‘Love the Coopers’ and Other Films About Christmas Discontent
By MARC SPITZ
“Love the Coopers” adds to the brief collection of films that delve into Christmas discontents.
Adele, whose new album, “25” is set for release worldwide on Friday, Nov. 20.
The British singer discusses the challenge of following up the success of “21,” how motherhood has changed her and why she avoids being a celebrity.
“Even at a time when minorities account for almost 40 percent of the American population, when Hollywood wants an ‘everyman,’ what it really wants is a straight white guy,” the comedian Aziz Ansari writes.
It can be hard to find minority performers for film and television roles, but we can’t keep using white actors in brownface.
From left, Dave Catching, Jesse Hughes, Josh Homme and Matt McJunkins of Eagles of Death Metal performing at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles last month.
The band whose concert was the site of the worst violence in Paris is a blues-rock outfit with an irreverent side; all its members were reported safe.
Otto Frank, in 1971, holding an award given for the sale of one million copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Her father brought her diary to the world. Now, with the copyright expiring in Europe, a Swiss foundation is arguing that his role was larger.
An image from “The Hunting Ground.” Professors at Harvard Law say the film misrepresents the case of a student there.
“The Hunting Ground,” which is to be shown this month on CNN, includes a “false picture” of an assault involving a Harvard law student, they say.
From left, Michael C. Hall, Michael Esper, Cristin Milioti and Ivo van Hove.
The Belgian director Ivo van Hove, Michael C. Hall and Cristin Milioti talk, and avoid talking, about this new musical.
Lynda Zycherman, the Museum of Modern Art’s sculpture conservator, with models of Picasso’s “Glass of Absinthe” sculptures.
How conservators pieced together a once-in-a-lifetime show.
The composer Tod Machover with students at YouthVille in Detroit. They will take part in his “Symphony in D,” a “city symphony” that will have its premiere with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
A debut by the composer Tod Machover is emblematic of the ensemble’s effort to survive in a depopulated city.
“Love the Coopers” adds to the brief collection of films that delve into Christmas discontents.
The book, which the author prized and later disowned, has been made into a movie starring Cate Blanchett. But in the ’50s, it was adapted as well (though not produced).
The split screen is dead. Long live the split screen.
The star talks about working with her husband on “Secret in Their Eyes,” gender disparity in Hollywood and her coming movie with George Clooney.
“Walden” and “Lost Lost Lost” are entries in Mr. Mekas’s personal narrative.
The AMC show’s creators talk about the difficulties of making a martial arts series for American TV, and the ghost of David Carradine’s “Kung Fu.”
“The Hunger Games” roars to its conclusion next Friday with “Mockingjay Part 2.” But the franchise has faced setbacks all along. Here’s an inside look.
The rapper talks about a range of influences he drew on — Amanda Blank, M.I.A., Dev Hynes and others — in addressing misogyny, homophobia and more in his first full-length album.
This singer-songwriter is also touring for a recent EP, “Comeback Queen.”
Two fiction writers known for their mind-bending imaginations discuss the business of envisioning the future.
Mr. Craft’s close relationship with Stravinsky included sustaining and interpreting the composer’s legacy.
The actress Camryn Manheim has a long-held loft on the Lower East Side.
The price tag for the single work was a far cry from the roughly $4,700 in today’s dollars that Modigliani sought for the entire contents of his Paris studio in 1918-19.
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Liu Yiqian, a billionaire Chinese art collector, confirmed on Tuesday that he bought the painting by Amedeo Modigliani.
A look at the upcoming auction season and the ways museums and galleries are innovating for the future.
A guide to notable openings through the end of the year.
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