Arts
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In ‘Spirit Rangers,’ Elders Playing Elders
Two Native American acting legends, Wes Studi and Tantoo Cardinal, have shared a dozen film sets since 1990, beginning with…
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Joan Mitchell: A Painter at Her Peak
The painter Joan Mitchell, who died in 1992 at the age of 67, saved the best for last. In this…
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A Thanksgiving Binge Menu: 7 Fall Shows You Might Have Slept On
My childhood Thanksgivings involved television in a very specific sense: After the big meal, all the men in the family…
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How Do You Tell a Vandal From a Visitor? Art Museums Are Struggling.
LONDON — For Hans-Peter Wipplinger, the director of Vienna’s Leopold Museum, the last few weeks have been challenging. As climate…
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Review: At the Philharmonic, a Taste of Holiday Bounty
Thanksgiving came a day early at the New York Philharmonic this year: the calories, the juicy fat, the whipped cream,…
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The Tiny Dancers Who Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Sparkle
“I think it’s one of the best costumes. It’s so furry and smooth and nice. But it’s also really hot.”…
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‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse
Sheila Brandreth and Keld Maxwell are in love and about to get married. She is a novelist and he is…
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Lars von Trier Had the Key to the End of ‘The Kingdom’ All Along
In the first two seasons of Lars von Trier’s haunted-hospital drama “The Kingdom,” hailed since the 1990s as Denmark’s “Twin…
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‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic
Late in “White Noise,” after the ecological disaster known as the “airborne toxic event,” on the heels of a professional…
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‘Devotion’ Review: An Airman in Reflection
“Devotion,” directed by J.D. Dillard, recounts the landmark career of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper…