- Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things’by Kyle Buchanan on 29 Nov 2023
“I’m a girl from Arizona and he’s a guy from Athens. I don’t know how this worked,” she says. Their latest project, “Poor Things,” may be Oscar-bound.
- Stream These 16 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in Decemberby Jason Bailey on 29 Nov 2023
We rounded up the best titles leaving the streaming service for U.S. subscribers. That includes Oscar winners, comedies, horror and four ‘Jaws’ films.
- Best TV Shows of 2023by James Poniewozik, Mike Hale and Margaret Lyons on 29 Nov 2023
Series like “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Happy Valley,” “Reservation Dogs” and “Succession” dazzled in a year when much of the TV business was in disarray.
- ‘Modern Love Podcast’: Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Didby Anna Martin, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Jen Poyant, Corey Schreppel, Sophia Lanman, Marion Lozano, Carole Sabouraud and Dan Powell on 29 Nov 2023
Sonja Falck was happily married to a man 34 years her senior. When their age gap started to test their bond, they had to change their relationship in order to save it.
- Brenda Lee, a Queen of Christmas and So Much Moreby Lindsay Zoladz on 29 Nov 2023
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a holiday staple for 65 years. But Lee, who recorded it at 13, has never rested on her laurels.
- Casey Likes of ‘Back to the Future,’ Is on a Rollby Alexis Soloski on 29 Nov 2023
At 21, he already has two Broadway leads under his belt. On Thursdays, he sheds Marty McFly’s signature vest for a bowling shirt.
- A Video Game That Doubles as a World War I History Lessonby Samuel Horti on 29 Nov 2023
Last Train Home tells an overlooked story of the Czechoslovak Legion’s evacuation across Russia in the embers of the Great War.
- The Artist Who Photoshops Paddington Into Everythingby Scott Cacciola on 29 Nov 2023
For nearly 1,000 straight days, Jason Chou has inserted Paddington, the anthropomorphized bear, into absurd situations. He has no plans to stop.
- Maria Callas Was Opera’s Defining Diva. She Still Is.by Zachary Woolfe on 29 Nov 2023
Callas would have turned 100 on Dec. 2. She and her flash of a career remain beacons of artistic integrity and profundity.
- ‘Fargo’ Season 5, Episode 3 Recap: Preparing for a Blood Bathby Scott Tobias on 29 Nov 2023
Dot’s pursuers seem to be on the verge of being pursued themselves.
- New York City Ballet and Its Orchestra Reach Contract Dealby Javier C. Hernández on 28 Nov 2023
The agreement, which includes an increase in compensation of about 22 percent over three years, ends months of tense negotiations.
- Nom Nom Nom. What’s the Deal With Cookie Monster’s Cookies?by Sopan Deb on 28 Nov 2023
If you have ever wondered what the “Sesame Street” Muppet is really eating, we have the answer.
- Jean Knight, Who Struck Platinum With ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ Dies at 80by Richard Sandomir on 28 Nov 2023
Her anthem of female strength topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached No. 2 on the pop chart in 1971. Its appeal has endured.
- Chicago Architecture Biennial Review: Floating Museum Aims Highby Christopher Hawthorne on 28 Nov 2023
The directors, who are part of an art collective, wind up stretching architecture’s net in so many directions that it begins to fray.
- Young Thug’s YSL RICO Trial: What to Knowby Joe Coscarelli on 28 Nov 2023
Hip-hop collective or street gang? In a blockbuster case against the famed Atlanta rap crew YSL, headed by Young Thug, prosecutors say it is both.
- Dolly Parton (Really) Rockson 28 Nov 2023
“Rockstar,” the country icon’s new double album of rock songs, is now the highest charting LP of her career. But her history with the genre runs deep.
- ‘Amid Falling Walls’ Review: Songs of Resilience From the Holocaust Eraby Laura Collins-Hughes on 28 Nov 2023
A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and ’40s.
- Catherine Christer Hennix, Spiritual Drone Musician, Dies at 75by William Robin on 28 Nov 2023
She fused her mathematical knowledge with minimalist sounds and global spiritual traditions, most notably in her 1976 composition “The Electric Harpsichord.”
- Italy Searches for Museum Leaders, With Nationalism in the Airby Elisabetta Povoledo on 28 Nov 2023
Last time the top jobs at some of the country’s most prestigious art institutions came up, many went to foreign candidates. This time, that’s unlikely.
- Mellon Foundation Pledges a Total $500 Million for Monumentsby Hilarie M. Sheets on 28 Nov 2023
The philanthropy will add to its ongoing initiative to tell diverse stories with new monuments in public spaces over the next five years.
