Arts & Culture

“Girls can’t do that.”That’s what 9-year-old Marin Alsop was told by her violin teacher when she expressed interest in a...

Last month, the director Sam Levinson and his stars, Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a. the Weeknd) and Lily-Rose Depp, walked into the...

The trials and tribulations of Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, the X-Men and other Marvel Comics superheroes are familiar...

Dear readers,Technically I have a rule that for every book I bring into the house, I must donate one elsewhere....

One of the magic tricks of documentaries is the ability to film somebody changing over a period of time. When...

What makes for a strong New York movie? The standouts are often, like the city itself, unpredictable, a little shabby...

Kaija Saariaho, the poetic and powerful composer who died on Friday at 70, was also subtle and suggestive with words.“Dazzling,...

Since moving back into David Geffen Hall this season, the New York Philharmonic has tried to use its newly renovated,...

This obsession makes “I Think You Should Leave” the perfect comedy for our overheated cultural moment. The 21st-century United States...

Ms. Weil was born on Oct. 18, 1940, in New York City, the younger of two children of Morris Weil,...