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Jul 13, 2025

With $217 Million in Ticket Sales, ‘Superman' Helps Save Warner Bros., Too
The film is the latest part of a startling turnaround for the studio, which has now released five consecutive hits.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 13, 2025

Charles Reinhart, Who Helped Mainstream Modern Dance, Dies at 94
As the director of the American Dance Festival, he oversaw the growth of diverse dance traditions, both in the United States and abroad.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 13, 2025

Bob Geldof Reflects on Live Aid, 40 Years Later
The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 13, 2025

When Streaming Won't Cut It and You Need the DVD
Streaming is dominant for movies and TV shows. But some fans still insist on physical media.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 13, 2025

Move Over, Mario. This Cow Is Nintendo's New Star.
Charmed by the introduction of a cow racer for the new Mario Kart World game, fans have made her the focus of videos that are surfacing in people's Instagram and TikTok feeds.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 13, 2025

Kristen Doute's Path From Villain to the Voice of Reason on ‘The Valley'
Kristen Doute made her share of enemies on "Vanderpump Rules," but as "The Valley" finishes its second season, she has seemingly reinvented herself.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 12, 2025

Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room,' Is Dead at 70
For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages to see it — and Mr. Dilworth, its magnetic steward.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 12, 2025

2 Books for a Hot, Languid Summer
A classic coming-of-age novel; a cultural history of early America.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 12, 2025

How ‘Superman' Star David Corenswet Won the Role
The actor has a man-out-of-time quality that makes him surprisingly like his character. But he is hyperaware of the present expectations riding on his performance.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 12, 2025

How ‘Gay' Became an Identity in Art
Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a fraught moment.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 12, 2025

The Best Mafia Show, According to Morgan Spector of ‘The Gilded Age'
The actor, who plays a railroad magnate on HBO's period drama, is into Russian war novels, "lefty" podcasts and his home gym.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Mark Snow, Who Conjured the ‘X-Files' Theme, Is Dead at 78
It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television's most memorable melodies.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Brian Clarke, Stained-Glass Innovator, Is Dead at 71
Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

James Carter Cathcart, a Voice of ‘Pokémon' Characters, Dies at 71
He was known for playing Professor Oak and Meowth in the long-running franchise. He also made appearances in other popular animated series such as "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and "One Piece."

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Can ‘Superman' Fly Above Today's Polarized Politics?
The director of the reboot, James Gunn, called the superhero from the planet Krypton "an immigrant," thrusting the summer popcorn movie into an Earthbound culture war.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Rebekah Del Rio, Mournful Singer of ‘Mulholland Drive' Fame, Dies at 57
Her pivotal role performing a Spanish-language cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying" in the 2001 David Lynch movie raised her profile, but her career was marked by misfortune.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

What's Next for ‘Love Island' Contestant Jeremiah Brown? A Book Club.
Jeremiah Brown asked his 2 million TikTok followers what to do after being voted off the hit series. The answer has him, and his fans, reading "The Song of Achilles."

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Justin Bieber's Surprise Album ‘Swag,' and 10 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Tyla, Kassa Overall, Syd, Jay Som and others.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Was Murderbot Smiling in the Finale? Only the Creators Know for Sure.
Chris and Paul Weitz talked about Season 1 of the acclaimed Apple TV series and the challenges of being a responsible human being — or cyborg.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

The Joys of K-Swing, Korean Swing Dancing, Come to New York
Swing and Lindy Hop, dance forms created by Black Americans in the 1920s and '30s, are flowering in Korea. New York will get a taste in a mini festival.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month's picks include desperate fathers, a remorseful MMA fighter and more.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Thornton Willis, 89, Who Brought Emotion to Geometric Painting, Dies
He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface — in terms of color, texture, process and space.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Celebrating Humanity, Stubbornly, at Europe's Photography Mecca
Since the 1970s, the Rencontres d'Arles has been the place to debut the art form's latest developments. This year's edition had a more retro feel.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

‘Rage' Is a Wild Spanish Dramedy About Women Who Are Pushed Too Far
The behaviors are extreme and exciting, but the show itself isn't bleak. It is bright and funny, colorful and surprising.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

