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Emma Thompson – Acting Up
Emma Thompsons third act.
A Reporter at Large a Reckoning
At a dangerous time in Iran, the celebrated director Asghar Farhadi is on trial for using a student’s ideas.
PAST IMPERFECT
A new translation grapples with sexual violence in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
ON NATIVE GROUNDS
For much of American history, the tribal nations were on top.
THEY SHOOT, HE SCORES
How Carter Burwell writes film music that keeps audiences guessing.
SORRY SPECTACLE
The case against the Twitter apology.
THE NEW YORKER
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Steven Spielberg, Trans History, Action Sequels
Filmmakers’ real-life stories are fictionalized in some noteworthy new movies, including “The Inspection” (Nov. 18), written and directed by Elegance Bratton.
Fleishman 1S in Trouble
“Sweeney Todd,” “Camelot,” Basquiat x Warhol It’s been a year since Stephen Sondheim died and, not surprisingly, his œuvre is getting a hefty workout.
Ailey, Dorrance Dance, Ratmansky’s Voices”
The emo, electronics-heavy music of the nineteen-eighties British New Wave band Tears for Fears is the unlikely—but oddly compelling—basis for “LOVETRAIN2020,”
Artful Science, Mayan Gods, Senga Nengudi
The Chicago-based phenom Nick Cave is best known for his “Soundsuits,” elaborate wearable assemblages that dazzle whether they’re presented as sculptures or seen in motion during performances.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
“Thierry Mugler: Couturissime,” opening at the Brooklyn Museum on Nov. 18, celebrates the career of the provocative French designer, who counted Grace Jones, Tippi Hedren, Lypsinka, Ivana Trump, and Cardi B among his muses.