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It was the day a grand showdown fight in “Prey” was to be shot, and Amber Midthunder felt awful. She was ill, and she had lost her voice. The sequence …
Amber Midthunder Has a New Action Hero for You Read MoreThe question from the Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo came out of the blue: Would David Henry Hwang, the American playwright, consider adapting his Broadway hit “M. Butterfly” for the opera …
The Composer Huang Ruo on Illusion and Betrayal in ‘M. Butterfly’ Read MorePHILADELPHIA — Dazzled by the iconic Cézanne, Matisse and Seurat paintings, most visitors to the Barnes Foundation overlook the African sculptures. Yet to Albert C. Barnes, who founded the collection, …
Questioning the Place of Black Art in a White Man’s Collection Read MoreBoy problems? Carly Rae Jepsen’s got them in spades on “Beach House,” a cheeky earworm from her forthcoming album “The Loneliest Time.” Jepsen employs her deadpan sense of humor as …
Carly Rae Jepsen’s Brand-New Boy Problems, and 7 More New Songs Read MoreWhen Ron Howard set out to retell the story of the dramatic 2018 rescue of a young soccer team from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, he knew he would …
Pattrakorn Tungsupakul on ‘Thirteen Lives’ and the Rescue Read MoreBONSAIby Alejandro Zambra. Translated by Megan McDowell. Alejandro Zambra’s “Bonsai” (translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell) begins with an ending: “In the end she dies and he is alone, …
Review: ‘Bonsai,’ by Alejandro Zambra Read MoreMOUNT CHICAGO, by Adam Levin Adam Levin’s expansive new novel begins with a high-concept catastrophe. One day in November 2021, a crater opens up in Chicago and swallows a swath …
Review: ‘Mount Chicago,’ by Adam Levin Read MoreAbbi Jacobson really can play baseball, she insisted. Just not when the cameras are rolling. “I fully get the yips when someone is watching me,” she told me. This was …
In ‘A League of Their Own,’ Abbi Jacobson Makes the Team Read MoreI recently asked my sister about my birth; she was 4, my brother was 2. She mentioned that Mom bought them gifts and declared they were from me, the newborn. …
“The Baby-Changing Station” by Rhett Miller and Dan Santat Read MoreIf you were a moviegoer in the 1980s, you were constantly presented with imaginative questions that seemed cosmic and existential. Would humanity someday settle its differences here on earth and …
Gen Z Stars React to Classic Sci-Fi Movies of the ’80s Read More