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Arts & Life
Writer Nick Hornby On 'High Fidelity' And Pop Culture Obsession
Hornby's 1995 novel about a record shop owner was made into a film in 2000. Now it's been adapted and updated into a new Hulu series, starring Zoë Kravitz. Originally broadcast in 1995.
'And Then We Danced' Is A Vivid Story Of Forbidden Love, Set To A Familiar Groove
In Tbilisi, Georgia, two male dancers in the national dance ensemble embark on a secret love affair. It's a fairly straightforward drama of first love — enhanced by the vitality of the setting.
Filmmaker Tracks Bezos' 'Rise And Reign' And How Amazon Became 'Inescapable'
Director James Jacoby catalogs the reach of the tech giant in his new PBS Frontline documentary, Amazon Empire. "So much power is pooled into the hands of one company and one man," he says.
In 'Downhill,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus And Will Ferrell Are 'Not Here To Play It Safe'
In the film Donwhill starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a married couple barely escapes an avalanche during a family ski vacation and are forced to reevaluate their lives.
'Ordinary Love': Scenes From A Marriage Touched By Cancer
Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson bring a wry, lived-in tenderness to this "imperfect but affecting" tale of a long-married couple facing cancer together.
'Buffaloed': Debt Collecting For Fun And Profit
Peg (Zoey Deutch) goes into the debt-collection business in a comedy that focuses so narrowly on its self-absorbed main character that the world around her fades to obscurity.
Romantic Drama 'The Photograph' Is Unfocused
Stars Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield have great chemistry, but this earnest romantic drama feels "curiously flat and under-seasoned."
Keeping The Dark At Bay: A 2020 Poetry Preview
Poet and critic Craig Morgan Teicher presents his annual roundup of the poetry he's looking forward to. This year, he's showcasing a group of poets who he says are holding the darkness at bay.
Artist Says His Portraits Of Day Laborers Are Paintings — Not Statements
Years ago, John Sonsini began approaching men in Los Angeles who were looking for work — and offering them modeling jobs. The results are on view in a show called Cowboy Stories & New Paintings.