Arts
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A Crybaby Year for Men in the Movies
In 2023, male characters pouted elaborately after something they saw as their birthright was put in check.
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Video Games Let Them Choose a Role. Their Transgender Identities Flourished.
Transgender people have turned to games, some with robust character creators, as places where they can safely express themselves.
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Is This the Endgame for the Age of Heroes?
Audiences are showing fatigue when it comes to Marvel’s box office behemoths of recent years. Based on what they were…
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This Silly Museum About Crabs Has Serious Things to Say
The tiny Crab Museum in Margate, England, is gaining attention for its irreverent crustacean exhibits that also teach visitors about…
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Love a TV Show? Now You Can Live It.
Streamers and networks are creating live experiences to promote series like “Squid Game” and “Only Murders in the Building.” But…
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Two Watershed Shows About 1993 Help Make Sense of 2023
A blue-chip gallery asks, does the infamous Whitney Biennial or “The Theater of Refusal” measure up 30 years later, when…
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Best TV Episodes of 2023
“Bob’s Burgers,” “Frontline,” “Killing It” and “A Spy Among Friends” were among the series that gave us some of the…
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The Great Experiment That Is ‘The Color Purple’
A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional…
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‘Ferrari’ Review: Michael Mann Puts You in the Driver’s Seat
The director’s portrait of the Italian racecar impresario roars to life on the road, but home is a torment. Adam…
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‘Occupied City’ Review: Mapping the Holocaust, Street by Street
In his four-and-half-hour documentary, the British director Steve McQueen charts the fate of Amsterdam’s Jewish population during the Nazi occupation.