Arts
-
Review: This ‘Magic Flute’ at the Met Lacks Some Luster
Mozart’s opera, tailored to families in this staging, is big on spectacle and let’s-put-on-a-show verve. What shines? Kathryn Lewek as Queen of the Night.
-
‘The O.C.’ Creators Are Right Back Where They Started From
With the publication a new book about their influential teen drama, which debuted in 2003, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have learned to love “The O.C.” again.
-
Can the Holocaust Movie Be Revelatory Again? 3 Filmmakers Say Yes.
Tragic tellings of the Shoah are all too common. The directors of “The Zone of Interest,” “Origin” and “Occupied City” refuse to let it live in the past.
-
Norman Lear Reshaped How America Saw Black Families
“Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford and Son” brought a wave of Black characters to TV, even as the shows opened up tensions over stereotypes.
-
24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023
Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
-
‘S.N.L.’ Invites University of Phoenix to the House Antisemitism Hearing
The satire was only slightly less awkward than the real thing, in a freewheeling episode hosted by Adam Driver. Olivia Rodrigo was the musical guest.
-
Neil Gaiman’s Son Thinks His Dad Is in Charge of ‘Doctor Who’
“It’s fun doing something that’s a bit terrifying sometimes,” says the “Sandman” writer, who will reprise his beloved reading of “A Christmas Carol” at Town Hall.
-
Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.
Her voice is the shadow that remains after shock, after anger: the sound of a woman realizing she has nothing left to live for. It is the second act of Verdi’s opera “La Traviata.” Violetta and Alfredo, a prostitute and a wealthy young man, have ...
-
A Video Game That Doubles as a World War I History Lesson
Last Train Home tells an overlooked story of the Czechoslovak Legion’s evacuation across Russia in the embers of the Great War.
-
Brenda Lee, a Queen of Christmas and So Much More
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a holiday staple for 65 years. But Lee, who recorded it at 13, has never rested on her laurels.