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The Uneven Cross-Cultural Comedy of “Paddington in Peru” and “Universal Language”
Not every filmmaker is a cinephile, but, among those who are, that passion can manifest itself in unexpected ways. The driving pleasure of…
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A Visit to Madam Bedi: A Personal History by Tara Westover
My friend Sukrit invited me to India. His mother lived in Delhi. He said I should get out of England and give my eyes something new to…
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Giorgio Morandi Tried to Fit the World on a Table
As genres go, Italian still-life painting isn’t a ghost town, exactly, but it evokes more than its share of dust and tumbleweeds. It’s…
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Heil or No Heil?
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Liza Minnelli’s Desire to Touch
The avant-garde company Heartbeat Opera is engaging in another innovative game of source-text telephone, this time with a new iteration of…
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Tabula Rasa: Volume Five
This is the fifth article in the “Tabula Rasa” series. Read Volumes One, Two, Three, and Four. Bleb “Bleb” is worth eight points in…
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The Outsized Influence of De La Soul
Continuing its study of Mahler, the Philadelphia Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall with the Ninth Symphony, the composer’s last…
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A Polar-Bear Plunge for the Mind, at Under the Radar
Helen Shaw Staff writer It’s a new year! Hurrah! Time to kick off our fluffy slippers and blast away our winter daze to start 2025…
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How Judith Jamison Shaped Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Brian Seibert Seibert has covered dance for Goings On since 2002. New York dance in December is all about “The Nutcracker,” the Alvin…
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Criterion Channel’s Thrillingly Evolving Roster
Richard Brody Staff writer The Criterion Channel, the foremost moveable source for art-house and repertory cinema, thrillingly expands its…