Books
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Where Did Those Hot Dog Fingers Come From? Daniels Explain
When “Everything Everywhere All at Once” opened in March in a handful of theaters, its creators, the directors Daniel Kwan…
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The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene
“Are you sure you want to watch this?” my husband asked as we cued up the “House of the Dragon”…
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An Orchestra Brings Harmony to a Region of Discord
In February, Grigory Ambartsumyan, a 22-year-old Ukrainian violinist of Armenian descent, awoke in Kyiv to the sound of bombs. It…
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Review: Finding Community in ‘As You Like It’
The Forest of Arden is where you head when the city won’t hold you. When laws are unjust, when custom…
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John Adams, an American Master at 75
BERKELEY, Calif. — “I have to apologize,” the composer John Adams said as he approached his car. “The front seat…
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After a Long, Starring Run, Will Racism at Last Get the Hook?
Severed from the rest of New Haven by Metro-North tracks on one side and I-95 on the other, the Long…
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‘Monarch’ Heralds a New Family Empire, This One With a Texas Twang
A few years ago, the writer Melissa London Hilfers was having lunch with her friend Gail Berman, the TV and…
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A Star Maestro, Fighting Brain Cancer, Finds Peace in Music
LENOX, Mass. — The conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, during his half-century career in music, has led many performances of Beethoven’s…
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Katie Gregson-MacLeod Sang About a ‘Complex’ Love. TikTok Responded.
If TikTok has made you cry sometime this month, it’s likely thanks to Katie Gregson-MacLeod. On Aug. 4, the 21-year-old…
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How Did ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Get Those Dogfight Scenes? Joseph Kosinski Explains.
The WhatsApp message arrived on May 10. “I got my call sign,” was all it read, signed “Strike.” And in…