Review: In Justin Peck’s New Dance, Air, Earth and Self-Help
Justin Peck’s newest work for New York City Ballet, his 25th, is called “Mystic Familiar,” a title that turns out to be telling. Those two words encapsulate the rise and…
‘Marcello Mio’ Review: All About My Father
Mileage may vary for “Marcello Mio,” a mostly charming but occasionally aggravating French farce by the writer-director Christophe Honoré where the actress Chiara Mastroianni — the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni…
Review: In ‘Common Side Effects,’ It’s Fungus vs. Them
From “The Last of Us” to athlete’s foot commercials, fungus does not have the best of reputations on television. But what if it could save us all? “Common Side Effects,”…
‘Dog Man’ Review: Best Friends Forever
The hero of the animated feature “Dog Man” has his origin in a twisted bit of business that wouldn’t be out of place in “RoboCop”: A bomb injures a policeman…
Book Review: ‘Superbloom,’ by Nicholas Carr; ‘The Sirens’ Call,’ by Chris Hayes
SUPERBLOOM: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart, by Nicholas Carr THE SIRENS’ CALL: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource, by Chris Hayes On April 15, 1912, shortly…
Pentagon Removes General Milley’s Security Detail and Orders Review of His Record
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Gen. Mark A. Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that he is removing his security detail, revoking his security clearance,…
Book Review: ‘The Killing Fields of East New York,’ by Stacy Horn
THE KILLING FIELDS OF EAST NEW YORK: The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood, by Stacy Horn After a financial crisis…
Book Review: ‘Picturing the Border,’ by Nadiah Rivera Fellah
In Nadiah Rivera Fellah’s PICTURING THE BORDER (The Cleveland Museum of Art, $40), an aerial shot captures the border fence carving through a large mound in the Sonoran Desert, leaving…
Book Review: ‘Shattered,’ by Hanif Kureishi
SHATTERED: A Memoir, by Hanif Kureishi In December 2022, in Rome, fate took Hanif Kureishi by the wrong hand. He was sitting in the living room of his girlfriend’s apartment,…
Book Review: ‘A Perfect Frenzy,’ by Andrew Lawler
Operating under the royal governor’s aegis, the regiment spread a contagion of hope through the enslaved population. Dunmore’s Black regiment reportedly wore uniforms that bore the phrase “Liberty for Slaves”…