Nepotism babies, performers who were launched into the entertainment industry with a boost from a family member or two, have a bad reputation …
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Two Native American acting legends, Wes Studi and Tantoo Cardinal, have shared a dozen film sets since 1990, beginning with “Dances with Wolves …
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The painter Joan Mitchell, who died in 1992 at the age of 67, saved the best for last. In this regard, she was a lot like Philip Guston, who …
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A Thanksgiving Binge Menu: 7 Fall Shows You Might Have Slept On
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIMy childhood Thanksgivings involved television in a very specific sense: After the big meal, all the men in the family would retire to the living …
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How Do You Tell a Vandal From a Visitor? Art Museums Are Struggling.
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALILONDON — For Hans-Peter Wipplinger, the director of Vienna’s Leopold Museum, the last few weeks have been challenging. As climate protesters …
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Review: At the Philharmonic, a Taste of Holiday Bounty
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIThanksgiving came a day early at the New York Philharmonic this year: the calories, the juicy fat, the whipped cream, the fun, the sense of …
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“I think it’s one of the best costumes. It’s so furry and smooth and nice. But it’s also really hot.” Eleanor Murphy, left, 9. “I like throwing …
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‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALISheila Brandreth and Keld Maxwell are in love and about to get married. She is a novelist and he is a playwright, both at the start of their …
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Lars von Trier Had the Key to the End of ‘The Kingdom’ All Along
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIIn the first two seasons of Lars von Trier’s haunted-hospital drama “The Kingdom,” hailed since the 1990s as Denmark’s “Twin Peaks,” von Trier …
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‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALILate in “White Noise,” after the ecological disaster known as the “airborne toxic event,” on the heels of a professional triumph, and in the …