Arts
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‘The Humans’ Review: Reasons (Not) to be Cheerful
“The Humans” — Stephen Karam’s startling film of his 2016 Tony Award-winning play — has seven characters, only six of…
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N.Y.U. Skirball Season Reinvigorates the Classics
Numerous high-profile Shakespeare productions will fill New York stages next year. Among them will be “Seize the King,” Will Power’s…
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Review: A Tale of Two Hawkeyes
Of all the fine actors who have accepted employment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jeremy Renner has been the most…
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6 Podcasts About Unsolved Mysteries
Real-life mysteries are the bread-and-butter of modern podcasting. Seven years ago, “Serial” pushed the format into the mainstream with its…
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Review: Channeling Anger in ‘A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing’
The girl is 5, doing somersaults in a skirt, her little-kid underwear showing as she tumbles. “It’s disgusting,” her scandalized…
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Paul Thomas Anderson Goes Back to the Valley With ‘Licorice Pizza’
Maybe Paul Thomas Anderson brought the fog with him. The 51-year-old director had just returned from a trip to London,…
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After 20 Years, Frank Stella Returns to Ground Zero
On a chilly Saturday morning last weekend, Frank Stella — 85, bespectacled, somewhat scruffy and holding a cane — was…
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Live Theater Is Back. But a New Broadway Play Will Stream, Too.
The coronavirus closures prompted many theaters around the country to experiment with online offerings. Now, even though theaters have reopened…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Weighs In on the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict
About a half-hour into this weekend’s broadcast, “Saturday Night Live” would devote an entire sketch to a character with a…
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The Little Lad? Berries and Cream? Call It Performance Art.
The tale of the Little Lad is a yarn only the internet could spin. In 2007, the performance artist Jack…