Books
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Experimental Films Fuel ‘Slave Play’ Documentary
The playwright Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.” wears its intellectual references on its sleeve.
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‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ Review: The Beauty, and the Bloodshed
In the first of a projected four-film cycle, Kevin Costner revisits the western genre and U.S. history in a big,…
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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Review: Silent Beginnings
The chills are more effective than the thrills in this prequel to the “A Quiet Place” franchise.
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‘Last Summer’ Review: A Shocking Affair to Remember
Few directors get as deeply under the skin as Catherine Breillat, a longtime provocateur who tests the limits of what…
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Second Stage Becomes First Broadway Nonprofit in Decades to Name New Leader
The organization, which won this year’s best play revival Tony Award for “Appropriate,” has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next…
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‘The Bear’ Season 3 Is a Clanging, Wailing Beast
The hit FX series about an upstart Chicago restaurant loves the pressures of tight quarters and close shouting. The new…
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Betty Boop Time Travels to New York, and Broadway, Next Spring
“BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” had a run in Chicago last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert…
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South by Southwest Cuts Ties to Army After Gaza-Inspired Boycott
The festival said it would no longer be sponsored by the U.S. Army or weapons manufacturers, which had prompted artists…
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‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ at 20: Revisiting the Fear and Anger
Michael Moore’s hit documentary isn’t a prosecutor’s brief but a political and emotional appeal, rooted in the ways in which…
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Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok
Emily Henry has never been on a book tour or done a traditional bookstore reading. She’s not on TikTok. Her…