Why Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Has Parents Talking About Phones
The British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne has written several TV dramas that he hoped would stir political debate. Until last week,
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Wild Up’s Darkness Sounding Festival: The Power of Tuning
The second half of Friday’s program was given over to the world premiere of Sarah Davachi’s “The Lower Melodies,” a languid sound
Jennifer Tilly Is In On the Joke
She has been electrocuted, hatcheted, murdered by a doll with her soul trapped inside it. She has also notched up an epic
Jenifer Ringer Is Back at the School of American Ballet in a New Role
“Y’all” is pleasant enough on its own, but to hear it more than a dozen times during a ballet class in New
‘Mid Century Modern,’ Plus 8 Things to Watch on TV this Week
Dive into dating. “The Bachelor” franchise has had a couple of explosive seasons in recent years, but for better or worse, Grant
In ‘Othello,’ Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal Are Prey and Predator
Just moments earlier, he was an infatuated new husband, and she his “gentle love.” Now, in Act III, Scene 3 of “Othello,”
‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’ Review: No Century for Old Men
“Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” picks up where “Wolf Hall” left off, amid the gruesome beheading of Anne Boleyn in
Marty Callner, Director of Comedy Specials and Music Videos, Dies at 78
Marty Callner, a pioneering director of comedy specials who set the template for the genre at HBO in the 1970s before going
A Meghan Markle-Approved Doll That Gives Toddlers a Taste for Finer Things
“With Love, Meghan,” the Netflix series starring and produced by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, immerses viewers in her world of at-home luxury.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music Is Fighting to Regain its Mojo
It is the sort of buzzy production that was once a staple of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar
Sasha Stone, an Original Oscars Blogger, Takes on Hollywood
Earlier this month Sasha Stone watched the Oscars alone at her home in a town outside Los Angeles. For someone who has
Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules
“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the perennial hit song by Mariah Carey that has become a holiday ear worm for
‘Severance’ Finale: Which Fan Theories Were Correct?
This article is almost entirely made up of spoilers. The “Severance” rabbit hole online is deep, with fans sharing theories about the
‘Severance’ Finale: Which Theories Were Correct?
This article is almost entirely made up of spoilers. The “Severance” rabbit hole online is deep, with fans sharing theories about the
‘Love Life,’ the Lost Great American Musical, Returns Over 75 Years Later
Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s pioneering “Love Life” was thwarted by circumstance. Now, it is coming to Encores! at New York
Japanese Breakfast’s Shimmering Sadness, and 8 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist
How ‘Severance’ Uses Old Tricks to Make Its Office Hell
Contains spoilers about past episodes but not the Season 2 finale. In “Severance,” the Apple TV+ series about a shadowy company where
Takeaways From the ‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale
The second season of “Severance” just wrapped up with its longest episode yet. We have thoughts. Spoilers abound. Whose Side Are We
Yasuaki Shimizu, a Japanese Sax Master, Takes North America
Invited onto Tokyo’s jazz circuit, he sat in on “incredibly moving” gigs with John Coltrane’s drummer Elvin Jones in 1979 and ’81.
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
‘Broken Rage’ Stream it on Amazon Prime Video. The director Takeshi Kitano’s “Broken Rage” might be the most original action film I’ve
‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale: Mark vs. Mark
Early in the Season 2 finale of the acclaimed, much-memed Apple TV+ series “Severance,” a man has a spirited debate that ends
Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Environmental Music Is Enchanting a New Generation
McCarthy and his Temporal Drift partner, Yosuke Kitazawa, have been part of four of the five Yoshimura reissues that have been released
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
A Dopey movie makes us grumpy. ‘Snow White’ Directed by Marc Webb, this fairy-tale reimagining sees Snow White (Rachel Zegler) rescuing the
Late Night Gives Trump’s Education Agency Shutdown a Failing Grade
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get
When the Walls Close In on the ‘Wolf Hall’ Saga
Mark Rylance sat quietly and alone, his black-capped head bowed, his eyes closed. Nearby in a grand chamber, Damian Lewis stood resplendent
Is Playboi Carti Rap’s Next — or Last — Superstar?
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube In the almost five years since the release of “Whole Lotta
‘Shared Custody’ Is a Prickly Spanish Divorce Drama
“Shared Custody” is a light divorce drama, though it is perhaps better seen as a cellphone drama: the buzzing, the ringing, the
J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81
J.B. Moore, an advertising man from suburban Long Island who wrote the lyrics to one of rap’s first hits — Kurtis Blow’s
‘Ash’ Review: Deep-Space Horrors – The New York Times
The high-concept sci-fi horror film “Ash,” a hazy story about an amnesiac deep-space explorer who awakens to discover her entire crew was
The Sudden Weirdness of TV Presidents
You can’t say that TV’s fictional presidencies lack for drama today. In “Zero Day,” the former President George Mullen (Robert DeNiro) sleuths
Robert E. Ginna Jr., Whose Article Bolstered U.F.O. Claims, Dies at 99
Robert E. Ginna Jr., a founding editor of People magazine, a book editor and a film producer whose 1952 Life magazine article
‘Peep Show’ Still Proves That ‘Self-Loathing Is Pretty Universal’
Over two decades ago, two British shows reinvented television comedy with mortifyingly funny alternatives to regular sitcoms. One of them might immediately
Jensen McRae and 10 More Artists to Watch
Every week, our critics spotlight notable new songs on the Playlist. Here’s more about 11 artists behind them, selected by the pop
‘Snow White’ Review: A Princess’s Progress
Disney’s new “Snow White” is perfectly adequate, though the scene when our heroine stands alongside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chanting “no justice, no peace”
Late Night Tackles the Attacks on Tesla
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get
This Charming British Detective Show Is an Escape From Uncertain Times
In the opening scene of the detective show “Ludwig,” the camera pans up and down the floors of a glass office building
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Brings the Thrill of Music Making to Broadway
The spirit of the musical “Buena Vista Social Club” is evident in its opening scene. Audience members have barely settled into their
Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board
During his first visit to the Kennedy Center since making himself the chairman of its board, President Trump had a lot to
Amid Kennedy Center Upheaval, a Maestro Decides to Stay On
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington has gone through big changes since President Trump’s recent takeover of
In ‘Good American Family,’ Ellen Pompeo Leaves the Hospital
At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ellen Pompeo stood in a room of Picassos, mostly in the Cubist style. She