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Ed Ruscha’s ‘Chocolate Room’ Still Tantalizes
“I was a little bit tired of making conventional pictures”: The artist on recreating his bittersweet installation, first seen in 1970, for the Museum of Modern Art.
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A Scandal and Its Fallout Compound the British Museum’s Woes
After it fired a worker for theft and its director stepped down, the museum faces renewed calls to give back contested objects and an uphill battle to raise funds for refurbishment.
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Hezbollah Sanctions Case Highlights Frailties in the Art Market
In its indictment of a collector accused of helping the militant group, U.S. prosecutors presented evidence of how easily art sales can be used to evade sanctions and launder money.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
For his second cinematic magic trick of 2023 (the first was the sublime “Asteroid City“), director Wes Anderson conjures a shaggy dog story without a hair out of place. The source is the author Roald Dahl, whose The Fantastic Mr. Fox inspired Anderson’s first foray into stop-motion animation. Fox was a kid’s book of sorts, but Anderson…
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The Good Mother
“The Good Mother” is the type of movie that could be based on a true story. This downbeat tale takes place in the Rust Belt city of Albany, New York, circa 2016—not the sexiest location, even for a murder mystery that revolves around the opioid crisis. Our lead character, Marissa Bennings (Hilary Swank), is a…
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Perpetrator
Jonny (Kiah McKirnan) has not had an easy time in life. When we first meet her, she’s breaking into a large home that isn’t hers to stock up on a few necessities but stops to treat herself to a new set of sparkly shoes and a glittery dress. She meets up with a partner-in-crime (of…
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Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
“Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia,” an animated film co-directed by Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger and the sequel to the Oscar-nominated “Ernest & Celestine” (2012), starts sweet and charming, a slice-of-life story in the friendship between Ernest, a cranky old bear, and Celestine, a positive-thinking innocent mouse. Adapted from the children’s books by…
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The Equalizer 3
In Sicily, an Italian drug lord and his child pull up in a jeep to a secluded villa. Strewn across the rustic courtyard, which, on better days, would be an ideal vacation spot, are the bloodied, dismembered bodies of a goon army. The man exits the jeep with a pistol, leaving the kid in the…
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3 Italian-Inspired Recipes for Late Summer
Transport yourself to the Mediterranean with a roasted pepper antipasto, a succulent fish in tomato broth and an easy, showstopping plum tart from David Tanis.
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A Summery Tomato Pasta Recipe That’s Ready for Fall
Caramelized tomatoes are paired with white beans in this season-bridging weeknight dinner.