Arts
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‘Women Talking’ Review: The Power of Speech
Sarah Polley adapts Miriam Toews’s novel into a timely political parable with a stellar ensemble cast.
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New Year’s Eve in New York City: What to Do, See and Eat
Ring in the holiday just like the old days — in person.
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Stream These Three Great Documentaries
This month’s picks include a look at families coping with cancer, a filmmaker exploring some troubling family history and a director using animation to tell the story of an Afghan refugee.
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Songs from Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga Make the Oscar Shortlist
The academy also released shortlists for documentary, international feature and seven other categories.
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Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present
The 47-year-old playwright Lloyd Suh is having a moment, with a handful of plays that reveal how history can exact an emotional toll across culture and time. His latest, “The Far Country,” opens at Angel Island, the notorious checkpoint off the coast ...
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Inside the Oscars’ Best-Actress Battle Royal
Forget the men: A banner crop of leading ladies, including Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett, rule the Oscars’ deepest and most dynamic race.
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‘Women Talking’ and What a Post-#MeToo Future Looks Like
The director Sarah Polley and cast members Claire Foy and Rooney Mara dig into thorny issues raised by their new film, a drama based on sexual assaults in a Mennonite sect.
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What Does an Angel See in Her Future? Maybe a Sugarplum Fairy.
In “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” performed by City Ballet and young students from its School of American Ballet, ballet comes full circle.
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‘The Collaboration’ Review: A Basquiat-Warhol Bromance in Bloom
Anthony McCarten’s biodrama about the artists’ work together lifts the curtain on their friendship, or at least it thinks it does.
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How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back
A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items looted during the colonial era.