Arts
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The New York Film Festival Is Back, and Our Critics Have Favorites
The 59th New York Film Festival will have what the previous edition lacked: people in the seats. To tempt viewers…
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Review: You’ve Got a Friend (Not)
Making an ungainly leap from Broadway stage to movie screen, the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is the story of a…
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The Long-Delayed Tony Awards Are Almost Here. This Is What to Expect.
Though Broadway shows are returning, opening and starting previews, audiences — and companies — will never be the same. The…
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Review: At City Ballet, Getting Back to Showing New Work, Live
New York City Ballet’s performance on Wednesday night wasn’t its first in its home theater at Lincoln Center after 18…
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Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia?
Only white people, the pop-culture conceit goes, can get excited about traveling backward in time. For other people, the past…
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Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89
Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and a trailblazer in American independent movies,…
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Late Night Shares the Stage With Climate Change
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets…
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After 138 Years, a Black Composer Arrives at the Met
In 1919, William Grant Still was in his 20s — many years from the eminence he would later enjoy as…
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Britney Spears: End Conservatorship, but Remove My Father First
Britney Spears supports the prompt and complete termination this fall of the conservatorship that has overseen her finances and personal…
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In ‘Nuclear Family,’ a Filmmaker Frames Herself
Ry Russo-Young was 9 years old the first time she told this story, for an audience of one: the psychiatrist…