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This Netflix thriller takes some interesting twists and turns as it moves along its absurd way.
Blues singer Beth Hart wields the hammer of the gods with easy finesse but also deep emotion.
What do the words of an imprisoned Uyghur dissident tell us about the desperate plight of China’s ethnic minorities today?
We now have a book that virtually closes the circle on Hemingway’s women, a biography that will be treasured by the author’s fans and scholars.
Martin Puchner is stumped because what is called for is a genuinely radical rethink about what role literature and literary studies should play in avoiding the global meltdown to come.
There are times – and we’ve been living in these for several years now – when boldness is required, especially from artists.
Joshua Harmon’s serious but not solemn play focuses on a Jewish family in Paris grappling with the rise of antisemitism.
This first-rate performance highlights the special attractions of the “half-serious” operatic genre.
Forty years down the line, looking both backward and forward with its latest formation, Gang of Four still knew how to live a bit dangerously.
Author Reconsideration: The A, B, and C of Sue Grafton
The conveniently tidy endings do turn killing into an entertainment. They also allow us to briefly believe in redemption. And that is not the vainest of hopes.
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