Books
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Johnny Depp Film About Louis XV Will Open Cannes Film Festival
The inclusion of “Jeanne du Barry,” directed by Maïwenn, is Depp’s first public embrace by the film industry since he…
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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April
Want to see new art in the city? Check out Che Lovelace and Tauba Auerbach in Chelsea and Shellyne Rodriguez’s…
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game
A famed video game character side-scrolls once again to the big screen in this bland, witless and flagrantly pandering animated…
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams
We asked a dozen musicians, scholars and critics to help take us on a tour of the music and mind…
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Review: In ‘Shucked,’ a Glut of Gleeful Puns and ‘Cornography’
A countrified musical about corn, and filled with it, too, transplants itself to Broadway, with songs by Brandy Clark and…
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It’s Their Content, You’re Just Licensing it
Recent automatic updates to e-book editions of works by Roald Dahl, R.L. Stine and Agatha Christie are a reminder of…
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‘Beef’ Review: Mad in America
A thrilling dark comedy explores the complexity of anger, through a road-rage feud between two drivers who are more alike…
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In ‘Thanksgiving Play,’ the Pageantry of ‘Well-Meaning’ White People
As Larissa FastHorse worked with the Broadway cast of “The Thanksgiving Play,” which centers on four white people trying to…
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A Beauty Brand That Turns Self-Improvement Into a Nightmare
In Ling Ling Huang’s debut, “Natural Beauty,” a woman discovers that there are horrors lurking beneath the surface of a…
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Legacy — and Betrayal — of Black Soldiers
In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World…