CULTURE
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Play It Again, Charles Burnett
One of Burnett’s earliest cinematographic efforts is the silent short “69 Pickup,” written and directed by Penick. Two Black men…
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Sly Stone’s Political and Musical Awakening
In May of 1971, Marvin Gaye released what many consider to be his masterwork, “What’s Going On?” A song cycle…
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Restaurant Review: What’s a Neighborhood Restaurant Without a Neighborhood?
Industry City, an enormous waterfront complex in Sunset Park, has in recent years reinvented itself as a hub for small…
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“Ballerina” Leaps into John Wick’s Bloody World
It’s been instructive to see “Ballerina,” which opens this week, so soon after the new “Mission: Impossible” installment. In the…
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Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 2nd
“None of them thought to thank me when they won during the regular season, so this is as far as…
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Josh Hawley and the Republican Effort to Love Labor
Earlier this year, a member of the Federalist Society posted an article raising the alarm about an ambitious proposal to…
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Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government
Amid Donald Trump’s recent attacks on transgender people, many critics of his Administration have cited the German pastor Martin Niemöller,…
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How Kim Kardashian’s Robbery Trial Came and Went
The sun hasn’t yet risen in Paris, and I’m waiting outside the Palais de Justice to watch Kim Kardashian testify…
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Ann Goldstein on Keeping English in Mind
When the translator Ann Goldstein—who has helped to bring Elena Ferrante, Primo Levi, and Pope John Paul II to English…
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Restaurant Review: Times Square’s Revolving Restaurant Comes Around Again
Seeing New York City from above—from the upper deck of the Empire State Building, or from the window of an…
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