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Two astonishing books about the lives of Polish Jews who survived the Second World War or were born after the war.
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The five performers with Down syndrome danced along with three professionally trained dancers without disabilities — and they all looked wonderful.
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Timelines bounce a bit through the loosely organized, vignette-rooted book, where the back half casually weaves through a checklist of characters and tales not to be missed.
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The stunning painting is beautifully presented in this documentary, but the flood of references to other works of art and quotations from classical and Renaissance writers might make the film a bit slow going for someone with no background at all in Renaissance cultural history.
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A unique, memorable summit of three intellectually minded luminaries who bridged jazz, classical, Latin and South Asian influences.
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“I wanted, with this opera, to see if audiences and collaborators could feel something about our changing weather, in an artistic space.”
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Conductor Jane Glover, marvelous soloists — including superstar countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen — and a superb chorus and orchestra invigorate one of Handel’s last and greatest works.
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Errol Morris takes another look at Helter Skelter and the Charles Manson murders.
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Director/actress Paola Cortellesi’s “There’s Still Tomorrow” is yet another bold cinematic plea for women’s rights.
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Jackson Lears’s collection of essays and book reviews gets a few things right in its description of various kooks, oddballs, and mavericks who sometimes succeeded in moving history in their direction. But it gets far more wrong.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025