Arts
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Can the Holocaust Movie Be Revelatory Again? 3 Filmmakers Say Yes.
Tragic tellings of the Shoah are all too common. The directors of “The Zone of Interest,” “Origin” and “Occupied City”…
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Norman Lear Reshaped How America Saw Black Families
“Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford and Son” brought a wave of Black characters to TV, even as the shows…
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24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023
Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop…
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‘S.N.L.’ Invites University of Phoenix to the House Antisemitism Hearing
The satire was only slightly less awkward than the real thing, in a freewheeling episode hosted by Adam Driver. Olivia…
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Neil Gaiman’s Son Thinks His Dad Is in Charge of ‘Doctor Who’
“It’s fun doing something that’s a bit terrifying sometimes,” says the “Sandman” writer, who will reprise his beloved reading of…
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Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.
Her voice is the shadow that remains after shock, after anger: the sound of a woman realizing she has nothing…
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A Video Game That Doubles as a World War I History Lesson
Last Train Home tells an overlooked story of the Czechoslovak Legion’s evacuation across Russia in the embers of the Great…
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Brenda Lee, a Queen of Christmas and So Much More
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a holiday staple for 65 years. But Lee, who recorded it at 13,…
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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Have Nothing and Everything in Common
It’s one thing to cry while performing. Emma Stone can do that. What she doesn’t want to do, and what…
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Best TV Shows of 2023
Series like “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Happy Valley,” “Reservation Dogs” and “Succession” dazzled in a year when much of the TV…