Arts & Life

Raya, a young warrior princess (Kelly Marie Tran), enlists the help of Sisu, a friendly water dragon (Awkwafina) in Raya and the Last Dragon.

Arts

'Raya And The Last Dragon' Is Not Entirely New, But It's Refreshing Nonetheless

10:56am March 05, 2021

by Justin Chang

Disney's first animated film to feature Southeast Asian characters follows a young girl's quest to recover the pieces of a magical jewel. The film has an emotional power that sneaks up on you.

Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen in WandaVision.

Arts

'WandaVision' Wraps A Season That Was Never What It Seemed

9:49am March 05, 2021

by Linda Holmes

The finale of WandaVision wrapped up a moving story of loss and grief. And, less importantly, there was a bunch of action.

Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) faces off with her lifelong foe (voiced by Gemma Chan) in the rich, gorgeously wrought Disney film.

Arts

'Raya And The Last Dragon' Soars

7:00am March 05, 2021

by Glen Weldon

A nuanced, flawed hero lends the latest Disney animated feature surprising depth, even if its grab-bag depiction of a world drawn from Southeast Asian cultures feels shallow.

Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem in Coming 2 America.

Arts

'Coming 2 America': The Costumes Are Stunning

6:50am March 05, 2021

by Aisha Harris

More than three decades after the comedy classic Coming to America, much of the cast returns for an unnecessary sequel.

With 'Write Here Write Now' Campaign, Canadians Lose An Excuse To Write To Grandma

4:23pm March 04, 2021

To help people connect with those they've lost touch with during the pandemic, Canada Post, the primary postal operator in the country, has sent every household a postage-paid postcard for free.

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School desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom" at the United Nations in New York City. Each of the 168 seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been entirely closed almost a year.

Empty Desks At U.N. Represent Millions Of Children Who Have Missed School In Pandemic

12:38pm March 04, 2021

The 168 school desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom." Each of the seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been closed for almost a year.

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Books
Arts

'The Committed' Remains Uncommitted — And That's Its Strength

10:00am March 04, 2021

by Thúy Đinh

Viet Thanh Nguyen's sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer finds our hero a refugee again, this time in Paris, and disillusioned with communism but not ready to embrace capitalism.

Taylor (voiced by Calum Worthy) and Hayley (voiced by Gideon Adlon) pilot a training Jaeger in the Netflix animated series Pacific Rim: The Black.

Arts

Animated Series 'Pacific Rim: The Black' Gets Grit In The Gears

8:18am March 04, 2021

by Glen Weldon

Netflix's new animated series takes the cheesiness out of Guillermo del Toro's giant-robots-vs.-giant-monsters franchise; more's the pity.

Books
Arts

'Home Is Not A Country' Imagines The Lives We Could Have Led

7:00am March 04, 2021

by Nayantara Dutta

Safia Elhillo's novel follows a first-generation Muslim American girl who, bullied at school, longs for the homeland she's never really known and the alter ego who represents a more confident self.

Arts

'Moxie' Says Some Things, But Not Everything, About High School Feminists

10:27am March 03, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Directed by Amy Poehler, the new Netflix film longs to stretch beyond its limits to be an inclusive look at feminism in teenagers, but its story works best when it keeps its ambitions modest.