Arts
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‘Easter Sunday’ Review: A Feel-Good Filipino Family Comedy
“Easter Sunday” has all the makings of a rollicking family comedy: The protagonist is a struggling actor and comedian with…
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A Road Trip to Sample America’s Many, Many Music Festivals
Four classical music festivals. Three children. Two exhausted parents, with a brave grandfather in tow. One bedraggled minivan. It’ll be…
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s Brand-New Boy Problems, and 7 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos.…
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She’s the Secret Weapon in a Film About the Thai Cave Rescue
When Ron Howard set out to retell the story of the dramatic 2018 rescue of a young soccer team from…
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‘The Nosebleed’ Review: Reconciling the Ghosts in the Attic
Do artists owe us the truth? Autobiography is inherently subjective, and colored by creative license. But if it holds up…
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‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Review: More Turtle Power
“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie” won’t convert any new fans to the heroes in a half-shell,…
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Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains.
When I was four months pregnant, just as my midsection had grown vast enough to convert my pregnancy into a…
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Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present
Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present “Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The…
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Four Movies About Summer to Stream Now
Beach reads, grilled corn, baseball: These are the indulgences of summer. Movies too, especially when it’s hot as blazes outside…
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The Case of the Artist and the True-Crime Documentary
If you’re the sort of television viewer — like me — who watches true-crime documentaries and spends the whole time…