This Year's Aix-en-Provence Festival Is Pierre Audi's Last Act
This year's edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival was planned by Audi but opened without him, following his death in May.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

As Climate Change Heats Up Europe's Summers, Avignon Festival Tries to Adapt
Rising temperatures pose an existential threat to the theater extravaganza, where extreme heat is making it tough for the audience.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Meet the French Game Show Contestant Who Won 646 Times in a Row (and 23 Cars)
He also won TVs, musical instruments, a parachuting session, makeup, household appliances and much, much more. "It's a lot," he acknowledged.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

How James Gunn Modeled Superman's Dog Krypto After His Own Pet
For the furry sidekick, Krypto, in "Superman," the director James Gunn found inspiration — and a physical model — in his own unruly pet.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you're a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

5 Children's Movies to Stream Now
This month's picks include a live-action version of Disney classic and an animated K-pop fantasy musical.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

"The Nine Jewelled Deer," a New Opera, Has Nothing to Do With Antlers
Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Superman's Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.
Writing for The Daily Planet about his heroic alter ego raises thorny issues for Clark Kent. Lois Lane has her conflicts, too.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

In ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,' Director Petra Costa Examines Brazil's Rightward Shift
The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

‘Madea's Destination Wedding' Review: Hellur, Bahamas
Tyler Perry returns as a series of characters, and this time, the real struggle for the family is boarding a plane.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 11, 2025

Ronny Chieng Ponders Iran's Threat to Kill a Sunbathing Trump
The "Daily Show" host called the threat "an attack on all of America, because now we all have to picture him with his bare belly glistening in the sun."

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘And Just Like That …' Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Double Standards
Guiseppe's mother has opinions about her son's new relationship with Anthony. Carrie gets defensive about seeming to flirt with her neighbor.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

James Carter Cathcart, Voice Behind Memorable ‘Pokémon' Characters, Dies at 71
Mr. Cathcart was known for playing the characters Professor Oak and Meowth in the long-running franchise. He also made appearances in other popular animated series such as "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and "One Piece."

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Thornton Willis, Who Brought Emotion to Geometric Painting, Dies at 89
He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface — in terms of color, texture, process and space.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

John Martin, Black Sparrow Press Founder and Champion of Literary Rebels, Dies at 94
Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the U.S., championing writers like Charles Bukowski.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

John Martin, Devoted Publisher of Literary Rebels, Dies at 94
Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the U.S., championing writers like Charles Bukowski.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Dave ‘Baby' Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83
His "The Happy Organ" reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Dave ‘Baby' Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Dies at 83
His "The Happy Organ" reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Jane Lazarre, Author of ‘The Mother Knot,' Dies at 81
With books like "The Mother Knot" and "Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness," she challenged liberal orthodoxies about feminism and the Black experience in America.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Bronx Museum Picks New Leader
Shamim Momin, who started her curatorial career at the Whitney Museum of American Art, returns to New York to take the helm of the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Video Game Actors End Contract Dispute Over A.I.
The actors went on an 11-month strike against the studios behind Call of Duty and other games because of concerns that visual and voice replicas would reduce their work.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

A Tiny Chef Inspires an Outsize Outpouring
When Nickelodeon canceled "The Tiny Chef Show," fans rallied around the wee gourmand. But his TV future remains uncertain.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Review: ‘Too Much' Is Not Nervy Enough
This new Netflix comedy by Lena Dunham is the surprisingly mild tale of a young woman fleeing New York after a catastrophic breakup.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

La Scala Warns Opera Patrons: No Flip-Flops or Tank Tops Allowed
Milan's famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Wild Diamond' Review: The Reel World
In this French coming-of-age drama, a young woman auditions for a reality show to escape life at home.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Sovereign' Review: The Fringe and the Forgotten
Nick Offerman stars as an anti-government widower whose extremist philosophy inches closer and closer to violent conflict.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight' Review: Through a Child's Eyes
This drama about a white family in Zimbabwe is told almost entirely from the girl's point of view.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Brick' Review: No Way Out?
In the overly constructed thriller from Germany, tenants are trapped in apartment building by a mysterious bulwark.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Daniela Forever' Review: His Girlfriend's Back
In this agreeably unpretentious science-fiction feature, Henry Golding plays a DJ who has lucid dreams about his dead girlfriend.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Does Lorde Still Want to Be a Star?
The beloved pop singer's fourth album, "Virgin," once again ponders whether being famous and obsessed over is all it's cracked up to be.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

In Des Moines, Big Operas and Big Ambitions Fill a Tiny Theater
Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country's most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

When Writers Split Up, Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Hannah Pittard wrote a memoir about the breakup. When she learned that her ex planned a novel about it, she took it back up, this time as fiction (sort of).

