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Picturing the Dark Side
An exhibition explores the complex relationship between lawbreaking and the camera.
Listening to Alice’s Thoughts
David Del Tredici’s ambitious ‘Child Alice’ reveals a complicated vision.
Radiant Restorations
Tay Garnett’s ‘Her Man’ is an underappreciated pre-Code gem; a tribute to Chantal Akerman and a chance to see ‘Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.’
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‘Southern Family’ Review: The Ties That Bind
Celebrated Nashville producer Dave Cobb assembled a gifted lineup for this new multiartist concept album.
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A Conscience in Crisis
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment,’ 150 this year, revolves around a murder with a philosophic motive.
Signing Off: Remembering Garry Shandling
The longtime head writer of the Carson “Tonight Show” says Shandling’s late-night gigs—doing standup and guest hosting—translated into a keen-eyed comedy series.
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‘Bright Star’ Review: Banjo Boondoggle
Steve Martin’s bluegrass-pop musical follows a writer who’s returned home to North Carolina after World War II
‘Batman v Superman’ Review: A Dark Force on Entertainment
The Caped Crusader takes on the Man of Steel in Zack Snyder’s megabudget confrontation.
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‘Fastball’ Review: Experts Throw Some Heat
A documentary tries to establish the fastest pitch ever with a lineup of baseball greats and the help of science.
‘Born to Be Blue’ Review: A Sorrowful Solo
Ethan Hawke is jazz trumpeter Chet Baker who, beset by drugs, tries to pull his life and art back together.
‘The Path’ Review: Blinding Light—Life Inside a Cult
Members of a spiritual movement are oblivious to truth
‘Very British Problems’ Review: Complaints About Excessive Politeness
Entertainers offer cliché-heavy observations on the British psyche
How Henri Rousseau Bridged Past and Present
An exhibition argues for Henri Rousseau’s widespread relevance, dismissing earlier notions about a figure important only to European modernism.
Remembering Ken Adam, Imagination’s Architect
He created villains’ lairs, candlelit 18th-century rooms, gingerbread-gothic interiors and more during a career admired by architects and cinephiles alike.
The Prescience of a Political Novel
Robert Penn Warren’s ‘All the King’s Men’ has never been more relevant.
‘Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance’ Review
A run of variously mixed programs offers 20 dances that span nearly 70 years.
A Mold in Which to Cast a New Orthodoxy
An exhibition that goes out of its way to find racism where none exists.
Photographs Help Us See a Conflicted Space
The result of a dozen photographers exploring Israel and the West Bank.
Hendrix, He’s Not—and That’s OK
The latest album from Bombino is full of the musician's signature solos and crunchy rhythm on electric guitar.
The Legacy of Renaissance Master Piero della Francesca
Seeing the Renaissance painter in the work of Seurat, Degas and others.
A Trumpeter Feels the Spirit
Using the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the 70-voice Chorale Le Chateau choir, Wynton Marsalis creates a work of theater as well as devotion.
Celebrating Music in One of Its Wellsprings
Interactive technology puts visitors to the Grammy Museum Mississippi at the center of the history and workings of recorded music.
Tapestries Regal in Size and Beauty
Figures, robes, weather and waterfowl all vividly rendered.
Through a Lens, Oddly
A look at some of photography’s less familiar byways—from business and law to science and space exploration.
Weaving History Together
An enlightening look at a once-vast empire and its wealthy elite.
Homes for the Afterlife
Mysterious models speak evocatively about activities and spaces central to past civilizations.
When the Boogaloo Was Big
The Latin boogaloo’s history, impact and short-lived popularity are explored in the documentary ‘We Like It Like That.’
Verse Vivified
A one-man show gives voice and movement to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky.
A Peek at the Process
A rare look at how Indian painters in royal workshops created their compositions.
An Indian Artist Meditates on Abstraction
An Indian artist whose true importance was acknowledged only posthumously.
