In a new production for the vast Drill Hall at the Armory, the idea is to let the trauma of a strange and unsettling year…
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New Haven’s Art Scene: Always Excellent, and Now Reopening
This city of 130,000 has always punched above its cultural weight. Now as its museums come back to life, visitors can see works by van…
View More New Haven’s Art Scene: Always Excellent, and Now Reopening‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’ Review: Growing Up, Far From Home
This child’s-eye view of a family’s flight from Nazi Germany keeps the perils of the adult world at a determined remove.This child’s-eye view of a…
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In “The Unbroken Thread,” Sohrab Ahmari sees Western society as having overreached on freedom and lost a sense of rootedness in tradition and community.In “The…
View More A Complaint Against Liberal Modernity, and a Solution: FaithHong Kong Protests, Silenced on the Streets, Surface in Artworks
Even as the authorities restrict speech in the Chinese territory, local artists are subtly rendering the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations in paintings, installations and other media.Even…
View More Hong Kong Protests, Silenced on the Streets, Surface in Artworks‘The Dry’ Review: Small Town Blues
Eric Bana stars as a cop visiting his hometown and getting embroiled in new murders and old traumas.Eric Bana stars as a cop visiting his…
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Zack Snyder’s zombies-in-Vegas extravaganza is an exhausting pivot from brilliant to boring, accomplished to shambolic.Zack Snyder’s zombies-in-Vegas extravaganza is an exhausting pivot from brilliant to…
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The filmmaker Luke Holland interviews a series of former Nazi functionaries in this unsettling study of complicity.The filmmaker Luke Holland interviews a series of former…
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This Romanian comedy takes an unpromising premise and turns it into a humble and humorous journey.This Romanian comedy takes an unpromising premise and turns it…
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