Books
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Review: The Danish String Quartet Spins Through Schubert
The group returned to Zankel Hall for the latest installment of its “Doppelgänger” project, featuring a premiere by Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
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Benjamin Millepied Uses Movement to Reinvent ‘Carmen’ on Camera
The choreographer is trying his hand at filmmaking with an experiment that merges drama, dance and music.
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An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
A track like “Heart on My Sleeve,” which went viral before being taken down by streaming services this week, may…
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‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Algorithm and Blues
A screwball thriller about a nun’s fight against artificial intelligence proves that making a messy, big-swinging jumble of a story…
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Happy 100th Birthday, 16-Millimeter Film
The format was initially a boon to amateurs. Now, with moviemaking gone digital, it’s the choice of auteurs like Darren…
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Subversive Novels Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize
Books by Maryse Condé and Eva Baltasar are among six nominees for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English.
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A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making
Mack McCormick’s long-awaited book about the musician Robert Johnson has arrived, in modest and expurgated form.
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12 Books You Should Be Reading Right Now
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For ‘Last Tango’ Actress, the Ugly Aftermath of Notoriety
In a troubling new memoir, Vanessa Schneider contends that the sexually explicit 1972 film exploited, and irrevocably hurt, her cousin.
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Young, White, Female and Dying of Despair in Rural America
For her first book, “The Forgotten Girls,” Monica Potts returned to her hometown in Arkansas to figure out why so…