Arts
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Review: Paul Mescal Electrifies in a Revelatory ‘Streetcar’
In London, the Irish actor stars as Stanley Kowalski in a deeply empathic version of Tennessee Williams’s 1947 play, “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
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‘Saint Omer’ Review: The Trials of Motherhood
A real-life case of infanticide is the basis of Alice Diop’s rigorous and wrenching courtroom drama.
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In Hale County, Alabama, Two Visions of Place
Inspired by the pioneering photographer William Christenberry, RaMell Ross moved to the Deep South and found fertile terrain. Now Pace Gallery puts their art in conversation.
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‘Hunters’: David Weil on Hunting Nazis as Collective Catharsis
The Amazon thriller, starring Al Pacino, returns for Season 2 with its sights on the ultimate target: Hitler.
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5 Broadway Veterans on Race and Representation in Theater Design
“Theater traffics in unconscious symbolism.” Set designers, lighting designers and a sound designer talk about skin tones, aesthetics and more.
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Shakespeare in the Park Will Stage ‘Hamlet’ This Summer
Ato Blankson-Wood will star as the aggrieved prince in a modern-dress production directed by Kenny Leon.
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Jon Meacham Grew Up With Civil War Bullets in His Backyard
The presidential biographer was raised on a battlefield, so when he was dispirited by the state of the union, it made sense to look to Lincoln.
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Review: ‘The Last of Us’ Is a Zombie Thriller About Single Parenting
HBO’s video-game adaptation doesn’t reinvent the apocalypse genre. But it injects an undead story with new life.
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‘Beautiful Beings’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys Will Be Violent Jerks
In this brutal Icelandic drama, four teenagers — both bullies and the bullied — struggle and rage against a world that rages back.