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Rejected in Gluck’s time because it lacked dramatic thrust, today “Écho and Narcissus” proves to be a candy-box of delights.
Read MoreIn this innovative production, Hamlet comes off as Shakespeare’s most successful genre mash-up of tragedy and comedy.
Read MoreCritic Paul Berman’s problem with the arts plays too significant a role in his work to be written off as but the tin ear of an historian and social thinker with weightier matters on his mind; his misreading of the arts is a fulcrum of his social thinking. The Flight of the Intellectuals, by Paul…
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Two jazz writers for the magazine pay homage to the indispensable accomplishments of jazz writer Dan Morgenstern, who passed away on September 7 at the age of 94.
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There are powerful moments in “The Jump Shot,” particularly those that explore the psychological impact of COVID on our minds and lives.
Read MoreSet in the beginning of the “Dirty War” of Jorge Rafael Videla’s military junta in Argentina, a period characterized by assassination and disappearance, “Kamchatka” is a superb novel that refracts public, political events through the sensibilities of everyday life. Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras. Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne. Black Kat, Grove/Atlantic, 311 pages…
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The documentary Bombshell illuminates Heddy Lamar’s enigmatic legacy with gentle scrutiny and justifiable awe.
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Susan Sontag wrote short stories as a hobby; she saved more of her enormous intellectual energy for her novels and essays.
Read MoreLong stretches of the evening ask the audience to listen to annoying children’s voices in the dark.
Read MoreCasa Valentina’s dramatic weight comes from how skillfully the cast explores the tensions that swirl about the subject of who is gay, who is straight, and what is legal.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025