Arts
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Why Do Some Films Get Restored and Others Languish? A MoMA Series Holds Clues.
History, finances and practical concerns all played a role in preserving the movies being shown at To Save and Project.
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Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed
In the 17th century, plague and famine devastated Seville. The Baroque painter turned this strife into engrossing parables of a Golden Age in decline.
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‘The Traitors’ Was a Sensation in Britain. Can It Conquer the U.S.?
A cross between “Survivor” and the party game Mafia, the competitive reality show arrives on Peacock after a British version became a word-of-mouth hit.
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Jeff Beck’s 10 Essential Songs
The guitarist, who died on Tuesday, could make his instrument slash, burn and sigh. Listen to tracks released from 1966 to 2010 that reveal his range and intensity.
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The Kafka You Never Knew
An unabridged volume of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores the rough edges and impulses that were buffed out of past editions.
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Prince Harry Learns to Cry, and Takes No Prisoners, in ‘Spare’
At once emotional and embittered, the royal memoir is mired in a paradox: drawing endless attention in an effort to renounce fame.
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Is That All There Is? A Secular Seeker Visits Holy Sites.
In “The Half Known Life,” Pico Iyer journeys around the globe to study conceptions of the world beyond.
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A Festival Is ‘Uncensored’ No More After Pulling a Work About Gender
The Frigid Fringe Festival in New York said it would no longer bill itself as “uncensored” after deciding not to move ahead with a performance it deemed anti-trans.
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Alex Brightman Lays ‘Beetlejuice’ to Rest
A concussion nearly derailed the actor’s fan-favorite turn as the madcap, black-and-white striped ghoul. But he recovered in time for the closing show.
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Longtime Film Forum Director to Step Down After 50 Years
Karen Cooper, who took over the nonprofit cinema in 1972 and transformed it into a $6 million-a-year operation, will step down in July after five decades.