In “Floyd Collins,” playing a hardscrabble Kentuckian trapped while exploring a cave, the actor finds inspiration in the claustrophobic restrictions.
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Maggie & Terre Roche’s 1975 LP Is a Revelation. Why Is It Forgotten?
“Seductive Reasoning,” a flop that preceded the Roches’ debut, has a fluctuating sonic palette, contributions from Paul Simon and the sisters’ most brilliant songwriting.
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Climate Activists Interrupt New York City Ballet Performance
Protesters interrupted an all-Balanchine program on the company’s spring season opening night, which coincided this year with Earth Day.
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Theo Von Dismantles the Interview Show
Is Theo Von podcasting from the right or the left? That depends from where you’re looking. When he sat with Donald Trump last summer in the run-up to the presidential election, he led a surprisingly affecting and humanizing conversation about drugs …
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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Review: An Origin Story for the Stage
This Broadway production delivers lots of spectacle as it winds back to the teenage years of Henry Creel, an antagonist from the Netflix series.
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Death, Taxes and Ben Affleck: ‘The Accountant’ Gets a Sequel
In the movie class of 2016, “The Accountant” was a wild-card. It told an original story for adults, breaking from the family-friendly intellectual property derivatives that crowded the top of the box office charts. And though it resembled a durable …
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Lorde Planned a Surprise Show in New York. Surprise: There Was No Show.
The singer summoned fans to an impromptu performance in Washington Square Park Tuesday night. She neglected to get a permit. But there was one more surprise to come.
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Video Game Reviews of 2025
Our critics’ favorite games include the manic co-op adventure Split Fiction, the folklore-inflected South of Midnight and the tactically challenging Stone of Madness.
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Investors Prefer the ‘Nice’ Trump, but Want Results
Global markets are rebounding as the president softened his protectionist rhetoric and his criticism of the central bank. But investors want to see results on trade.
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