Books
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At a French Opera Festival, Premieres in Pursuit of Happiness
Two works at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, by two inventive partnerships in opera, use fables to explore grief and queer utopian…
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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Review: The Ghost of Jump Scares Past
Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut with this fifth installment of the horror franchise haunted by a red-faced demon.
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Penn Station Is a Perpetual Mess. Change May Be at Hand.
There may finally be hope for New York’s busiest, dreariest train hub, with a new plan to improve it, the…
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This Time, Herzog & de Meuron Are Inside the Museum
The architects behind museums in San Francisco, Miami and Minneapolis, and the Powerhouse Arts Complex, in Brooklyn, are the subjects…
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‘Joy Ride’ Review: A Raunch-Com Roller Coaster
Four friends travel to China in a trip that goes entertainingly off the rails in this terrific comedy, starring Ashley…
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At Glamorous French Festivals, Poverty is Only Onstage
The opening productions of the Avignon and Aix-en-Provence Festivals brought tales of the down-and-out to well-heeled spectators. It got awkward.
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Eagles Join Parade of Acts on Final Tours With a ‘Long Goodbye’
The band, which performed a “farewell” tour in 2003, will begin what’s billed as a last run of dates in…
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Coco Lee, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Mulan’ Singer, Dies at 48
A pop star across Asia by her early 20s, Ms. Lee reached international recognition with an Oscar-nominated song in 2001.
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A Cult ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ Amid the New York Brownstones
In “The Sullivanians,” Alexander Stille recalls the heyday of an experiment in communal living that blurred the boundaries between therapists,…
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John Corbett Knows What You Want From Him
He was defined by his role in “Sex and the City,” not always comfortably. He’s reprising it in “And Just…