With a self-possessed vision, the vocalist married her easy and intimate tone to jazz, blues and folk experiments, opening the door to a new postmodernism.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Will Heinrich covers a show that displays the power of community, Morgan O’Hara’s obsessive documentation and Noah Jemisin’s phantasms.
“Come From Away,” about a remote Newfoundland community that embraced grounded travelers, is playing all over the world — even in the town where it takes place.
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer met in a cafe, not a vet clinic. But the line between their lives and their characters’ is “pretty porous.”
“Barbara Forever” takes an unconventional approach to the life and work of the unconventional director Barbara Hammer.
An epic historical film about Charles de Gaulle has become an unexpected hit, introducing him to a new generation.
One of the 20th century’s biggest media formats was often thrown out in the rush to embrace VHS. But preservationists say visual history is being lost.
After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.
The cast of 100 in “Public Record,” almost all amateurs, spotlights people who open their hearts and share their stories for five nights at the Delacorte Theater.
He performed at the highest level for decades, sensitively backing singers like Tony Bennett and Lena Horne when not leading his own innovative groups.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg do the F.B.I.’s dirty work in a civil rights picture caught between earnestness and exploitation.