Books
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Venice: Can Iñárritu Beguile Oscar Voters Again With ‘Bardo’?
I love a great movie debate, and on only its second day, the Venice Film Festival has kicked off a robust one. As I walked out of the press ...
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Venice: Noah Baumbach Finds the Music in ‘White Noise’
VENICE — Noah Baumbach is not a fan of Netflix’s “skip credits” feature. When he directed “Marriage Story” and “The Meyerowitz Stories,” Baumbach ...
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At Lincoln Center, Addicted to Swing and Back on the Dance Floor
Three summers ago, on a mid-July evening, Margaret Batiuchok was teaching the basics of Lindy Hop on an outdoor stage at Lincoln Center when her ...
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Michael Schultz Broke the Mold for Black Directors. He’s Not Done Yet.
When Michael Schultz began work on his first film, in 1971, there was no road map for a lengthy career as a Black director in Hollywood. The ...
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Lea Michele Is Well Aware That the Pressure Is On
Fifteen years ago, Lea Michele was sulking in her “Spring Awakening” dressing room, heartbroken over a guy, when the Broadway show’s director ...
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Court Rules for Germany in Nazi-Era Dispute Over the Guelph Treasure
A U.S. federal court has ruled against the heirs of Jewish art dealers who sought to sue Germany in America over a trove of valuable medieval ...
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In His Twilight, a Conductor Revisits Where His Career Dawned
LENOX, Mass. — Michael Tilson Thomas had just brought the first movement of Copland’s Symphony No. 3 to a radiant close here at Tanglewood on ...
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Ars Nova Introduces a Name Your Price Ticketing Model
The Off Broadway incubator Ars Nova will allow audience members to pay what they wish for theater tickets in a new initiative called “What’s Ars ...
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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 and Daniel Scheinert ...
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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 was the ...