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Watch online: ‘Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive,’ ‘Side by Side,’ ‘Sal’

This week: an entertaining stand-up set from Aziz Ansari, an engrossing documentary about film technology and a Sal Mineo biopic.

Ann Hornaday

Ann Hornaday

‘JFK,’ Oliver Stone and the fate of cinematic paranoia

ESSAY | With Oliver Stone discussing ‘JFK’ at the Newseum, what’s become of American paranoid style?

Ann Hornaday

Ann Hornaday

‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ brims with very real life

Breakout performances grace the vivid coming-of-age romantic drama ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color.’

Chris Richards

Chris Richards

Will anybody hear Brandy Clark’s brilliant album?

Country songwriter’s debut is a stunner, but doesn’t fit into the genre’s neatly-defined boundaries

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Chris Richards

How does a song get from Shane McAnally’s guitar to country radio? Explaining the complex process in the making of a country hit.

Nashville’s star songwriter talks about how a hit song is made, from writing to radio, and the many, many steps in between.

Chris Richards

Chris Richards

Shane McAnally is Nashville’s latest songwriting sensation

With seven No. 1 hits to his credit, he looks to add more trophies at this week’s CMAs.

Hank Stuever

Hank Stuever

What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever

Post TV critic Hank Steuver discusses what to watch on TV.

Hank Stuever

Hank Stuever

‘Time of Death’: Unless you plan to live forever, watch it

TV REVIEW | New docu-series on Showtime looks death right in the face — and finds peace.

Hank Stuever

Hank Stuever

‘The Returned’: A morose, mesmerizing tale of the undead

TV REVIEW | A French miniseries comes to Sundance Channel with a unique response to the zombie craze.

Philip Kennicott

Philip Kennicott

Works seized by Nazis as ‘degenerate’ electrify art world

Trove of missing and looted art, hoarded for decades in a Munich apartment, is a collector’s dream.

Philip Kennicott

Philip Kennicott

Critic vs. artist: A conversation about ‘Latino art’

The Post’s Philip Kennicott and digital artist Alex Rivera discuss what “Latino art” means today.

Philip Kennicott

Philip Kennicott

The art of wrack and ruin

A new exhibition at the Hirshhorn explores our fascination with destruction.

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Washington Chorus does credit to Britten centenary

Fans of Britten’s “War Requiem” heard a strong performance by the Washington Chorus on Sunday night.

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Region gets a double dose of Britten’s ‘War Requiem’

For Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday, two groups offer “War Requiem” — if not his greatest work, his loudest.

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Pianist Yuja Wang dazzles, at a distance

The piano virtuoso’s trademark little red dress was at odds with her onstage reserve in WPAS recital.

Lisa De Moraes

Lisa De Moraes

The TV Column: Alec Baldwin’s puzzling Nat Geo Channel gig

The actor and animal rights supporter will narrate documentaries about, among other things, bear-hunting.

Lisa de Moraes

Lisa de Moraes

Emmy and Tony can’t seem to get enough of Neil Patrick Harris

Actor will host the Emmy Awards for the second time this year after hosting the Tonys for the fourth time

Lisa de Moraes

Lisa de Moraes

Animal Planet nets biggest audience with ‘Mermaids’

TV COLUMN | “New Evidence” “documentary” follows last year’s “Mermaids: The Body Found.”

Sarah Kaufman

Sarah Kaufman

‘Play/Pause’: Lovely dance, but ultimately disappointing

Susan Marshall’s interesting new work, at the Terrace Theater, ends up seeming self-important, overworked.

Sarah Kaufman

Sarah Kaufman

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Kennedy Center

Troupe keep audience constantly engaged, surprised and inquisitive through richly textured performance.

Sarah Kaufman

Sarah Kaufman

Stepping right out of their frames

The National Portrait Gallery’s “Dancing the Dream” explores generations of American dance.