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Neige Sinno Doesn’t Believe in Writing as Therapy
“Because for me too, when it comes down to it, the thing that’s most interesting is what’s going on in the perpetrator’s head.” So begins “Sad Tiger,” Neige Sinno’s...
The Evolution of Dance Theatre of Harlem
From the start, Dance Theatre of Harlem’s history has been a cycle of struggle and triumph. The dancer Arthur Mitchell founded it in 1969, in response to the assassination...
Retro Masculinity in “Glengarry Glen Ross” and “Good Night, and Good Luck”
At the climax of David Mamet’s masterpiece “Glengarry Glen Ross”—now at the Palace, in its fourth Broadway production since 1984—a motormouthed salesman in a shady real-estate office in Chicago...
The Play Where Everyone Keeps Fainting
The last time Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy “Titus Andronicus” was staged at the Globe Theatre, in London, in 2014, members of the audience regularly fainted. Each performance, the crew kept...
“Warfare” Offers a Hyperrealist Rebuke of the American War Movie
“Warfare” ends the way a lot of movies based on true events do: with a series of side-by-side photographs. Here are the characters you’ve just seen, and here are...
The Dreamlike Journeys of “Việt and Nam” and “Grand Tour”
Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now. See enough of them, from all over the world,...
Trust Types: The One Decision You Can’t Change
Trust decisions are a big deal, and they can shape your financial future in ways you might not expect. Choosing the right type of trust is crucial because once...
Fredrik Backman on the Art of Scandinavian Storytelling
Swedish, the native language of the novelist Fredrik Backman, is spoken by only about ten million people, so the writer feels fortunate that all his books—including the best-sellers “A...
Business Credit Cards: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Business credit cards can be a powerful tool for entrepreneurs, but they come with their own set of pros and cons. Understanding the landscape of these cards is essential...
The Limits of A.I.-Generated Miyazaki
If asked to come up with a quintessentially “human” work of art, one could do worse than to name a film by Studio Ghibli. The Japanese animation studio, founded...