‘The Humans’ Review: Screen Adaptation Of Stephen Karam’s Tony Winner

Is there a more influential video game series than Microsoft‘s “Halo” series from the last twenty years? The first game’s debut in 2001 virtually assured XBox’s success as a console, and the series went on to become one of the most critically acclaimed franchises of all time. The latest in the series, “Halo Infinite,” debuts right now, but that’s not the only new “Halo”-related media soon on its way.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen “West Side Story” star David Alvarez was serving in the U.S. army, he held tight onto a secret.

Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated “West Side Story” adaptation, premiering Dec.

Universal will be opening Amblin’s The Fabelmans on Wednesday, Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving.

With the release of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake days away, Universal has set a Thanksgiving release for the director’s next film “The Fabelmans” that’s loosely based on his childhood.“The Fabelmans” from Amblin Entertainment will hit theaters wide on November 23, 2022. The film stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano and Gabriel LaBelle, and Spielberg co-wrote the script alongside Tony Kushner.

Stephen Karam’s 2016 Tony-winning play The Humans has been hailed by critics for holding a great mirror to New York City’s hard-scrabble inhabitants in the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. However, the A24 film version, Karam’s feature directorial debut, arrives in theaters and on Showtime at an intriguing time, taking on an additional level of significance during a global pandemic.

We're so rife with reboots and remakes today that it can take a moment to gauge just what Steven Spielberg's “West Side Story” is. It isn't a papered-over modernizing or a thinly disguised retread.

adaptation of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’ musical memorable. It’s the “ET” director’s most visually exciting film in a zillion years.Still, it’s not gonna become a classic in the way the 1961 original did.

How badly can a single performance wreck an entire film? This is the unfortunate question prompted by Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of “West Side Story,” a dazzling and energetic movie musical that features, at its center, a performance with all the charisma of a bump on a log.

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https://t.co/jHX7ob9JWvCritic and author Mark Harris, whose husband Tony Kushner wrote the new version of “West Side Story,” simply (and correctly) dubbed him “The Greatest.”The greatest.https://t.co/Dv2k8HyNEEUzo Aduba called Sondheim, simply, “the best that ever was.”Stephen Sondheim was the best there ever was. I don’t know when we will ever have another of his caliber, of his breadth and scope.

Richard Natale Contributing WriterStephen Sondheim, the dominant voice in American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century and the composer with the most Tony Awards, has died. He was 91.

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Lady Gaga got emotional as she spoke to Stephen Colbert about her very special friendship with Tony Bennett on Tuesday’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

Thanksgiving.This year, Thanksgiving stories in the news are about COVID, and how families will navigate inter-generational mingling. There’s none of that in Stephen Karam’s “The Humans,” a film entirely comprised of one Thanksgiving meal, based on a play written nearly a decade ago.

Stephen Karam’s directorial debut, “The Humans,” is a big-screen adaptation of his own 2016 Tony Award-winning play. In theory, it’s self-contained setting (a crowded New York City apartment on Thanksgiving) might give some filmmakers pause, but Karam has a major advantage in pulling it off, his cast.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Stephen Karam adapts his Tony-winning play “The Humans,” about three generations gathering in a prewar New York apartment for Thanksgiving, into a feature debuting on Showtime and in theaters on Wednesday. But be warned, this is not your traditional Thanksgiving fare, aside from the general dysfunction.