SXSW: Prime Mover or Has-Been?
For musicians, is Austin’s popular SXSW a great place to get discovered, or are emerging artists setting themselves up for disappointment?
Opera in Miniature
Performances that feature atypical venues, reworked scores and period pieces.
Animating the Troops
Between 1943 and 1945, the Leon Schlesinger studio produced roughly 26 “Private Snafu” cartoons for the United States Armed Forces First Motion Picture Unit.
An Exhibition Explores a Master’s Impact
An exhibition tells the story of how Botticelli was rescued from obscurity during the 19th century.
Remembering the Fifth Beatle
George Martin (1926-2016) signed the Beatles in 1962 and remained among the band’s most trusted advisers.
‘Trio Concertdance’ and ‘Rising’ Reviews
A duo of intimately scaled dance programs from Aakash Odedra Company, Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo.
A Show of Chinese Art Where Every Motion Counts
Visiting an exhibition with a student of one of China’s last scholar artists.
Old Meets New in an Orchestral Residency
A historic institution pays a visit to an ambitious newcomer.
EDM for Grown-Ups
The CRSSD Festival highlights non-commercial electronic dance music.
Struggling to Find His Part to Play
A royal edict changes the theater, casting an actor’s work and self-identity into question.
A Program in Praise of Prokofiev
Yefim Bronfman plays Sergei Prokofiev’s piano sonatas, works little known to American audiences.
Great Talent, Young Age
An exhibition of Van Dyck’s work takes a penetrating look at a master portraitist’s short-lived career.
At the Met Breuer, a Hazy View of History
Heavyweight artworks enlisted to serve a lightweight premise.
Electronic Music Meets Post-Bop Jazz
On ‘Kneedelus,’ Kneebody, a jazz quintet with an edge, teams up with Daedelus, an extraordinary experimenter in electronic music.
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New World Trade Center Transportation Hub Puts Dazzle Over Details
The almost $4 billion project is the apogee of a kind of architecture that wows rather than elevates.
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Wilco’s Drummer Goes Classical
So Percussion devotes their latest recording, ‘Drumkit Quartets,’ to six of Glenn Kotche’s works.
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An Overlooked Painter Gets Her Due
Alma Thomas was an underappreciated artist who immersed herself in a lifetime of learning and beauty.
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A Legendary Company Pays Tribute
The Mariinsky visited Brooklyn with ‘A Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya,’ a series of four different dance programs at BAM.
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Japanese Artists Carve a Place in History
A moment that saw technical innovations dovetail with shifting religious practices and a devastation that spelled opportunity.
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Looking at Wagner’s ‘Ring’ From Bayreuth
An exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum looks at the history of Wagner’s monumental opera.
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Picasso’s Many Moods
Tracing Picasso’s stylistic shifts, with war as a backdrop.
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The Death of Oscar Trivia
With the rise of the Internet, those who wowed awards parties with bits of knowledge can feel a little bitter.
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Ballet, or Something Else?
BalletBoyz offer a hybrid form that blends ballet and modern dance in ‘The Murmuring’ and ‘Mesmerics.’
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A New Clothing Capital
In postwar Italy, a design sensibility distinct from Paris emerged.
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Seeing Songs at the Library of Congress
The story of jazz vocalists, told through images and artifacts.
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Nomination Frustrations at the Oscars
This year’s lineup of Best Score hopefuls proves once again that the Academy’s rules for the award aren’t necessarily clear.
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New Jazz Mines the Archives
On ‘Work Songs,’ Jaimeo Brown Transcendence draws from Alan Lomax’s invaluable 1930s recordings of field workers in the South.
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Lights, Color, Action in Dallas
Ann Veronica Janssens proves to be a master of light in her first American solo show.
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‘Beauty and the Beast’: Riches for Young and Old Alike
Jean Cocteau’s film is a profound exploration of the human and animal worlds, light and darkness, and love and art.
