How Jane Schoenbrun Has Fun With Horror (and Chicken) at Camp Miasma
In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their...
A ‘Schmigadoon!’ Cast Album and More Theater to Stream
‘Schmigadoon!’ Stream it on major music platforms. “Schmigadoon!” — which won best new musical, best book and best score at...
After Notre-Dame Fire, France Restored the Cathedral — but Not These Windows
Seven and a half years after a raging fire nearly destroyed the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, workers will soon begin...
Scenes of Aging Friends Add Up to Something Profound
Aging comes with a lot of baggage, and the emotions that accompany self-reflection are definitely part of it. The friends...
A Rapper’s ‘Diss Track’ Has Palestinians Asking, Who Gets to Speak for Us?
The Palestinian rapper Shabjdeed usually makes gritty, defiant music about the struggles of living under Israeli occupation in the West...
Stavros Halkias Never Wanted to Get Political
Over the last few years, comedy in the mainstream has turned toward the interpersonally brutish, the politically conservative and the...
These A.I. Policies Will Hurt Our Business. We Should Do Them Anyway.
Major technological change produces major social change. Thanks to artificial intelligence, we are arguably on the brink of a productivity...
These 8 Edinburgh Fringe Shows Have Audiences Abuzz
Elf Lyons It’s usually tricky to effectively describe a show by Elf Lyons. Her Fringe act this year, “Elf Lyons...
Phoebe Bridgers Finds Another Level on ‘Lost Weekend’
Phoebe Bridgers’s marvelous, death-haunted third album, “Lost Weekend,” begins with one of the most devastating dad jokes you’ll ever hear....
8 Matisse Works, Looted from Library in Brazil, Are Recovered
The police in Brazil recovered eight stolen works by Henri Matisse on Thursday, officials said, months after armed men made...
Now for Sale at Christie’s: Art by People Who Work at Christie’s
Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at a sale of art by people who usually help sell art —...
When Is It OK to Give Up on a Book? Our Readers Have Thoughts.
The introduction of a Did Not Finish shelf on the popular website Goodreads has given readers a chance to announce...
Brad Pitt’s Return to Drinking Is Not Unsafe, Experts Say, but It’s Not for Everyone
Brad Pitt went seven years without a drink. Then he started again, carefully, he said, and on his own terms....
An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court from a Dog Named Bruce
These days, it can seem like everyone thinks their request to the Supreme Court is an emergency. The court has...
Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet
Remember job applications? You know, you’d write a résumé and a cover letter. Someone would read them. You’d fish out...
