Arts
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The Tiny Dancers Who Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Sparkle
“I think it’s one of the best costumes. It’s so furry and smooth and nice. But it’s also really hot.”…
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‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse
Sheila Brandreth and Keld Maxwell are in love and about to get married. She is a novelist and he is…
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Lars von Trier Had the Key to the End of ‘The Kingdom’ All Along
In the first two seasons of Lars von Trier’s haunted-hospital drama “The Kingdom,” hailed since the 1990s as Denmark’s “Twin…
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‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic
Late in “White Noise,” after the ecological disaster known as the “airborne toxic event,” on the heels of a professional…
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‘Devotion’ Review: An Airman in Reflection
“Devotion,” directed by J.D. Dillard, recounts the landmark career of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper…
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A Nick Cave Survey With Plenty of Bells but No Whistles
In 1992, when Nick Cave made his first soundsuit, the ornate, full-body garments for which he is best known, it…
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Review: In ‘The Hours,’ Prima Donnas and Emotions Soar
“The Hours” — a new opera based on the 1998 novel and the 2002 film it inspired — features a…
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The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés
Pablo Milanés, who died in Madrid this week at 79, left behind a body of work that was deeply personal…
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Black Can Be Even More Beautiful
To say “Black is beautiful” now, in certain areas of the country, is to state the obvious. In other places…
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Overcoming the Greatest Challenges
In most movies, an emotional triumph at the Olympics would be the principal goal for a protagonist. In “The Swimmers,”…