Books
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‘Infinity Pool’ Review: Body Trouble
A wealthy writer succumbs to the lure of consequence-free violence in this artfully potent blend of horror and science fiction.
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In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’
The baritone Will Liverman was singing in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” about five years ago when he watched a…
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A Curator Unbound: First She Was Fired. Then She Found Freedom
Helen Molesworth charts a new course with podcasts and a show at the International Center of Photography focusing on artists’…
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Nuance Is Difficult When It Involves Nazis, a Museum Finds
The exhibit at the Resistance Museum in Amsterdam was designed to be a more nuanced look at Dutch wartime experiences,…
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Review: ‘Poker Face’ Is the Best New Detective Show of 1973
Natasha Lyonne turns working-class sleuth in Rian Johnson’s breezy throwback to a familiar mystery formula.
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Voice of ‘Rick and Morty’ Leaves Show After Domestic Abuse Charges
The title roles will be recast because Adult Swim has severed ties with Justin Roiland, the animated show’s co-creator.
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Executive Director of Museum of the Moving Image Exits After 12 Years
Carl Goodman, who has been at the museum for 34 years in total, will next serve as the president of…
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‘Modern Swimwear’ Review: The Designer and the Murderer
Depicting the final hours of a young fashion designer’s life, Caitlin Saylor Stephens’s play lacks the sturdiness to make its…
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Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’
Nearly six months after he was brutally attacked, Rushdie is recovering and releasing a new novel, with the literary world…
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In ‘Shrinking,’ Jason Segel Does the Work
Jason Segel knows that you like him. It’s the sad eyes. The pained smile. The shambling 6-foot-4-inch frame that he…