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Van Gogh Paints a Room of His Own
An exhibition brings together three takes on a personal space.
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An Album Sets Folk Aflame
Billie Lindahl, who records as Promise & the Monster, just released her third album, ‘Feed the Fire.’
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Breaching the Wall at the Berlin International Film Festival
At the 66th Berlin International Film Festival ‘Germany 1966—Redefining Cinema’ looks at the country’s postwar cinematic flowering.
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Eagles, Eggshells and Eccentricities at MoMA
Marcel Broodthaers struggled to decide what sort of artist he was—or if he was more of a curator of ideas.
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Love Versus Luxury in ‘Manon Lescaut’
Puccini’s tale of obsession gets moved to occupied France.
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Wynonna Judd Is Back
The country star returns with her first album in seven years.
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‘Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art From Australia’ Review
Indigenous art can be difficult to read, but that shouldn’t hamper our appreciation.
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‘All My Yesterdays’ by Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and ‘The Distance’ by Michael Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus Reviews
Two new albums will have listeners hoping for the return of the big band.
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‘Hymns & Dervishes’ by Frederic Chiu Review
Pianist Frederic Chiu adds his voice to the legacy of Russian-Armenian mystic George Gurdjieff with a new album.
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A Portrait Painter Gets Her Due
A favorite among French elites, Vigée Le Brun fled during the Revolution—but that didn’t hurt her business.
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A Flat Fairy Tale at NYCB
Justin Peck’s new dance is based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale about a kingdom-wide contest.
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A Theatrical Controversy Proves to Be Much Ado About Nothing
Critics were banned from a revival, but was this a free-speech issue or something far less troubling?
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Going Gaga for Dada
A revolutionary movement celebrates its centenary.
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Cutting-Edge Concertos
Paola Prestini makes music that is at once both stealthily conservative and subtly ambitious.
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Recapturing the West
The new documentary ‘Carvalho’s Journey’ tells the story of a photographer whose life was filled with firsts.
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‘Evolution’ by Dr. Lonnie Smith Review: An Organist Keeps Jamming
Dr. Lonnie Smith returns to the Blue Note label with an album that reveals the enduring appeal of organ soul.
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In Wisconsin, a Museum Reborn
A much needed renovation of the Milwaukee Art Museum has secured the institution’s art while creating a better experience for visitors.
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Music That Blends the New and Unusual
The Kronos Quartet continues looking forward.
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A Deep Dive Into the Grammys
A look at some of the lesser-known nominees at this year’s award show.
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From the Shah to the Supreme Leader
Artists respond to Iran’s shifting political and cultural landscape.
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Meet the Met
James Panero, executive editor of the New Criterion, visits every gallery in the main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art—a Grand Tour in a single day.
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Jazz Energy Meets Electronica Beats
GoGo Penguin defies genre, pulling together influences from trip-hop, classical, jazz and more.
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‘Quicksand’ Review: Both Unpredictable and Fluid
The world-premiere of the late Robert Ashley’s opera-novel tells a loopy spy story.
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Japan’s Cinematic Genre Bender
His résumé includes B movies and shining examples of the Japanese New Wave.
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Charlotte Moorman’s Avant-Garde String Theory
Cellist Charlotte Moorman’s work divided opinion, but one thing’s for certain: She was deeply serious about her artistic projects.
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Exploring the Mysteries of Cinema
A filmmaker and theorist whose talent was as evident on the screen as it was on the page.
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A Rustic Kind of Jazz
A musician with a long history teams up with a new band to create a new sound.

Masterpiece

Let Me Take You Down Creation’s Path
How the Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ found its enduring form.
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An Introspective Interlude
Despite the quiet mood of the Bruges Madonna, the only sculpture by Michelangelo to leave Italy during the artist’s lifetime has a tumultuous history.
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It’s a Jungle Out There
Paul Theroux’s ‘The Mosquito Coast’ follows a character’s ill-fated attempt to build a microcosm of a better civilization.
