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‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 2: A Happy Announcement
Season 1, Episode 2: ‘The Rogue Prince’ A couple of centuries in Westeros’s future, in the same garden (I think)…
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘Race for the Championship’ and ‘Stargirl’
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials…
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A Festival That Conjures the Strange Magic of H.P. Lovecraft
There’s bacon and eggs, and then there’s bacon and eggs at the Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast. Named after the cosmically malevolent…
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Catching Up With ‘Star Trek,’ the Quiet Franchise
“Star Trek” got a head start in the television-universe game. Four series, beginning with “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” came…
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‘The Invitation’ Review: Bringing Down the Haunted House
“The Invitation,” a brittle, droning excursion into gothic horror, primarily takes place at a manor in the English countryside. The…
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Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto
It took the composer William Bolcom over 40 years to follow his first piano concerto with a second one. When…
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Baryshnikov Arts Center Chooses Dance Veteran as Leader
The pandemic brought a series of changes to the Baryshnikov Arts Center in Manhattan, forcing it to cancel two years…
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
‘The Earth Is Blue as an Orange’ Stream it on the Criterion Channel. Early in this documentary from Ukraine, a…
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The Secrets Lurking Inside Matisse’s ‘Red Studio’
A flowered dress. A naked teenager. A Russian millionaire. A fancy room that hides secrets. Sounds like promotional copy for…
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Britney Spears and Elton John’s Mash-up, and 8 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos.…