The New York Times – Film:
A new documentary explores the artist’s sly conceptual works, and what it means when white people try to own something Black.
Author: Wesley Morris
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Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero
The New York Times – Music:
Cool and charismatic, Belafonte channeled his stardom into activism. He was a true people person, who knew how to reach, teach and challenge us.
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We’re Out of Movie Stars. Whose Fault Is That?
The New York Times – Film:
There are fewer films now that allow an actor to grow a persona and a Tom Cruise level of stardom. It’s a crisis, and the movies know it.
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American Culture Is Trash Culture
The New York Times – Film:
Our trash urges gave movies its musk, its fun, its hickies, its exercise. Where did it go?
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Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown
The New York Times – Music:
When the singer smudged her classy image, she “unlocked something new that shot her to the top of pop’s Olympus,” our critic writes: “The vestal vamp.”
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‘Renaissance’ Review: America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It
The New York Times – Music:
On “Renaissance,” the pop star’s seventh solo album, she finds escape, rebirth, community, pleasure and control in decades of dance music steeped in Black queer bravado.
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‘Vengeance Is Mine’ Review: A Tangled Web of Human Impulse
The New York Times – Film:
This engrossing, tangled film by Michael Roemer, originally called “Haunted” and released in 1984, finally gets the proper theatrical release it deserves.
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Trae Young, Your Hair Is a Magnificent Unsolved Mystery
The New York Times – Sports:
The complex ’do of the Hawks player has been debated, dissed and memed. But our critic pays respect to its “confusion, awe and strength.”