Books
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‘The Patient’ Review: The Doctor Is In. In the Basement.
Alan Strauss is an ideal therapist, kind, attentive, levelheaded. Gene is a problem patient who lies (his real name is Sam) and refuses to take ...
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Jordan Peele Says There May Be More ‘Nope’ Stories to Come
Jordan Peele has made only three feature films. But he seems to have packed a dozen movies’ worth of ideas into each. Inspired by blockbuster ...
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‘House of the Dragon’: Steve Toussaint on Playing Lord Corlys, Boat Guy
This interview includes spoilers for the first two episodes of “House of the Dragon.” Legendary explorer, naval commander, lord of a noble house ...
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Taylor Swift Announces ‘Midnights,’ a New Album Written After Dark
We already knew that Taylor Swift was a restless creative force. Now we know that she is also an insomniac one. Late Sunday, Swift announced her ...
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‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 2: A Happy Announcement
Season 1, Episode 2: ‘The Rogue Prince’ A couple of centuries in Westeros’s future, in the same garden (I think) where King Viserys went on a ...
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘Race for the Championship’ and ‘Stargirl’
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV ...
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A Festival That Conjures the Strange Magic of H.P. Lovecraft
There’s bacon and eggs, and then there’s bacon and eggs at the Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast. Named after the cosmically malevolent and abundantly ...
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Catching Up With ‘Star Trek,’ the Quiet Franchise
“Star Trek” got a head start in the television-universe game. Four series, beginning with “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” came out in ...
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‘The Invitation’ Review: Bringing Down the Haunted House
“The Invitation,” a brittle, droning excursion into gothic horror, primarily takes place at a manor in the English countryside. The setting is ...
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Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto
It took the composer William Bolcom over 40 years to follow his first piano concerto with a second one. When Bolcom was putting the finishing ...