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Lovia Gyarkye

Arts & Culture Critic

Lovia Gyarkye is the Arts and Culture Critic at The Hollywood Reporter, where she reviews film, TV and the occasional Broadway show. Previously, she was an editor at The New York Times‘ monthly print section for kids and a researcher for The New York Times Book Review. Her essays and reviews have been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vogue and The Nation.

More from Lovia Gyarkye

‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Charms as a Beekeeper in Ambitious but Scattershot Crime Thriller

Andrew Patterson's SXSW-bowing film revolves around an Oklahoma apiarist who reunites with his estranged foster daughter.

‘The Actor’ Review: André Holland and Gemma Chan Star in a Pretty but Distancing Romantic Noir

A theater star loses his memory after a love affair gone wrong in Duke Johnson's adaptation of Donald E. Westlake's novel.

‘Drop’ Review: A Game Meghann Fahy Endures a Lethal Date in Entertaining Blumhouse Horror

The 'White Lotus' star plays a single mother whose attempt to get back into dating goes awry in Christopher Landon's feature, which also stars Brandon Sklenar.

‘Holland’ Review: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Macfadyen and Gael Garcia Bernal in a Stylish Psychological Thriller That Doesn’t Pay Off

In Mimi Cave's sophomore feature, a Michigan homemaker's idyllic life comes undone upon learning her husband's secrets.

‘Death of a Unicorn’ Review: Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in an A24 Comedy Torn Between Absurdism and Predictability

Téa Leoni, Will Poulter and Anthony Carrigan co-star in Alex Scharfman's film about a father and daughter whose accidental killing of a magical creature sets off a chain of grisly events.

‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Chemistry Between Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal Carries an Entertaining but Convoluted Sequel

In Gavin O'Connor's follow-up to 'The Accountant,' Christian Wolff and his brother Braxton try to repair their relationship while solving a complex international mystery.

‘The Dutchman’ Review: André Holland and Kate Mara Star in an Uneven Update of the Provocative Play

Writer-director Andre Gaines takes Amiri Baraka's 1964 play about the encounter between a reserved Black man and a roguish white woman into the modern age.

‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively Return for Paul Feig’s Silly and Sometimes Trying Sequel

In the follow-up to campy mystery 'A Simple Favor,' Emily Nelson and Stephanie Smothers reunite for a wild adventure in Capri.

‘Yalla Parkour’ Review: Well-Intentioned Gaza Parkour Doc Struggles to Reconcile the Stakes of Two Realities

Areeb Zuaiter, a Palestinian filmmaker based in America, connects with a Gaza-based athlete in a documentary that considers different forms of displacement.

‘Khartoum’ Review: Experimental Doc Poignantly Captures the Crisis in Sudan

A collective of Sudanese and British filmmakers collaborate with five residents from Khartoum to construct a kaleidoscopic document of identity, survival and hope.

‘Girls on Wire’ Review: A Sensitive but Unsteady Portrait of Chinese Generational Trauma and Sisterhood

In Vivian Qu's third feature, two estranged cousins confront old wounds after they are reunited under dangerous and dramatic circumstances.

‘The Gorge’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller in an Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Romance That’s Too Sweet for Its Own Good

The actors play snipers tasked with guarding a mysterious ravine in this feature also starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by Scott Derrickson.