Director Paweł Pawlikowski’s austere account of the writer Thomas Mann's 1949 homecoming puts art, political idealism, and family loyalty on trial.

Noah Segan’s melancholy crime drama pairs a quietly compelling John Turturro with richly textured New York locations, tracing an old-school thief’s struggle to survive in a city moving on without him.

Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård are an odd but irresistible couple in a darkly funny fable about marriage, passion, and ...

In "Long Life, Short Stories," Marina Abramović turns memories, images, and personal histories into an exploration of ...

Gianandrea Noseda leads sumptuous, finely wrought accounts of the composer’s Second and Fourth Symphonies, revealing music ...

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

The composer leads a virtuosic debut recording of his Jorie Graham–inspired oratorio, whose striking invention is sometimes ...

A great cover does more than reproduce the original. Ndegeocello’s bold reinterpretations make the case for reinvention over ...

Léa Seydoux gives a powerful performance in Marie Kreutzer’s unsettling exploration of trust, betrayal, and the limits of ...

"On Resistencia!" and "We Are Not the Headliner," two inspired ensembles explore the possibilities of rhythm, improvisation, and collective expression.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cooking show serves up MAHA talking points without the wit, warmth, or human connection that made ...

Note: Hey poets! We seek submissions of excellent poetry from across the length and breadth of contemporary poetics. See ...