The most arresting performer in the Martha Graham Dance Company’s current season at the Joyce Theater died 34 years ago: Martha Graham. In the intriguing premiere “Letter to Nobody,” which the outstanding dancer Xin Ying choreographed with Mimi Yin, Xin dances in front of archival footage of Graham in “Letter to the World,” a 1940 … Read more
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of the global evolution of books themselves. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to further reading on the topic.
“Storytelling is magic,” Jason Isaacs said. “It’s sleight of hand, it’s delivering a surprise ending that people don’t see coming.” Isaacs, 61, best known for playing villains in “The Patriot,” “Peter Pan” and the Harry Potter films, was speaking via video call a few days before “The White Lotus” Season 3 finale. A keen amateur … Read more
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music It’s Popcast mailbag time, in which we field listener and reader questions about all of the most pressing topics in popular music. On this week’s episode, the hosts — including The New York Times pop critic Jon Caramanica and the pop reporter Joe Coscarelli, plus the … Read more
Debi Young nodded in her maternal way, validating Jamie Hector’s concerns. Hector was nothing like Marlo Stanfield, the sociopathic shot caller he depicted in “The Wire” nearly a generation ago. But the latest script had called for Stanfield and a woman to be intimate in a car. Hector, then 28, mentored young actors and fretted … Read more
As days go, Hazel is having one for the books. Her mother was lost in a hurricane after they had a fight, there are dangerous black-and-red creatures called haints everywhere, and she discovers that she is able to see and manipulate the glowing strands that control reality. Don’t even mention the talking catfish. By drawing … Read more
Before David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé made the idea of being a pop star synonymous with constant reinvention, there was Bobby Darin. He “could sound like anybody and sing any style,” Bob Dylan wrote of the singer in his 2022 book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song.” Not only was Darin “more flexible than anyone of … Read more
Smart, funny and compulsively watchable, HBO’s “The White Lotus” is the rare TV satire that strikes a perfect balance between vicious and empathetic, skewering the superrich while also humanizing their often outlandish foibles. The series, which just wrapped up its third season, follows a formula that’s as familiar as it is addictive: A flock of … Read more
“If we listen to each other’s heart / We’ll find we’re never too far apart,” sang the fictional pop star Powerline (voiced by Tevin Campbell) during a 2017 screening of “A Goofy Movie” at El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. The ecstatic reaction from those in attendance confirmed to Kevin Lima that the first movie he … Read more
Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that air or stream this week, April 7-13. Details and times are subject to change. Some troubling … fiction? “The Handsmaid’s Tale” started as a onscreen retelling of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel … Read more