Critics have stopped by The Critic, the dark and sharp-witted new thriller starring stage and screen icon, Ian McKellen. Read ...

The restaurant reviewer Keith Lee tastes takeout dishes in his car, and sometimes offends whole cities in the process.

A prominent Belarus filmmaker and a critic of Minsk’s authoritarian government has handed a letter to the Serbian presidency ...