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Clifford Owens: Performance Art at the Edge of Transgression
In his new show, the artist, known for pushing the limits of acceptable behavior in his performance art, carefully, even timidly explores what it means to make transgressive art today.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Rosa la Rose: Fille Publique' Review: Lady Liberty of the Streets
A new restoration of a 1986 drama by the filmmaker Paul Vecchiali melds a candy-colored vision of the world's oldest profession with a grim take on neoliberalism.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

‘Little, Big, and Far' Review: Dwelling in the Cosmos
The experimental director Jem Cohen's latest is an uncategorizable film about astronomers and humanity and love and the stars.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

In Beauford Delaney's Luminous Watercolors, Color Flirts With Line
A rich exhibition of works on paper at the Drawing Center in SoHo showcases the paradox at the heart of Delaney's work.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Jonathan Adler at MAD: A Potter's Way With Puns and Commerce
The Museum of Arts and Design's ceramics collection inspires a self-described pottery nerd.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 10, 2025

Late Night Is All Over Grok's Antisemitic Posts
"Do you know how racist and antisemitic you have to be for Elon Musk to step in?" Anthony Anderson, sitting in for Jimmy Kimmel, asked rhetorically.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

The Surprising Presence in ‘The Gospel at Colonus'
In this revival at Little Island, the singer and pastor Kim Burrell shares the stage with a team of queer artists.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

‘Ne Zha 2,' Blockbuster Chinese Animated Film, Will Get English Version
The English-language version will feature the voice of Michelle Yeoh and be released in the United States in August.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

‘The Gilded Age' Enriches Its Portrait of Black High Society
This week, Phylicia Rashad joins the cast as an aristocratic matriarch. In an interview, she, Audra McDonald and Denée Benton discuss the show's depiction of Black families.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

Danielle Deadwyler on '40 Acres and Balancing Brutality and Family
The star plays a stoic matriarch raising a militant brood to protect their land and each other against cannibals in R.T. Thorne's new horror indie.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

"Too Much" and the Reality of Looking for Love in London
Like the lead character of "Too Much," they moved across the Atlantic with visions of Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory. The reality was a little less dreamy.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

These Americans Went Looking for the Britain Found Onscreen. They Found a Different Story.
Like the lead character of "Too Much," they moved across the Atlantic with visions of Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory. The reality was a little less dreamy.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

These Americans Went Looking the Britain Found Onscreen. They Found a Different Story.
Like the lead character of "Too Much," they moved across the Atlantic with visions of Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory. The reality was a little less dreamy.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

These Americans Went Looking for a Romanticized Britain. They Found a Different Story.
Like the lead character of "Too Much," they moved across the Atlantic with visions of Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory. The reality was a little less dreamy.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

Tim Blum, Leading L.A. Art Dealer, Closes His Gallery
Over 30 years, Blum Gallery was a powerhouse for Los Angeles and Japanese artists. But rising costs and lower sales in the art market forced a reckoning.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

Mel Robbins, Author of ‘The Let Them Theory,' Shares 5 Tips For a Healthy Relationship
The author and podcast host reveals how to let go of control.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

How the Women of ‘Too Much' Made Lena Dunham's Rom-Com Just Right
Lena Dunham wanted to open up the world of romantic comedies with her new Netflix series. In interviews, she and the stars Megan Stalter, Janicza Bravo and Emily Ratajkowski discuss how they did it.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

Gilberto Gil Steps Away From the Stage, Vowing ‘My Music Will Continue'
At 83, the lauded Brazilian singer and songwriter whose career in music and politics has encompassed six decades is on a farewell tour.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 09, 2025

