Arts

Damien Bonnard, India Hair and Raphaël Thiéry in Staying Vertical.

Arts

In 'Staying Vertical,' A Writer Gets Drawn Into The Sexual Life Of A Small Village

5:00pm January 19, 2017

by Ella Taylor

The latest film by writer/director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is a brutally frank meditation on polymorphous carnality in rural southern France.

Empire and Star creator Lee Daniels at this year's Television Critics Association winter press tour. He says brilliant art may come from Donald Trump's victory.

Hollywood Grapples With TV In The Age Of Trump

4:27pm January 19, 2017

by Eric Deggans

As Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, Hollywood faces the question of how this polarizing president might affect its work — and how to tell politically charged stories for a divided audience.

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'Martians Abroad' Is An Optimistic Glance Into Humanity's Future

7:00am January 19, 2017

by Jason Heller

Carrie Vaughn — known for her Kitty Norville urban fantasies — ventures offworld with Martians Abroad, a high-school adventure that pays fun, thoughtful homage to Robert Heinlein's "juveniles."

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Arts

Why Being Bored Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing

6:01am January 19, 2017

by Andrew Limbong

In her book, How to Be Bored, Eva Hoffman says we should embrace those moments when we'd otherwise be looking for stimulation. Her book is part of a self-help series called The School Of Life.

James Earl Jones stars in August Wilson's Fences in 1985. Fences is one of several plays Wilson premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Arts

Yale Repertory Marks 50 Years As A Theater Incubator

5:40pm January 18, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

The theater — part of the Yale School of Drama — has given leading playwrights a place to refine their work. August Wilson said it was crucial to his development.

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St. Jerome was previously thought to have been painted by a 16th century Italian artist. According to a complaint filed by Sotheby's auction house, it is actually a modern fake, painted in the 20th century.

Sotheby's Contends Painting That Sold For $842,500 Is A Fake

3:49pm January 18, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the auction house argued that a painting titled St. Jerome was actually created in the 20th century, and not by the 16th century Italian artist known as Parmigianino.

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In 'Homesick,' Ottessa Moshfegh Makes The Unlikable Understandable

1:00pm January 18, 2017

by Michael Schaub

The characters in Ottessa Moshfegh's new collection are cold, unfiltered, frequently pathetic — all suffering from unease and nameless longing, made understandable by each perfectly-built story.

4-Year-Old Girl Reads More Than 1,000 Books

6:28pm January 17, 2017

Daliyah Marie Arana has read over 1,000 books. Arana is only 4 years old. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Daliyah and her mother Haleema about the tyke's impressive will to read.

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Then and now: In his new documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, director Lonny Price, left, reconnects with fellow cast members — including Ann Morrison and Jim Walton — from the 1981 Broadway flop, Merrily We Roll Along.

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How A 1981 Sondheim Flop Turned Out To Be The 'Best Worst Thing'

5:12pm January 17, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Most musicals that close after 16 performances barely prompt memories, let alone documentaries. But Merrily We Roll Along rolled along so bizarrely, it became the stuff of Broadway legend.

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Remembering Rubinstein At Wake Forest University 50 Years Later

4:39pm January 17, 2017

by David Ford

Fifty years ago this week, there was a notable evening for the arts in the Triad. Winston-Salem played host to one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century: pianist Arthur Rubinstein.

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