The National Book Award finalists Leslie Connor and Sara Zarr explore that frustrating time between childhood and adolescence.The National Book Award finalists Leslie Connor and…
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‘Tall Girl 2’ Review: She Stoops
A teenage wallflower navigates newfound popularity in this inessential romantic-comedy sequel.A teenage wallflower navigates newfound popularity in this inessential romantic-comedy sequel.Read MoreMovies, Ting, Emily (Filmmaker),…
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The singer-songwriter’s “Welcome to the Block Party” is a refreshing and ambitious pop-country debut filled with good-humored feminist anthems and pointed songs about an ex.The…
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As a pop star who weds a math teacher in a stunt wedding, Jennifer Lopez is all business. But the original songs shine.As a pop…
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Shonda Rhimes turns an absorbing real-life story into a Netflix drama, at nine hours and change.Shonda Rhimes turns an absorbing real-life story into a Netflix…
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In this stunning Belgian drama, a little girl and her brother go to school, read, write, fight and learn some brutal lessons about life.In this…
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Ritual and healing are at the center of Whitney White and Aleshea Harris’s new play about a Black community that loses its members to a…
View More The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and RepairBetty Davis, Raw Funk Innovator, Is Dead at 77
“Nasty Gal” and her two other 1970s albums influenced generations of R&B and hip-hop.“Nasty Gal” and her two other 1970s albums influenced generations of R&B…
View More Betty Davis, Raw Funk Innovator, Is Dead at 77Europe Returns Ancestral Remains to Hawaii From Museums
A delegation from Hawaii is on a five-city tour to bring some home. Europe has thousands more human remains taken from around the world.A delegation…
View More Europe Returns Ancestral Remains to Hawaii From Museums‘The Sky Is Everywhere’ Review: Amid Grief, Blossoms of Joy
Josephine Decker unlooses a slipstream of adolescent passion and anguish in this radiant drama about a musician grieving the loss of her big sister.Josephine Decker…
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