Arts
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What’s Your Favorite Soundtrack? We Want to Know.
We’re asking readers to share the movie-related albums that they return to again and again.
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In This ‘Lord of the Rings’ Adaptation, the Hobbits Yodel
A quirky and joyful play based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books joined weightier works at this year’s Theatertreffen drama festival.
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Christie’s Website Is Brought Down by Hackers Days Before $840 Million Auctions
The auctioneer’s website was taken offline on Thursday evening and remained down on Friday, days before its spring auctions were…
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‘Sally & Tom’ Frees Sally Hemings From Being a Mere Footnote
Suzan-Lori Parks’s play is the latest work by a Black writer seeking to prioritize Hemings’s life and perspective to make…
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Film Academy Looks Overseas for Donors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a global $500 million campaign to shore up its financial…
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Review: An Opera Saw Red-Pill Culture Coming. Now, It’s Back.
Robert Ashley’s 1994 opera “Foreign Experiences,” a portrait of a paranoid mind in free fall, is part of a wave…
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How Should an Amy Winehouse Movie Be?
Several depictions of the singer’s life have explored her tense relationship with fame. The new biopic “Back to Black” instead…
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‘Black Twitter’: Movements, Memes and Crying Jordan
This new Hulu docuseries explores how a social media subculture influenced American culture at large.
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On Andra Day’s ‘Cassandra (Cherith),’ a Soaring Voice Reaches Inward
After playing Billie Holiday onscreen, the singer brings jazz virtuosity to songs of her own.
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In ‘Power,’ Policing and Politics Are Inextricable
Though Yance Ford’s new Netflix documentary takes on a much-explored topic, its mix of personal and polemic makes for a…