Ronny Chieng on Trump's Nobel Nomination: Consider the Source
An endorsement from Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize is like "a Husband of the Year nomination from O.J. Simpson," the "Daily Show" host said.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out' Won a Tony, Dies at 67
More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York's upper middle class.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

‘Superman' Review: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Reboot!
Beginning again with Man of Steel, this time in the hands of James Gunn.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

Sean ‘Diddy' Combs Will Be Sentenced in October
The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which each carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

Listening Back to When Janet Jackson Was for Lovers
Hear six sensual songs by the pop great.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

‘Such Brave Girls' Is an Audacious and Hilarious British Comedy
For fans of "Peep Show" and Sharon Horgan, this warped series about a dysfunctional family is in some ways a satire of the trauma comedy.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

At Jacob's Pillow, a High-Tech Theater Rises From the Ashes
The Doris Duke Theater, which burned down in 2020, has been rebuilt as a hub for dance and technology.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

‘Memnon' Review: To Fight or Not to Fight?
In Will Power's play for the Classical Theater of Harlem, Eric Berryman stars as an Ethiopian king drawn into the Trojan War.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

Aix Festival: How to Experience It From Afar
Many of the offerings at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France are broadcast, or they travel to other theaters. Here are some highlights.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

‘Heathers: The Musical' Returns to New York, Fueled by a Devoted Fandom
An adaptation of the 1980s teen movie with an apocalyptic bent was fine-tuned in London. Now it's returning to New York.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

‘Diddy Parties' Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.
The sweep of graphic lawsuits accusing Sean Combs of sex abuse led to a sense that his criminal case might examine celebrity debauchery in the music industry. It did not.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

Peter Sellars Is Still Living His Life Through Art
The director, one of the most influential in opera, is staging new productions in New York, France and Austria this summer.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

Jon Stewart Thinks Congress Is Basically Pro Wrestling Without the Fun
The "Daily Show" host said the drama around President Trump's big policy bill was about as authentic as a World Wrestling Entertainment match.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 08, 2025

The Curious Animals of Amsterdam's Art Zoo
A new museum in a 17th-century canal house brings together fantastical taxidermy and natural history objects in an eclectic and eccentric mix.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy
Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

Essence Fest 2025: The Best Looks in New Orleans
In tiaras, cowboy boots and thrifted T-shirts, festivalgoers used style to celebrate identity, joy and community.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

As Avignon Festival Turns to Dance, It Trips Up Some Onlookers
The festival opener "Nôt," from Marlene Monteiro Freitas, drew both boos and applause. Elsewhere, for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the spectacle was kept to the stage.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway Play Produced by Scott Rudin
The production, of the Samuel D. Hunter play "Little Bear Ridge Road" that got strong reviews in Chicago will be the first produced by Rudin since news reports of his bullying behavior in 2021.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

How a Show About Truly Terrible People Became the Defining American Sitcom
Over the last 20 years, television has changed, but the malignant narcissists of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" have not.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

The ‘First Celebrity Athlete,' a Century Before Social Media
A new project by the History Channel explores the triumphs and injustices of Jim Thorpe's career. "He's one of the greatest Americans," the director Chris Eyre said.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

She Turns Cultures and Commodities Upside Down
A breakout moment for Stephanie Comilang, a Filipino-Canadian filmmaker, who finds a poetry beneath the surface of migration and A.I. that transcends borders.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

11 Off Broadway Plays to See in July
Here's what's onstage in New York: a new musical about Joy Mangano of Miracle Mop fame, and two plays from the "Oh, Mary!" director Sam Pinkleton.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

Jeff VanderMeer's Favorite Climate Fiction Books
The author of the Southern Reach novels recommends immersive, entertaining books that grapple with the psychological reality of navigating environmental crisis.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

A Georgian Feast Inspired by Niko Pirosmani's Art
Rose Chalalai Singh traveled to Georgia to prepare a feast that called to mind the banquets depicted by Niko Pirosmani.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 07, 2025

‘Too Much,' Plus 7 Things on TV this Week
Lena Dunham's new rom-com comes to Netflix, and two reality shows air.

NYTimes Arts
Jul 06, 2025

Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79
Her stewardship of the troupe that bears his name became a model for other dance companies, like Martha Graham's, after their founders died.

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