- Did That $4 Wyeth Thrift Store Painting Really Sell for $191,000?by Matt Stevens on 28 Nov 2023
A New Hampshire couple was quite happy when a rare N.C. Wyeth work they stumbled upon sold for so much at auction. But when the buyer reneged, the sale and their vacation dreams were undone.
- Gotham Awards 2023: ‘Past Lives’ and Lily Gladstone Win Bigby Kyle Buchanan on 28 Nov 2023
The movie prize season kicks off with honors for the A24 drama and for the star of “The Unknown Country” (who’s better known for “Killers of the Flower Moon”).
- After 9 Years in Limbo, Treasures From Crimea Return to Ukraineby Nina Siegal on 28 Nov 2023
The artifacts were on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia invaded in 2014. Ukraine argued that they must be kept out of the aggressor’s hands.
- Robert Battle Had a Wide Vision of What Alvin Ailey Could Beby Gia Kourlas on 28 Nov 2023
Battle, the artistic director who brought Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater into a new century, resigned just before the company’s new City Center season.
- Amid Parthenon Dispute, Sunak Cancels Meeting With Greek Prime Ministerby Alex Marshall, Mark Landler and Niki Kitsantonis on 28 Nov 2023
After Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the British Museum to return the Parthenon marbles, his British counterpart abruptly called off their meeting.
- Rob Reiner Teases Details of ‘Spinal Tap’ Sequelby Mike Ives on 28 Nov 2023
Speaking on a podcast this week, the director said Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the film, among other real musical stars.
- The T Predictor: What We’ll Be Obsessing Over in 2024by Kate Guadagnino, Jameson Montgomery, Juan A. Ramírez, John Wogan and Carmen Winant on 28 Nov 2023
We asked 46 artists, filmmakers, chefs and other creative people to forecast next year’s cultural trends. (Spoiler: We’re all going to be wearing a lot of brown.)
- Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for ‘Prophet Song’by Alex Marshall on 28 Nov 2023
The judges for the prestigious award were not unanimous in their decision to select this novel, which depicts an Ireland descending into totalitarianism.
- Stephen Colbert Cancels ‘Late Show’ Episodes After Rupturing Appendixby Christopher Kuo on 27 Nov 2023
Colbert posted on social media that he was recovering from surgery and unable to host this week.
- Emma Corrin Tries to Solve ‘A Murder at the End of the World’by Alexis Soloski on 27 Nov 2023
The actor has worked steadily since breaking out as a young Princess Diana in “The Crown.” Corrin’s latest role is as an amateur sleuth in “A Murder at the End of the World.”
- Drake Returns to No. 1 as Dolly Parton Opens Big With ‘Rockstar’by Ben Sisario on 27 Nov 2023
The country star’s rock-themed new LP debuts at No. 3, becoming her highest-charting album on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200.
- How Cave Canem Has Nurtured Generations of Black Poetsby Stacy Y. China on 27 Nov 2023
The poets’ fellowship, which was founded in 1996, has worked with poets who have gone on to win many of the genre’s most important accolades.
- ‘Succession’ Creator Still Has ‘a Lot of Sympathy’ for the Roysby Alexis Soloski on 27 Nov 2023
In an interview, the “Succession” creator looked back on the end of the show and discussed Marxism, extreme wealth and whether any of his characters were remotely likable.
- The Ceramists Putting a Fresh Spin on Traditional Korean Techniquesby Alexa Brazilian on 27 Nov 2023
In reinvigorating the craft’s rich history, a group of female Korean and Korean American artists are creating a body of wholly distinct work.
- What’s on TV This Week: ‘Special Forces’ and ‘Selena + Chef’by Shivani Gonzalez on 27 Nov 2023
The endurance reality show wraps up its second season. Selena Gomez’s cooking show returns with a holiday special.
- Charles Melton, ‘May December’ Breakout Star, Is Transformedby Kyle Buchanan on 27 Nov 2023
The ex-“Riverdale” star transformed himself for Todd Haynes’s new drama. As an actor, he’s caught between wanting to be seen and wanting to disappear.
- An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Timeby Keith Bradsher and Javier C. Hernández on 26 Nov 2023
“Émigré,” about Jews who fled Nazi Germany, debuts amid U.S.-China tensions and cultural rifts over the Israel-Hamas war. It comes to New York in February.
- Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film: 4 Takeaways From the Premiereby Kyle Buchanan on 26 Nov 2023
The star skipped the red carpet and slipped into the celebrity-filled screening on Saturday night. But the movie pulls back the curtain — a little.
- Betty Rollin, Who Wrote Candidly About Her Breast Cancer, Dies at 87by Richard Sandomir on 26 Nov 2023
Coping with illness was the subject of a popular memoir, “First, You Cry.” In “Last Wish,” a best seller, she wrote about helping her mother end her life. She chose to end her own life as well.
