Arts
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A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta
A Philadelphia chef goes searching for her family history in Jo Piazza’s sun-baked multigenerational tale “The Sicilian Inheritance.”
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What to Know About ‘Scoop’ and Prince Andrew’s Explosive TV Interview
A new Netflix film dramatizes the 2019 BBC conversation that led to the royal stepping back from public life.
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Welcoming Underexposed Black Photographers Into the Canon
The Vision & Justice publishing initiative hopes to build a richer, more racially inclusive history of photography.
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‘The Old Oak’ Review: The Audacity of Hope
A family of Syrian refugees connects with a once-thriving mining town in Ken Loach’s moving drama.
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Video Game Reviews of 2024
New York Times critics are examining new horror games and point-and-click adventures, along with remakes of classic titles.
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She’s Shaking Up Classical Music While Confronting Illness
The pianist Alice Sara Ott, who makes her New York Philharmonic debut this week, is upending concert culture — and…
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Demetri Martin Confronts the Paradoxes of a Veteran Standup Career
In his new Netflix special, “Demetri Deconstructed,” he tries a more conceptual approach than the simplicity he was known for.
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Julia Stiles Wanted to Be Just Like Kat Stratford, Too
Julia Stiles starts lunch with a disclaimer: “I’m kind of like a bundle of emotions, because I have a 5-month-old…
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When Latin America Became the Seat of Modernity
Lina Bo Bardi, the great Italian-Brazilian architect, liked to say we all invent architecture just by climbing a stair, crossing…
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Christopher Durang, the Surrealist of Snark
In works like “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” the playwright would force you to laugh, not to dull…