There’s a brief, flawlessly calibrated scene early in “Nanny” when the title character first sees the room where she is to sleep. Recently …
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‘Wednesday’ Review: The Strange Girl Is on the Case
The news that Tim Burton would be directing half the episodes of “Wednesday,” Netflix’s new dramedy about the Addams Family’s death-obsessed …
Continue readingStepping Out of Her Family’s Shadow, and Laying Bare Family History
RYE, England — A couple of years ago, the theater director Irina Brook became obsessed with shadows. She kept photographing her own, and filmed …
Continue reading‘The Patient Gloria’ Review: A Theatrical Remedy for Toxic Therapy
I demand justice for Gloria. That is Gloria Szymanski, a 30-year-old divorced mother who in the 1960s agreed to be filmed during therapy sessions …
Continue reading‘99 Homes,’ ‘Paddleton’ and More Streaming Gems
‘99 Homes’ (2015) Stream it on Hulu. The acclaimed writer and director Ramin Bahrani’s early independent films (“Man Push Cart,” “Chop Shop …
Continue readingUp Next at the New York Botanical Garden: Vultures
The visual artist Ebony G. Patterson is creating a new site-specific installation for the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, the garden …
Continue readingU.S. Officials Offer Hopeful Tone on Covid as Winter Nears
Federal health officials expressed optimism on Tuesday that the nation was better prepared to weather a surge of Covid-19 infections this winter …
Continue readingOn Fox Sports, Viewers Get a World Cup Scrubbed of Controversy
Early in Fox Sports’ coverage on Sunday of the opening game of the World Cup, between Ecuador and the host nation of Qatar, the studio host Rob …
Continue readingA drone attack strikes Sevastopol, a Kremlin-backed official says.
Local authorities in Crimea said Ukraine targeted the port city of Sevastopol with a drone attack on Tuesday. It was unclear if any damage was …
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