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A World of Fear for Europe’s Jews
The Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel and a surge in acts of antisemitism have awakened a repressed horror in Jewish populations across the continent.
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Shanghai’s Halloween Party, a Rare Chance for Chinese to Vent in Style
Thousands paraded the streets in creative, joyful and provocative costumes in a four-day celebration of a city returning to life.
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An-My Le Turns Her Lens on Vietnam
At MoMA, her images of Vietnam, the American South and the California desert show the vanishing line between boot camp and theater, fiction and truth. They are tour-de-force beautiful.
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Meg Ryan on What Happens Later
Best known for her buoyant performances in romantic comedies like “When Harry Met Sally …,” “Sleepless In Seattle,” and “You’ve Got Mail,” and complex dramas like “When A Man Loves A Woman,” “City of Angels,” and “In The Cut,” Meg Ryan is a fearless performer and filmmaker who has beguiled audiences with her wit, charm,…
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The Unloved, Part 119: Our Mother’s House
The 119th Unloved is on a bonafide forgotten gem. “Our Mother’s House” is the kind of movie that only a small number of initiated viewers have heard of, let alone seen, but everyone who has will be shaken by it for the rest of their lives. Next month marks the tenth anniversary of this little video essay…
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Radical
“Radical,” a Spanish-language movie from Mexico, is based on the true story of an innovative and inspiring teacher in a poor community. Chucho (Daniel Haddad) runs an elementary school in a very poor community with corrupt officials and constant violence from gangs of drug dealers. Sergio (Eugenio Derbez) is the new teacher, brought on at…
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Is the Cheesecake Factory a first date spot? It contains multitudes.
A list of unacceptable first-date locations went viral and the Cheesecake Factory was at the top.
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My in-laws want to pay us to baptize our baby. Hax readers give advice.
A reader’s in-laws offered money — as in, “four years of a top private school” money — to baptize their grandchild.
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Cooking chat: Do I really need to dock a pie crust? Will it leak?
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
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Dining chat: Why am I paying a 5 percent service fee for a cup of coffee?
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.