A landmark exhibition of drawings at the Met brings us into the studio of the French Revolution’s chief propagandist, and stages the ultimate showdown of…
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Faith Ringgold’s Path of Maximum Resistance
A survey of her trailblazing, 40-year career in Manhattan shows us how, as a Black artist, she survived and thrived.A survey of her trailblazing, 40-year…
View More Faith Ringgold’s Path of Maximum Resistance‘The Automat’ Review: Put a Nickel in the Slot for Nostalgia
A documentary about Horn & Hardart’s automated cafeterias is sweet and shaggy, but an engrossing tale of cultural harmony.A documentary about Horn & Hardart’s automated…
View More ‘The Automat’ Review: Put a Nickel in the Slot for Nostalgia‘Fistful of Vengeance’ Review: Pursuing the Queen of the Underworld
A man is granted magical powers to fight mystical chaos agents in Bangkok in this overcomplicated action thriller.A man is granted magical powers to fight…
View More ‘Fistful of Vengeance’ Review: Pursuing the Queen of the UnderworldRokia Koné, From Mali, Sings for the World. Especially Women.
Her international debut album enlists an Irish producer, Jacknife Lee, for songs infused with African history and feminism.Her international debut album enlists an Irish producer,…
View More Rokia Koné, From Mali, Sings for the World. Especially Women.What Was Stonehenge For? The Answer Might Be Simpler Than You Thought.
Astronomical calculator? Spaceship landing pad? Shrine to the Earth Mother? An exhibition at the British Museum uses the latest research to look past outlandish theories.Astronomical…
View More What Was Stonehenge For? The Answer Might Be Simpler Than You Thought.Leslie Parnas, Celebrated Cellist and Musical Diplomat, Dies at 90
His success at a competition in Moscow in 1962 earned him global renown and gave him a platform as a musical emissary.His success at a…
View More Leslie Parnas, Celebrated Cellist and Musical Diplomat, Dies at 90‘Top of the Heap’: Is It Blaxploitation? Avant-Garde? Afrofuturism? All Three.
Released in 1972 and now rediscovered, the movie is as ambitious as “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” and even weirder.Released in 1972 and now rediscovered, the…
View More ‘Top of the Heap’: Is It Blaxploitation? Avant-Garde? Afrofuturism? All Three.A City Ballet Star Bids Farewell to the ‘Crazy Ballerina Life’
After 22 years, Teresa Reichlen, a “low-key” Hitchcock blonde, steps into her next chapter: motherhood and running a gallery.After 22 years, Teresa Reichlen, a “low-key”…
View More A City Ballet Star Bids Farewell to the ‘Crazy Ballerina Life’‘Severance’ Review: That Makes Two of You
Adam Scott returns to the office in an engrossing thriller about separating work and home life, surgically.Adam Scott returns to the office in an engrossing…
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