The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness. Read more ...
The books, about astronomy and other topics, were written in Chinese by Jesuit missionaries who shared information on science as part of their effort to spread Christianity. Read more ...
Joel Schumacher apologized for “Batman & Robin,” his corny 1997 superhero movie, but thanks to its ice puns and bat nipples, it’s since become an accidental parody worth howling at. Read more ...
Our critic offers a guide to 70 years of great devotional sculptures in the Asia Society collection — including some that he once helped install. Read more ...
Executive produced by Matt and Ross Duffer, a new series by Haley Z. Boston finds horror in an idea that already terrifies her generation: romantic commitment. Read more ...
Nadav Lapid’s scathing tone and accelerated rhythms lead this movie about a married couple who ingratiate themselves with the country’s power elite. Read more ...
A new play at the Public Theater written by Michael J. Chepiga and the former ambassador Julissa Reynoso is a diplomatic memoir of sorts, and a meditation on loving one’s country. Read more ...
Long before horoscope apps, the foundations of today’s multibillion-dollar astrology industry were laid in Babylonia, Egypt and the classical world. Read more ...
The descendants of David Drake learned who he was 10 years ago. They see his jars as his artistic and spiritual inheritance — and their own. Read more ...
In “Superbloom,” the latest work by the ballet dancer Sara Mearns and the postmodern choreographer Jodi Melnick, women are at the forefront. Read more ...
The singer Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, is an incarnation of late 1960s counterculture in a new London production of David Hare’s “Teeth ‘n’ Smiles.” Read more ...
Sylvain Chomet (“The Triplets of Belleville”), directs this animated biopic of the filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, which revels in the sights and sounds of Provence. Read more ...
Among a group of young women at the mall, power becomes toxic in the style of modern classics like “Mean Girls” and “The Craft,” but without the vibrancy. Read more ...
“The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” tries to cover so much that it ends up being more confusing than clarifying, but parts are fascinating. Read more ...
In an announcement video with the director Peter Jackson, the late-night host said he was developing a new film based on early chapters of the trilogy. Read more ...
The writer, and the artist JD Beltran, have come up with Art + Water, to host exhibitions, give 30 artists studio space, and offer community events. Read more ...
A week before opening night, tensions spilled over offstage, with the show’s producing team temporarily prohibiting Stephen Adly Guirgis from entering the theater. Read more ...
Hear the instruments and scores, on view in a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, that proved foundational for Mozart’s life in music. Read more ...
The first animated feature in 15 years by the acclaimed French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet, the “Triplets of Belleville” creator, is a biopic of another artist who never lost his ability for wonder and curiosity. Read more ...
Two of last year’s best indies — a family drama and a no-holds-barred sex comedy — are among the many treasures on your subscription streaming services this month. Read more ...
The Netflix hit uses a combination of craft and collaboration to tackle one of the trickiest challenges for live-action anime adaptations: wigs. Read more ...
When it comes to breaking news, it’s a race not only to get the story, but to record it. We tracked down some of the speediest fingers in our newsroom. Read more ...
He produced albums — by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton, and the early Fleetwood Mac — that defined 1960s blues rock. He also shepherded David Bowie’s debut album. Read more ...
A performer from childhood, he became a versatile singer in the mold of the Irish superstar John McCormack, adept at both classical repertoire and traditional songs. Read more ...
With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” Read more ...
This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be completed since Puccini’s death. A new version hands that task to artists with Asian roots. Read more ...
Once a week, patients in an Argentine hospital with Parkinson’s disease use the movements of tango to help address issues of balance, stiffness and coordination. Read more ...
A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be. Read more ...
Recalling the era of Picasso and Hemingway, the location in Hong Kong, called Gold, will host art, design and fashion exhibitions, and more. Read more ...
