Arts
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Sleigh Bells Ring, Everyone’s Streaming: Christmas Music Is Back
Grabbing a piece of the lucrative holiday market requires planning, luck and the occasional battle with a seasoned superstar like Mariah Carey.
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Review: ‘The Far Country’ Brings a Neglected History Closer
Early 20th-century San Francisco and Guangdong, China, overlap in Lloyd Suh’s artful examination of the emotional price of immigration.
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The Best Crime Novels of 2022
Our columnist, who’s read dozens of books this year, selects her favorites.
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Is This Elephant Bothering You?
“Pests,” by Bethany Brookshire, examines our relationships with the animals we’ve come to loathe. It’s not just the usual suspects — rats, pigeons and rabbits.
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Best Movies of 2022
Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of the art house or the multiplex.
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11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year
Our critic was haunted, in a good way, by the performances she saw in movies, theater and TV that offered glimpses into other worlds.
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10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection
For our critic-at-large, “Fat Ham,” “Severance,” “A Strange Loop” and “Sandman” were some of the places she found truth and transcendence.
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‘Fat Ham,’ a Pulitzer-Winning Riff on ‘Hamlet,’ Is Broadway-Bound
The play, by James Ijames, will be at the American Airlines Theater starting March 21.
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Gary Oldman Found James Dean and His Wife at a Gallery
The Oscar-winning star of “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+ likes comedians in dramas, makes photos the hard way and is still discovering the Beatles.
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F. Murray Abraham Would Make ‘The White Lotus’ All Over Again
The buzzy series is one of several featuring the actor, who at 83 is finding some of the most satisfying work of his career. “I still am thrilled by acting,” he said.