Four friends process the breakup of their musical idols, The Smiths, in this gentle tale of teenage self-discovery.Four friends process the breakup of their musical…
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‘Senior Moment’ Review: A Romance That Wouldn’t Hurt a Flea
This Giorgio Serafini movie takes us to a retirement center, a drag race and the DMV, not to mention a dizzying encounter on public transportation.This…
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Dive into a long-awaited biography of Philip Roth, an exposé of the Sackler family and novels from Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Jhumpa Lahiri and Katherine Heiny.Dive…
View More 15 New Books to Watch For in AprilTillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art
Through her rigorous depictions of working-class families, this mid-20th-century writer of fiction conveyed the costs of living for burdened mothers, wives and daughters.Through her rigorous…
View More Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and ArtKurt Weill’s Path From Europe to Broadway Was a Straight Line
Weill’s early, Weimar-era works reveal the qualities that found a natural home in his golden age American musicals.Weill’s early, Weimar-era works reveal the qualities that…
View More Kurt Weill’s Path From Europe to Broadway Was a Straight LineThe Restless, Eclectic and Contradictory Passions of Edward Said
“Places of Mind,” a new biography by Timothy Brennan, a former student, shows one of America’s most distinguished postwar intellectuals to have been a man…
View More The Restless, Eclectic and Contradictory Passions of Edward SaidThe Book That Taught Tammy Duckworth How to Mummify Human Remains
“I haven’t found a use for that yet, but you never know.”“I haven’t found a use for that yet, but you never know.”Read MoreBooks and…
View More The Book That Taught Tammy Duckworth How to Mummify Human RemainsWalter Isaacson’s New Book Celebrates Three Notable Women
“The Code Breaker” is about a world-changing scientist and dedicated to two legends of the publishing industry.“The Code Breaker” is about a world-changing scientist and…
View More Walter Isaacson’s New Book Celebrates Three Notable WomenTheater Review: ‘Polis/Reset’ at the Volksbühne in Berlin
The drama behind the scenes at the Volksbühne in Berlin has surpassed any onstage. A series of premieres involving vengeful gods, inescapable fates and tragic…
View More Theater Review: ‘Polis/Reset’ at the Volksbühne in BerlinJimmy Fallon Pities the Suez Canal’s ‘Dockblocker’
“If you look closely, the ship has a tiny bumper sticker that says ‘student driver,’” Fallon said of the vessel that’s causing a world-class traffic…
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