I’m a general assignment reporter on The Times’s Culture desk. Here are five things I’ve been watching, reading and listening to.I’m a general assignment reporter…
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Review: In ‘Never Let Go,’ a Solo Performer’s Heart Goes On
Michael Kinnan’s sendup of “Titanic” explores the liminal space between tribute and affectionate satire.Michael Kinnan’s sendup of “Titanic” explores the liminal space between tribute and…
View More Review: In ‘Never Let Go,’ a Solo Performer’s Heart Goes OnAn Artist’s Portraits, Stitched Together on the Subway
After a decade of embroidering portraits of loved ones, LJ Roberts delivers a lesson on queer kinship in a new exhibition at Pioneer Works in…
View More An Artist’s Portraits, Stitched Together on the SubwayIn ‘Afterlives,’ About Looted Art, Why Are the Victims an Afterthought?
The subject is one of the gravest topics in art history. I came for the lost stories of Jewish collectors. Where were they?The subject is…
View More In ‘Afterlives,’ About Looted Art, Why Are the Victims an Afterthought?‘Karen Dalton: In My Own Time’ Review: An Elemental Musical Force
A documentary chronicles the turbulent life of a singer whose music made a substantial impression on New York’s 1960s folk scene and still resonates today.A…
View More ‘Karen Dalton: In My Own Time’ Review: An Elemental Musical ForceFrench and Russian Art on a ‘War and Peace’ Scale
The Russian Revolution split the Morozov collection, but a colossal diplomatic effort has brought it back together in Paris. This exhibition is legitimately historic.The Russian…
View More French and Russian Art on a ‘War and Peace’ ScaleMiriam Toews Gets Nervous When People Assume She’s Read the Classics
“I literally start to sweat. I’ll rush home to have another go at ‘The Golden Bowl,’ or whatever.”“I literally start to sweat. I’ll rush home…
View More Miriam Toews Gets Nervous When People Assume She’s Read the ClassicsThe Privilege of Mediocrity
For creators of color, the perceived need to be exemplary can be artistically stultifying. Instead, true freedom may lie in being allowed to be fine…
View More The Privilege of Mediocrity‘Coming Home in the Dark’ Review: No Picnic
A family outing attracts mysterious, menacing uninvited guests in this grinding New Zealand thriller.A family outing attracts mysterious, menacing uninvited guests in this grinding New…
View More ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ Review: No Picnic‘Black as Night’ and ‘Bingo Hell’ Review: Marginalized Heroes
Two horror comedies that champion the downtrodden are part of the anthology series “Welcome to the Blumhouse,” streaming on Amazon.Two horror comedies that champion the…
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