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A Huge Force, for Love of God and Wife
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 came to be known as the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ because of the vast numbers required to perform it.
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Finding Eden in China
Suzhou’s Humble Administrator’s Garden is a richly varied, enthralling vision of nature.
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A Common Bond of Grief
In his condolence letter to Fanny McCullough, Abraham Lincoln drew on his own experience of loss to comfort another.
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Making and Looking
Sculptor Charles Ray discusses the communion between creator and viewer in Picasso’s ‘Woman With Leaves.’
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Where Inspiration Struck
Located near a remote New Mexico town, Walter De Maria’s ‘The Lightning Field’ harnesses solitude and the power of nature.
Theater
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‘Hold On to Me Darling’ Review: Satire Meets Sincerity
After his mother’s death, a successful country singer decides to move home and change his life in this comedy by Kenneth Lonergan.
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‘She Loves Me’: The Sweet Scent of Perfection
Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the love story between two perfume-store clerks is full of laughs.
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‘Familiar’ and ‘Eclipsed’ Review: Places Called Home
Two shows from Danai Gurira: A comedy of assimilation about Zimbabwean immigrants and a harrowing tale of women living in the middle of the Second Liberian Civil War.
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‘The Adventures of Pericles’ Review: Additional Dialogue By…
Ellen McLaughlin’s ‘translation’ of Shakespeare into modern English is perfectly understandable, but lacking in poetics.
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‘Hughie’ Review: A Gamble on Broadway
Forest Whitaker makes his Broadway debut as the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s challenging two-man play about a small-time gambler.
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‘Smart People’ Review: Not So Right-Minded
A group of smug progressives tries to deal with their own prejudices.
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‘The Humans’ Review: Dated Drama, Kitchen Sink and All
The story about a family’s Thanksgiving dinner gone wrong transfers to Broadway.
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‘Prodigal Son’ Review: Out of the Bronx, Into the Fire
A blue-collar kid from New York lands a spot at a New Hampshire boarding school, but adjusting isn’t easy.
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‘It’s Only a Play’ Review: Insider Comedy for the Masses
Terrence McNally’s backstage farce is filled with humor that can be appreciated by everyone from seasoned theatergoers to dramaturgical neophytes.
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‘Sense & Sensibility’ Review: Austen Can Be Fun
A classic gets updated in the best possible way.
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: Really the Blues
August Wilson’s 1984 history play looks at a real-life blues singer of the ’20s.
Film
‘Midnight Special’ Review: Fantasy and Family
In a sci-fi thriller set in Texas, a father protects his mysteriously gifted son
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- Jeff Nichols Preserves His Quirky Vision in ‘Midnight Special
‘My Golden Days’ Review: The Persistence of Memories
An academic preparing to leave Tajikistan for his native France reflects on his childhood and an old flame.
‘Krisha’ Review: A Prodigal’s Return
A 60-something flower child struggling with addiction goes home for Thanksgiving.
‘Zootopia’ Review: Beauty and the Beasts
A bunny’s dream of being a cop comes to fraught fruition in Disney’s animated feature.
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- Jason Bateman on ‘Zootopia,’ Directing and Taking Kids to the Movies
‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ Review: Taliban Shuffle
Tina Fey stars as a newbie war correspondent thrust into the chaos of Afghanistan.
‘The Wave’ Review: Storytelling as a Force of Nature
With a mountainside ready to collapse, a Norwegian tourist town is threatened by a tsunami.
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‘Triple 9’ Review: A Noir Thriller Lost in the Dark
To cause a distraction during a heist, thugs plan to murder a cop.
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- Thriller ‘Triple 9’ Seeks a Fresh Look in a Familiar Genre
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‘Eddie the Eagle’ Review: Feel Too-Good Story With Clipped Wings
This fictionalized biopic tells the story of Michael Edwards, the British plasterer-turned-ski-jumper who won hearts with his losing performance at the 1988 Olympics.
