The epigraph of Anthony Davis’s opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” is a quote from an interview in which, asked about the cost of freedom, Malcolm responds, “The cost...
Read moreFor want of any news from Rockstar Games, GTA 6 leaks are increasingly stepping into the vacuum and hyping up the space around the game. These leaks have served to raise anticipation...
Read moreNicolas Cage is not afraid to go big. This is, after all, a man who channeled the grandiose gestural acting of German expressionist films while starring in “Moonstruck” and was nearly fired...
Read moreFrench-German TV channel Arte is best known for covering cultural events and producing sophisticated dramas and documentaries, but over the past decade it has also been building a reputation in an entirely...
Read moreIt’s 2023. Using only your smartphone you can study dance moves in Berlin, shout along with protests in Iran, watch opera in Finland or witness catastrophe in the Middle East, if not...
Read moreRobbin Mele Gaudieri, who, as Robbin Bain, embodied traditional women’s roles as the winner of a beauty contest designed to promote beer in 1959 and later as the “Today Girl,” handling fashion...
Read moreHelen Marcus, a late-blooming photographer whose evocative black-and-white portraits of literary figures and film and television personalities graced book jackets and magazine covers for decades, died on Oct. 1 at her home...
Read moreThe Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 38th annual class of musical heroes on Friday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, in a night dominated by strong women and giants from...
Read moreOur critic recommends “Hermit of Peking,” by Hugh Trevor-Roper, and “A Morbid Taste for Bones,” by Ellis Peters.
Read moreMuch to gamers' delight, the BlizzCon 2023 is currently on. Blizzard Entertainment's annual convention has finally returned to an in-person event this year and is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center,...
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