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4 movies you should check out this monthFilms including 'Journey's End' and 'The Forgiven' earned top marks from our movie critic, Peter Rainer.
What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Mozart in the Jungle,' 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople,' 'Frasier'Monitor TV and movie fans share what they've been watching lately.聽
'Ready Player One' is a movie at odds with itselfSteven聽Spielberg鈥檚 frantically uneven film, adapted by Ernest Cline and Zak Penn and set in a grim 2045, posits an immersive virtual world called the OASIS where humans can become their own avatars and do anything imaginable.
Podcasts are on TV, not just in your earbudsPodcasts like '2 Dope Queens,' 'Pod Save America,' and 'Welcome to Night Vale' are all making the transition to networks including HBO and FX.
'Final Portrait' has stagey action'Portrait' centers on the creation of an artistic depiction of writer James Lord that is created by Swiss artist聽Alberto Giacometti.
'Isle of Dogs' is a stop-motion tour de force that is flabbergastingly originalThe film聽is director Wes Anderson鈥檚 second foray into stop-motion animation, coming after the delightfully inventive 2009 adaptation of Roald Dahl鈥檚 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'
Top Picks: Superorganism's album, the documentary 'Jane,' and moreThe聽Podbean app聽can help podcast fans find new content to listen to, 'The Shape of Water,'聽this year鈥檚 Oscar winner for best picture, is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
5 really good off-Broadway showsStrong shows and good acting are on display this spring in some of New York's smaller theaters.聽
Museums turn to 鈥�100 objects鈥� exhibitsMuseums in Colorado, Virginia, and other locations have been inspired by a 2010 BBC series in which the British Museum presented world history in 100 objects.
An Irish fiddler in five days? How 'musical extreme sports' connects.If music is the universal language, the violin speaks many of its dialects. In a documentary, classically trained American-Israeli violinist Daniel Hoffman takes us on his quest to learn more of them.
In 'Tomb Raider,' the chasms are not nearly so wide as the gaps in its plot'Tomb Raider' stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, who is attempting to solve聽the mystery of her tycoon father鈥檚 mysterious seven-year disappearance.
Black comedies don鈥檛 come much blacker than 'The Death of Stalin''Stalin' stars a聽marvelous crew of comic actors, including Rupert Friend, Steve Buscemi, and Michael Palin.
'Journey's End' shows horror of war, spirit that transcends itThe film is based on the oft-performed 1928 play and stars Asa Butterfield, Sam Claflin, and Paul Bettany.
Top Picks: Jade Bird's EP 'Something American,' 'Ladies First' on Netflix, and more'Lady Bird,' which stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, is available on DVD and Blu-ray, the聽Pocket Universe app can test you on stars, and more top picks.
First LookNational Geographic reckons with its racist pastNational Geographic says its past coverage looked at the world through a racist lens. Acknowledging the 130-year-old magazine's past, its editor says, is essential 'to move beyond it,' as is hiring a more diverse newsroom.聽
The Met鈥檚 not free. How do other museums do it?New York鈥檚聽Metropolitan Museum of Art started charging out-of-state visitors this month.聽Some museums, however, make free admission work.聽
鈥楢 Wrinkle in Time鈥� is more cheesy than transportingIn the film, middle-school math whiz Meg Murry (Storm Reid) and her precocious younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) attempt to locate their vanished physicist father (Chris Pine).
In 鈥楾he Forgiven,' Desmond Tutu faces off with a white separatistThe film鈥檚 strength lies in the dialogue between the characters, portrayed by Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana.聽聽
Top Picks: The 'Black Panther' soundtrack, the NBC program 'Rise,' and moreNew York鈥檚 Museum of Modern Art has created a YouTube series, 'How To See,' that features museum curators and sometimes the artists themselves delving into the work,聽Monitor movie critic Peter Rainer鈥檚 pick for best film of the year, 'The Florida Project,' is available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
First Look'Shape of Water' wins best picture as Oscars wrestles with changeHollywood handed out its top honors after a year that stirred such issues as gender equality and diversity to the surface.聽Several winners spoke of the importance of representation and the ability of art to 'erase the lines in the sand' that create division.聽
