News reports often use euphemistic phrases that fail to engage the complex realities of the recent protests.
As players return to empty arenas, they are discovering a basic truth: Live sports is an act of social imagination.
By invoking the word yesterday, Trump erased the purpose of demonstrators across the country. The media should not follow suit.
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The conceptual artist, who died yesterday at 84, made constructing quixotic, monumental projects his life’s work.
The sometimes-dazzling dance pop of Chromatica is a return to form, but she’s not overselling it.
The nationwide protests against police killings have been called un-American by critics, but rebellion has always been used to defend liberty.
HBO Max’s On the Record details sexual-assault allegations against the rap mogul Russell Simmons—and homes in on the lives derailed by sexism.
And the timing couldn’t be worse.
The Vast of Night, now on Amazon Prime Video, is a sharp debut from a filmmaker you should pay attention to.
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A new four-part Netflix documentary strains to handle a subject who’s always out of reach.
With his debut novel, Faggots, the legendary AIDS activist, who died yesterday, demonstrated the profane morality that would define his career.
Those who reject facial coverings during the pandemic do so amid broad consensus about what public safety demands.
Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever joins a handful of new coming-of-age films that break with history to put young women of color at the center of the story.
If your attention span is frazzled, explore the compact joys of the 30-minute format.
Here’s the speech that graduates need to hear.
These films, each unforgettable in its own way, are essential viewing.
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Hulu’s new satire may be set in 18th-century Russia, but it understands the theatrical and nearsighted politics of the current moment.
The pop star’s daring album How I’m Feeling Now tries to make online hedonism match the real thing.
Dave Grohl and Jeffrey Goldberg discuss the unique magic of live music, live at 4 p.m. ET today.