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‘The Mermaid’ Review: Taking Care of Fishy Business
A mermaid and a wealthy developer fall in love in this Chinese slapstick romantic fantasy with an ecological message.
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‘Embrace of the Serpent’ Review: Amazon Prime
A Colombian rain-forest shaman encounters two white visitors 40 years apart
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‘Race’ Review: Track Triumphs, Filmic False Starts
A biopic focuses on the high points of the life of Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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‘The Witch’ Review: A Seriously Scary Debut
When a family moves to a remote area of New England in the 1600s, a father’s obsession with holiness brings a darkness into the household.
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‘Zoolander 2’ Review: A Wreck on the Runway
Derek Zoolander, Hansel and Mugatu return in this cameo-dense sequel.
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‘Where to Invade Next’ Review: Send in the Clown
Michael Moore’s whimsical documentary searches overseas for solutions to America’s problems.
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‘A War’ Review: Conflicts, Both Legal and Military
In Denmark’s entry for the Oscars, a soldier finds himself in the crosshairs, first on the battlefield and then in a courtroom.
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‘Hail Caesar!’ Review: An Unappetizing Salad
The latest Coen brothers film is built on Hollywood lore and takes a jaundiced view of the film industry.
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‘The Club’ Review: Unholy Orders
A group of ostracized priests living in a Chilean town are up to no good.
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‘Rams’ Review: A Woolly Tale
“Rams” is a picturesque tale of Icelandic shepherds dealing with different kinds of loss.
Television
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‘Everything is Copy’ Review: More Joy From Nora Ephron
HBO’s tender documentary about the writer and director, who died in 2012, awakens good memories and explores enduring mysteries
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‘Billion Dollar Buyer’ Review: Chance of a Lifetime
In CNBC’s series, the head of Landry’s hospitality empire, Tilman Fertitta, shops for special new products from small companies.
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‘Hap and Leonard’ Review: Texas Treasure Hunt Gone Seductively Wrong
SundanceTV’s darkly comic crime thriller is wreathed in fear but so rich in atmosphere that it is difficult to ignore.
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‘Underground’ Review: Racing With the Freedom Runners
WGN America’s drama illuminates the desperation and courage of people who traveled the underground railroad.
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‘The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth’ Review: Winning Is What Matters
From a trio of campaign-trail veterans comes a docuseries that follows the 2016 election.
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‘Togetherness’ Review: Suffering in High Spirits
The Duplass brothers’ comedy of everyday woes returns for a second season on HBO.
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‘Prey’ Review: When Cops Are the Fugitives
Watching suspect officers of the law run for their lives is exciting on BBC America’s ‘Prey,’ especially when the police quarry seems innocent.
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‘Baskets’ Review: Tears of a Wannabe Clown
Comedy is just the beginning of FX’s weird and wonderful ‘Baskets,’ about a mean and selfish pagliacci transformed by the affection of others.
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‘Vinyl’ Review: An Insiders’ Spin on ‘70s Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll
A love of music (and other drugs) drives the hero of HBO’s new show.
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‘11.22.63’ Review: Kennedy and (Stephen) King
James Franco stars as a teacher sent back in time to prevent a presidential assassination.
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A Creepy Manson Confection
The cast of Lifetime’s ‘Manson’s Lost Girls’ get a hottie makeover that obscures the full horror of the 1969 murders.
Sightings
So You Think You Can Act on Broadway?
Performers who want to move from screen to stage should prepare themselves for more than a change of venue.
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How to Stop Theater’s Cellphone Scourge
Teaching audiences to behave properly is a process, and getting rid of bad cellular manners is a good place to start.
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Cy Walter’s Cocktail Piano, With a Twist
Cy Walter was one of the finest popular pianists of the 20th century, a reputation his son is working hard to revive decades after the musician’s death.
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West End Cinderella
The best theater memoir ever written explains how Emlyn Williams went from sailor’s son to stage star.

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