Arts
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Barbie and Bella: Two Different Shades of Female Liberation
The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Is Already Looking Toward the Election
In its opening sketch, “S.N.L.” offered a parody of a CNN political show.
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How Sean Ono Lennon Helped His Parents Send a Message
To keep their legacy relevant for a new generation, he worked on the short “War Is Over! Inspired by the…
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Review: Shanghai’s Open Door to Jews, Remembered in Music
“Émigré,” a bland oratorio about brothers who flee to China to escape Nazi persecution, was given its American premiere by…
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How an Argument Resonates in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
The director Justine Triet narrates a sequence from her film, which is nominated for best picture. Triet is also nominated…
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‘Dune’ Fans, Here’s a Documentary That Will Blow Your Mind
‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ chronicles a director’s determination to film his vision of the saga, one that would have included Mick Jagger…
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Jacqueline Woodson’s Books Leap Off the Page, at BAM
A dance performance of “The Other Side” and a musical adaptation of “Show Way” head to the Brooklyn stage for…
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Artist Featured in ‘Erotic Carnival’ Ad Campaign Sues Museum of Sex
Julia Sinelnikova says the museum plastered an image of a kiss with a girlfriend all over New York, including on…
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With Richard Lewis, Kvetching Was Charismatic
The comedian gave his Jewish neurotic persona a nervy cool even as he threw his whole body into his comedy.
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In Art, Migrants Weave Memories of Their Great Escape
At Apexart, an exhibition by Venezuelan migrants offers “a chance to be a part of something again, to return to…