Month: December 2021

Atlantic journalist Bart Gellman says the Republican party is increasingly unwilling to accept defeat and, in fact, is “prepared to win by sacrificing the essential elements of democracy.”

Adele is a rare thing right now: an artist whose appeal cuts across genres and generations. Her new album about divorce features thrilling, exhilarating songs about being absolutely miserable.

NEW YORK—Renewing their commitment to diverse representation, the producers of Sesame Street introduced the show’s first deeply enigmatic Muppet character Thursday, a fuzzy, frail, and vacant-eyed monster who has yet to reveal his true intentions. “Despite our progress over the years, we realized Sesame Street had not…

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As health officials sound the alarm about the pandemic’s impact on children’s mental health, music, drama and other art classes are helping kids adjust to being in-person again.

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The Italian filmmaker made extravagant, eye-popping films. She used to say she wasn’t surprised to be the first woman nominated for an Oscar in directing — she was only surprised that she didn’t win.

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This is the first musical Spielberg’s ever made, but he proves a natural: Few other American filmmakers have a more instinctive sense of rhythm and visual flow, or more direct access to your emotions.

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Invite Olivia Rodrigo to a 3-D movie, where she’ll have to take off her sunglasses. When she gets up to use the bathroom, that’s when you strike.

Most readers spend a lot of time happily immersed in words. But for a change of pace, these gorgeous art books provide hours of blissful visual diversion.

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Aaron Sorkin’s latest film zeroes in on one very stressful week in the lives of Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), when Lucy was accused of being a Communist.

Taborn is one the most inventive and resourceful pianists in improvised music today. He has a new solo album — his first in a decade — and, like the previous one, it’s a stunner.