Arts
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‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ Remains Hard to Forget
Michel Gondry’s surreal love story stunned audiences in 2004, and some of its sentiments are all the more relevant in…
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‘I Love to Be a Beginner’: Emma Portner’s Busy Ballet Era
The choreographer, who has spent her career mixing genres and disciplines, comes to ballet with an eye on its sometimes…
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How Did Wagner Want His ‘Ring’ Cycle to Sound?
With a team of researchers and dedicated musicians, the conductor Kent Nagano is taking a historically informed performance approach to…
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Beyoncé Is Riding Into Her Country Era. Here’s What to Know.
The singer and her collaborators have been dropping hints about “Cowboy Carter,” her upcoming album and first full-length foray into…
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Shakira’s Family Came Apart. Then Her Music Soared.
With “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” her first album in seven years, the Colombian superstar said she “transformed pain into…
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Hollywood Actors Are Leaping Into Video Games
Onscreen stars have increasingly been going virtual. Jodie Comer and David Harbour are making their video game debuts in a…
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Paul Simon Faced Unexpected Struggles. Cameras Were Rolling.
The singer and songwriter invited Alex Gibney to capture the making of his album “Seven Psalms.” The filmmaker was surprised…
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On the Menu at Flamenco Fest, Tradition With a Side of Nuttiness
At City Center, performers like Olga Pericet and Manuel Liñán knew the rules they were bending.
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Review: ‘The Shell Trial’ Seeks a Guilty Party in Climate Change
Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins’s new opera, about events still in progress, finds fault and complicity in every player of…
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Modernism, but Make It Cool
Britain exported the architectural style to West Africa and India, but local practitioners adapted it for a different climate and…