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Once You Watch an Ernie Gehr Film, You’ll Never See the World the Same Way
24 March 2024
Once You Watch an Ernie Gehr Film, You’ll Never See the World the Same Way
A MoMA series shows how the artist pushes the boundaries of cinema in short movies that both delight and baffle.
Climate Protesters Disrupt Broadway Play Starring Jeremy Strong
24 March 2024
Climate Protesters Disrupt Broadway Play Starring Jeremy Strong
A performance of a new production of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” was interrupted by protesters who shouted “no…
Down the Rabbit Hole in Search of a Few Frames of Irish American History
24 March 2024
Down the Rabbit Hole in Search of a Few Frames of Irish American History
The silent film “The Callahans and the Murphys” was pulled after an uproar over stereotyping. What happened next tantalized one…
Thomas Adès Takes a Step Toward the Classical Music Canon
24 March 2024
Thomas Adès Takes a Step Toward the Classical Music Canon
As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production.
Welcome to the London Book Fair, Where Everyone Knows Their Place
23 March 2024
Welcome to the London Book Fair, Where Everyone Knows Their Place
If you want to understand the power map of the publishing industry, just look at this event’s floor plan.
‘Rear Window’ Redux, With a Blind Girl Twist
23 March 2024
‘Rear Window’ Redux, With a Blind Girl Twist
In Armando Lucas Correa’s thriller “The Silence in Her Eyes,” vision impairment only enhances a young woman’s sense of neighborly…
She’s an A.I. Sex Robot, and She’s Becoming Sentient
23 March 2024
She’s an A.I. Sex Robot, and She’s Becoming Sentient
Sierra Greer’s debut novel, “Annie Bot,” explores questions of misogyny and toxic masculinity by following a pleasure robot that begins…
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
23 March 2024
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
‘The Regime’ and the Dictators I Have Known
23 March 2024
‘The Regime’ and the Dictators I Have Known
The HBO show is set in a fictional European country, but The Times’s chief diplomatic correspondent recognizes references to many…
Gene Wilder and Frida Kahlo in Their Own Words (for Better and Worse)
23 March 2024
Gene Wilder and Frida Kahlo in Their Own Words (for Better and Worse)
These documentaries draw us in by giving the sense that we’re getting the story straight from the artists. But we’re…