Arts
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‘Shogun’ Remake: This Time, the White Man Is Only One of the Stars
A 1980 adaptation of the best-selling novel cast it as the tale of a white hero in an exotic Japan.…
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Smell the Music: Inviting a Perfumer Into the Concert Hall
Mathilde Laurent, Cartier’s perfumer, has created a scent poem that enhances the experience of Scriabin’s synesthetic score for “Prometheus.”
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‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Review: A Musical Paradise, Even in Purgatory
Did Jelly Roll Morton “invent” jazz, as he claimed? A sensational Encores! revival offers a postmortem prosecution of one of…
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Manslaughter Trial Begins of ‘Rust’ Armorer in Alec Baldwin Shooting
Prosecutors said the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was responsible for the presence of live ammunition on the set and for failing…
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‘Io Capitano’ Review: A Migration Odyssey
The Italian director of the film “Gomorrah” focuses his tender yet unsparing lens on two teenage boys journeying from their…
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Ray Francis, Celebrating Blackness
A founder of the Kamoinge Workshop, he made lush, powerful photos that document and honor members of the African diaspora.
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‘The Ally,’ a New Play at the Public Theater, Hashes Out the Headlines
Itamar Moses wrote a drama of ideas about Israel and antisemitism. Then Oct. 7 happened.
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Review: A Teenage Pianist Takes on the Canon at Carnegie Hall
For his Carnegie debut, the fast-rising Yunchan Lim gave a confident and dazzling performance of Chopin’s 27 fiendishly difficult études.
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’: Been There, Saved That
Netflix’s latest attempt to capture the magic of a beloved animated series has some strong performances but falls well short…
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review: Apocalypse Later
The pleasant distractions of a beautiful open world undermine core narratives about pain and sacrifice on a doomed planet.