Books
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Helen Garner Keeps ‘Paradise Lost’ and a Bible Close at Hand
What books are on your night stand? “Urn Burial,” by Sir Thomas Browne, “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton, the King…
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: An Unsettling Masterpiece
Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody…
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‘Golden Bachelor’ Brings Something New to the Mansion: Grief
When “The Bachelor” squeezes widows and widowers through its melodrama machine, the franchise finally finds true heartbreak.
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The Passion of Adèle Haenel, an Artist of Fierce Political Conviction
Haenel, working with the choreographer-director Gisèle Vienne in “L’Étang,” is trying to “pierce through the surface of things.”
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Ann Philbin, Who Remade L.A.’s Hammer Museum, to Step Down
In nearly 25 years at the helm, Philbin helped transform the museum and elevate its reputation, and left a mark…
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‘Helen.’ Review: A Restless Heroine Tired of Abiding by Gender Roles
At La MaMa, Caitlin George’s new play uses comedy to counter the legend of Helen of Troy.
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Women of ‘Groundswell’: Thinking Outside the Spiral
Revisiting the land artists at the Nasher Sculpture Center, a critic finds their work was never more relevant than it…
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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Is This Season’s Most-Staged Play
Heidi Schreck’s play will have at least 16 productions around the country; last season’s most-produced play, “Clyde’s,” came in second.
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Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Back to Having a Good Time
With the jazz combo Sexmob, this enduring avant-gardist revisited vintage and recent songs with a grooving spirit.
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Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians
“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black…