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11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year
6 December 2022
11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year
Our critic was haunted, in a good way, by the performances she saw in movies, theater and TV that offered…
10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection
6 December 2022
10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection
For our critic-at-large, “Fat Ham,” “Severance,” “A Strange Loop” and “Sandman” were some of the places she found truth and…
Dips and Sweet Delights for Hanukkah
6 December 2022
Dips and Sweet Delights for Hanukkah
The Friday box from a Brooklyn caterer offers matbutcha and other delights, chocolate halvah bonbons from Dandelion Chocolate and more.
‘Fat Ham,’ a Pulitzer-Winning Riff on ‘Hamlet,’ Is Broadway-Bound
6 December 2022
‘Fat Ham,’ a Pulitzer-Winning Riff on ‘Hamlet,’ Is Broadway-Bound
The play, by James Ijames, will be at the American Airlines Theater starting March 21.
Gary Oldman Found James Dean and His Wife at a Gallery
6 December 2022
Gary Oldman Found James Dean and His Wife at a Gallery
The Oscar-winning star of “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+ likes comedians in dramas, makes photos the hard way and is…
F. Murray Abraham Would Make ‘The White Lotus’ All Over Again
6 December 2022
F. Murray Abraham Would Make ‘The White Lotus’ All Over Again
The buzzy series is one of several featuring the actor, who at 83 is finding some of the most satisfying…
18 Recipes to Feed a Crowd When Everyone’s Home for the Holidays
6 December 2022
18 Recipes to Feed a Crowd When Everyone’s Home for the Holidays
Our reporters and editors know what it takes to cook a lot of food — and make it look effortless.…
Two Days of Terror in Washington, D.C.
6 December 2022
Two Days of Terror in Washington, D.C.
“American Caliph,” by Shahan Mufti, recounts the complex story of a largely forgotten episode from 1977, when an armed Muslim…
John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet
5 December 2022
John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet
“A Private Spy,” a collection of the British writer’s letters, offers glimpses of unguarded moments and ruffled feathers.
The Best Thrillers of 2022
5 December 2022
The Best Thrillers of 2022
A fiendish puzzle, an all-out struggle for survival on a remote island, the mysterious disappearance of a spouse: The year’s…