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By BROOKS BARNES
On the eve of hosting the Academy Awards ceremony, Ellen DeGeneres takes a reporter behind the scenes on her talk show.
Since the architects Ricardo Scofidio and Elizabeth Diller recommended razing the site of the former American Folk Art Museum, designed by another well-known pair, the friendship of the four has come under stress.
On the eve of hosting the Academy Awards ceremony, Ellen DeGeneres takes a reporter behind the scenes on her talk show.
Most every aspect of the art world has been affected by high-priced galleries and collectors with deep pockets.
Jason Robert Brown’s moment could very well be 2014: His “Bridges of Madison County” opens on Broadway next month; his “Honeymoon in Vegas” is up next; and a film of his show “The Last Five Years” is being made.
Jessica Dickey, who grew up near Gettysburg, Pa., explores the Civil War in her new play, “Row After Row,” at City Center.
Angélique Kidjo, the songwriter and singer from Benin, has kept African languages and an African sensibility at the core of her music.
The 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, this summer, will be heard around the world, with concerts in Sarajevo and California, among many others.
For his wordless black-and-white film “Visitors,” Godfrey Reggio had a tough time shooting some of the images.
Russell Tovey discusses sexuality and the movies that inspired his career choice.
Shout! Factory’s “My Little Pony: Classic Movie Collection” reissues four straight-to-video cartoons. Criterion’s Eclipse set “Late Ray” includes three films by Satyajit Ray.
“The Spoils of Babylon” injects a bit of the farcical into a mini-series reminiscent of “The Thorn Birds” or “The Winds of War.”
New music from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Alcest, Matt Wilson Quartet, Frank Fairfield and Nir Felder.
The postmodern dancer and choreographer Douglas Dunn reconnects with his younger, free-spirit self in his new work, “Aubade,” at Montclair State University.
As “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” hits theaters on Friday, the first four films in the series are out in a new DVD collection.
Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor, and the filmmakers Frederick Wiseman and Joshua Oppenheimer talk about the art of editing movies — long movies.
Sebastián Lelio, the director of the Chilean film “Gloria,” talks about the film’s possible role as a historical parable.
Thousands of people attended funeral services for Mr. Baraka, the poet and playwright who helped forge the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and who died Jan. 9.
Chryssa, a Greek-born sculptor, began incorporating neon into her constructions in America in the 1960s, in time mastering the technical difficulties of the medium.
After “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939, Ms. Duccini went on to appear at festivals celebrating the film.
Mr. Campbell combined a pugnacious, hard-bop sound with an open-minded approach, working with a variety of free jazz musicians and becoming a fixture at avant-garde events like the Vision Festival.
The solo debut for this jazz guitarist and composer blends Mr. Felder’s instrumentation with spoken-word samples.
Decades ago, families gathered around the only set in the house on Sunday nights because networks scheduled their best programming then. Today, even with DVRs and on-demand program selection, the phenomenon continues.
The year’s best books, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
Awonder Liang of Wisconsin won first place in the under-10 open division, and four other Americans either won medals or came close.
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