- Antonia Bennett Used to Sing With Tony. Now She’s Carrying on Solo.by Elysa Gardner on 26 Nov 2023
The crooner’s daughter is ramping up her music career once again, and plotting a new album. On Thursday, she’ll perform two sets at Dizzy’s Club in New York.
- ‘Fallen Leaves’ Is the Rare Rom-Com That Makes Sense in Dark Timesby Esther Zuckerman on 26 Nov 2023
Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves” is both magical and despairing, born of what the Finnish auteur’s stars say is an unusual shooting approach.
- JACK Quartet Commits to Finding the Musicby Zachary Woolfe on 26 Nov 2023
Its stylistic range, precision and passion have made the group one of contemporary music’s indispensable ensembles.
- Paju, South Korea’s City of Booksby Chang W. Lee and Jin Yu Young on 26 Nov 2023
With some 900 book-related businesses, Paju Book City, northwest of Seoul, is an intentional and euphoric celebration of books and the bookmaking process.
- André 3000’s Experiments With Flutes and Fameon 25 Nov 2023
The acclaimed rapper’s first solo album contains no rapping. What does this sharp creative turn reveal about its maker?
- Two Novels by Renegade Womenon 25 Nov 2023
Leah Greenblatt recommends “Meg,” by Theodora Keogh, and “The Glass Cell,” by Patricia Highsmith.
- Pina Bausch’s ‘Rite of Spring’ Takes Root in Africaby Marina Harss on 25 Nov 2023
A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch’s canonical work around the world. “I’ve always felt that this was an African dance,” said Germaine Acogny.
- Sebastian Maniscalco’s Toughest Audience Is His Kidsby Kathryn Shattuck on 25 Nov 2023
“When they laugh, it blows away the feeling of 20,000 people,” says the comedian, who stars in the new Max series “Bookie.”
- ‘Rust’ Killing Forces Hollywood to Make Choices on Gunsby Julia Jacobs on 25 Nov 2023
Real guns or replicas? Blank fire or special effects? The killing of a cinematographer on a film set has some in the industry rethinking their approach to firearms.
- France Scoffs at an Englishman’s ‘Napoleon’by Catherine Porter on 24 Nov 2023
French critics considered Ridley Scott’s new biopic lazy, pointless, boring, migraine-inducing, too short and historically inaccurate. And that’s just to start.
- ‘Doctor Who’ is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know.by Scott Bryan on 24 Nov 2023
The British sci-fi show is celebrating its 60th anniversary with three specials featuring some familiar faces.
- Sean Combs Accused of Sexual Assault by a Second Womanby Matt Stevens on 24 Nov 2023
The rap mogul denied a rape accusation made in a new lawsuit that was filed days after Mr. Combs settled another suit in which the R&B artist Cassie had accused him of abuse.
- For Monetochka, a Moral Stand Started a Creative Climbby Paul Sonne and Alex Marshall on 24 Nov 2023
Monetochka was one of Russia’s most discussed pop stars. Now, like other antiwar acts in exile, she’s having to retool her career.
- Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Nowby Elisabeth Vincentelli on 24 Nov 2023
A rom-com in space, a coming-of-age quest and a high-tech birthing plan are among the films worth checking out this month.
- The Met’s New European Galleries Feature 6 Must-See Paintingsby Jason Farago on 24 Nov 2023
After a five-year renovation, some of the museum’s grandest galleries have reopened. Our critic frames six artworks you cannot miss.
- Disney Rejected Her a Few Times. The ‘Wish’ Director Just Kept Trying.by Ashley Spencer on 24 Nov 2023
After she was finally hired by the studio, Fawn Veerasunthorn worked her way up the ranks, and has applied that lesson of perseverance to her new film.
- Why You Love (or Love to Hate) Christmas Musicby Derrick Bryson Taylor on 24 Nov 2023
Like the holiday season itself, the nostalgia that Christmas music evokes can be emotionally charged.
- ‘The Curse’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Missing Chickenby Esther Zuckerman on 24 Nov 2023
This week, Asher and Whitney inflict their chaos upon people who never asked for their charity but are now reliant on it.
- What It’s Like to Work With Hayao Miyazakiby Carlos Aguilar on 24 Nov 2023
The anime master is a creature of habit who talks every day with his longtime producer, and keeps it more hands off with his regular composer.
- ‘Terms of Endearment’ at 40 and How It Helped One Writerby Dina Gachman on 24 Nov 2023
A writer remembers bonding with her mother over the film’s unusual mix of sorrow and laughter, a blend that helped immeasurably through painful loss.
- ‘Manahatta,’ Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Play About the Lenape, Comes Homeby Alexis Soloski on 24 Nov 2023
The show, which toggles between the 17th century and the early 21st, arrives on the island on which it is largely set.