Books
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The Best Crime Novels of 2022
Our columnist, who’s read dozens of books this year, selects her favorites.
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Is This Elephant Bothering You?
“Pests,” by Bethany Brookshire, examines our relationships with the animals we’ve come to loathe. It’s not just the usual suspects…
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Best Movies of 2022
Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of…
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11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year
Our critic was haunted, in a good way, by the performances she saw in movies, theater and TV that offered…
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10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection
For our critic-at-large, “Fat Ham,” “Severance,” “A Strange Loop” and “Sandman” were some of the places she found truth and…
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‘Fat Ham,’ a Pulitzer-Winning Riff on ‘Hamlet,’ Is Broadway-Bound
The play, by James Ijames, will be at the American Airlines Theater starting March 21.
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Gary Oldman Found James Dean and His Wife at a Gallery
The Oscar-winning star of “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+ likes comedians in dramas, makes photos the hard way and is…
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F. Murray Abraham Would Make ‘The White Lotus’ All Over Again
The buzzy series is one of several featuring the actor, who at 83 is finding some of the most satisfying…
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Two Days of Terror in Washington, D.C.
“American Caliph,” by Shahan Mufti, recounts the complex story of a largely forgotten episode from 1977, when an armed Muslim…
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John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet
“A Private Spy,” a collection of the British writer’s letters, offers glimpses of unguarded moments and ruffled feathers.