Arts
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‘Spamalot’ Review: You’ll Laugh in Its General Direction
In the first Broadway revival of the Monty Python musical, the old bits are verbatim but the clowns are running the circus.
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Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey Company, Resigns
Battle is stepping away after running the company for 12 years, citing health concerns.
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Sean Combs Is Accused by Cassie of Rape and Years of Abuse in Lawsuit
In the suit, the singer says Mr. Combs, known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, subjected her to a pattern of control and abuse over about a decade. Mr. Combs “vehemently” denied the allegations.
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‘Saltburn’ Review: A Promising Young Man Takes a Seedy Turn
In the new film from Emerald Fennell, Barry Keoghan plays an Oxford student drawn into a world of lust and envy at a classmate’s estate.
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Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes: A Diary of an Influential Life
Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances.
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Hunter College Pulls Screening of Film Critical of Israel
The cancellation of a showing this week of the documentary “Israelism” caused a backlash from the college’s Senate, which called it a violation of academic freedom.
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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Review: Godzilla vs. Kurt Russell
The MonsterVerse franchise adds a series on Apple TV+ and brings a classic leading man back to the small screen.
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‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Love (and Laughs) Among the Ruins
In the latest from the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki, two lonely people find each other with tenderness, karaoke and deadpan comedy.
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‘Rustin’ Review: A Crucial Civil Rights Activist Gets His Due
Colman Domingo carries this biopic of a March on Washington organizer, the first narrative feature from Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company.
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The Eclectic Inspirations for Alan Wake 2’s Surreal Tale
Yes, there is a Stephen King influence. But the video game’s metanarrative was inspired by unorthodox novels, films and plays such as “House of Leaves” and “Fight Club.”