Books
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‘Janet Planet’ Review: A Sticky Summer Full of Small Dramas
Annie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story for both a misfit tween and…
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ Review: Everybody’s Looking for Something
Yorgos Lanthimos returns with a twisted fable triptych about dominating and being dominated.
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With the Help of Whales, a Choreographer Falls Into an Abyss
Whales, Black bodies, the ocean, climate change, protest movements — over the past few years, they have all made their…
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‘Pre-Existing Condition’ Review: Recovering From a Traumatic Relationship
Marin Ireland’s play opens with Tatiana Maslany in a rotating cast of stars, and “What Became of Us” continues its…
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How Does Democracy Die? Maybe by Laser Vision.
“The Boys” and other TV series imagine fascism coming to America, whether wrapped in the flag or in a superhero’s…
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How Cage the Elephant’s Frontman Nearly Lost It All
Matt Shultz is a rock ’n’ roll ringmaster known for pushing himself to the brink. After a period of psychosis…
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She Walked in Beauty: The Subtle Seductiveness of Anouk Aimée
The French star created characters who could be fantasies or enigmas, but they always intrigued, even when she was miscast…
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Land Art in Malibu Gets a Second Chance
Lita Albuquerque redraws her “Malibu Line,” an ultra-vivid blue earthwork that connects earth, ocean and sky.
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A Palestinian American Choreographer’s Intimate, Epic ‘Gathering’
Samar Haddad King’s premiere at the Shed tells a layered story of trauma, dislocation and resilience.
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Kandinsky Cut Ties With Russia. So Did This Museum.
The first major exhibition at H’Art, a former satellite of the Hermitage, explores how war and nationalism shaped the painter’s…