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Cynthia Erivo, superstar.
Ghostlight is anchored by a magnificent performance by breakout star Keith Kupferer.
Paddington in Peru is another perfect entry in the series, currently the best kids movies in the world by a country mile
George Washington was born on February 11, 1732 in Virginia. February 22nd, you say?
A whole book could be produced about the career travails of Renee Zellweger and what they say about the treatment of actresses of a certain age.
Not quite Capt. America, not quite Hulk, and Marvel’s president-setting problems.
NASCAR may be the great American sport not because of its heights, but its follies.
The third entry in the Paddington series doesn’t reach the heights of its predecessors, but it’s still an exceptional family film.
Swell old advertisements, and Jeffrey Toobin’s a logical fit for The New York Times.
Alan J. Pakula’s 1992 thriller Consenting Adults is a superb Fatal Attraction rip-off, with a hilarious and chilling performance by Kevin Spacey.
The Gorge has a couple of very good-looking people—Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy—but like most streaming movies, it looks terrible.
Indulging in comfortable feelings.
Beware of crypto schemes and constitutional transgressions.
The new novel by Elizabeth Ellen has already created a stir.
How the world really works.
Trump has placed an order to stop minting the penny, but are pennies too valuable to lose?
It's hard for anyone who considers the poetic life.
I’m the boss.
With weak men in charge, our nation hasn’t been this divided in decades.
Among the great thinkers, you can't throw a brick without hitting a would-be dictator.
Plus, beard of royal heir contemplated.
DOGE tinkers with space reconnaissance.
People keep trying to revise Homer.
The author talks about his Oscars book on Book Lust.
The late filmmaker on a wide range of subjects, including some startling predictions regarding digital cinema.
86 minutes of some of the greatest music for piano ever written.
A compilation of appearances by writers on the talk show.
GQ talks to the actor about his 42-year career.
Never before officially released, a key piece of the score of the 1991 finale of Twin Peaks.
The late pianist interprets Bach in this 50-minute performance.
The Strokes frontman talks to Friedland in this previously unreleased interview.
The action movie stars talk about their joint enterprise Planet Hollywood.
The melancholy mock-player piano theme for Marlene Dietrich's character in Touch of Evil.
The late actress talks to the BBC in this 40-minute interview recorded on March 20, 1995.