Arts
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Barbenheimer: The Unofficial Playlist
10 songs marked by aesthetic contrasts for the movies’ big opening weekend.
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The Personal Back Story Driving ‘They Cloned Tyrone’
Juel Taylor talks about his first film as a director, an adventurous sci-fi comedy starring Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and…
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Christopher Nolan and the Contradictions of J. Robert Oppenheimer
With the biopic “Oppenheimer,” due July 21, the writer-director Christopher Nolan, known for brain-twisting films like “Interstellar” and “Inception,” addresses…
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In ‘Twisted Metal’ Series, Killer Clowns Come With Class Commentary
Peacock’s new show indulges in the same ultraviolence as the video game that inspired it. But this time it has…
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Where’s the Controversy in ‘Philip Guston Now’?
The show makes its final U.S. stop at the National Gallery without feared protests. But some caricatures in the artist’s…
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At BroadwayCon, Diversity in Theater Takes Center Stage
The eighth annual fan event will host a variety of discussions about how to diversify stages, songs and scripts. Here…
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Review: A Lack of Passion Keeps This ‘Orpheus Descending’ Earthbound
Erica Schmidt’s revival of this Tennessee Williams play for Theater for a New Audience downplays the melodrama.
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Blending Dance and Sculpture Creates a Fresh View of Art
An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia is one of several recent projects using the two forms to explore…
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Saying Goodbye to the Dead. (Again.)
Jerry Garcia died in 1995. The band bid fans farewell in 2015. This weekend, Dead & Company will close out…
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Video Games at MoMA: Do They Belong There?
A call for one of the leading museums to firmly embrace game designers as artists.