Movie Review | ‘Django Unchained’
The Black, the White and the Angry
By A. O. SCOTT
“Django Unchained” is pulpy, digressive, jokey, giddily brutal and ferociously profane, but it is also a troubling and important movie about slavery and racism.
Laurie Sparham/Universal Pictures
Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables.”
Amid the grime, power ballads and surging strings, there is a familiar, reassuring story of oppression, liberation and redemption.
Anatomy of a SceneMovie Review | 'West of Memphis'
A Happy Ending, Sort of, Comes With No Closure
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“West of Memphis” follows the successful but prolonged legal battle to free the so-called West Memphis Three, who were released from prison last year under a plea bargain.
Not Even the Russians Can Do This ‘Laurencia’
By VALERIE GLADSTONE
The artistic director of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for years dreamed of bringing the ballet “Laurencia” to life; now he has, at the Joyce.
Slide ShowMusic Review
Sun Pokes Through the Rage
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Justin Vivian Bond mixes pessimism with optimism in a show at 54 Below.
Music Review
A Haunting Tale, Perfect for Christmas
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The Crossing, a 24-voice choir, performed David Lang’s “Little Match Girl Passion” on Sunday evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
New Music
What He Does for Love
By JON CARAMANICA, BEN RATLIFF and NATE CHINEN
New albums from the Game, Eric Revis and Ryan Blotnick.
A Video Gamer Surveys the Virtual Carnage
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Episodes like the school killings in Connecticut put an unflattering spotlight on the year in video games.
Join the Conversation
In Performance: Alice Ripley of 'A Civil War Christmas'
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Game Theory: Shooter Games Get Easier, and That Makes Change Harder
December 24, 2012
Game Theory: Caring About Make-Believe Body Counts
December 24, 2012
Signing Off Until (Nearly) Next Year
December 21, 2012
Voting From the Heart (Once the Online Snags Were Solved)
December 21, 2012
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Django Unchained'
December 21, 2012
Video
Musical Moments, Part IX
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The chief classical music critic for The Times analyzes a favorite moment in “Der Rosenkavalier.”
Books of The Times
‘Moneywood’
By WILLIAM STADIEM
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN
William Stadiem’s latest book, “Moneywood,” is his take on the players and money in the film industry during the 1980s.
Inside Arts
Theater Review
That’s No Mouse King in the Trailer
By DAVID ROONEY
“Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!” is a campy reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which Mr. March calls a “trailer park ballet.”
Theater Review
Harmonizing Two Holidays
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Marc Kudisch and Jeffry Denman blend Hanukkah and Christmas in their musical stage show at the York Theater Company.
Music Review
No Requiem for Earth, Only Celebration
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Friday was predicted to be the apocalypse, and the Society for Universal Sacred Music presented the performance of “The Creation” as a gesture of renewal and reverence for life.
Jack Klugman, Actor of Everyman Integrity, Dies at 90
By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Klugman was a character actor who leapt to television stardom as Oscar Madison on “The Odd Couple” and as the crusading pathologist of “Quincy, M.E.”
Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89
By ROBERT BERKVIST
Mr. Durning was a familiar presence on both stage and screen, with roles including a lonely widower in the film “Tootsie” and Big Daddy in the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”
Music Review
An Oratorio Gets Its Day
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
Patrick Gardner led the Riverside Choral Society in the “Christmas Oratorio,” the third high-profile performance of the work this holiday season.
Movie Review | ‘Parental Guidance’
‘No Means No,’ and More From Wise Grandparents
By MANOHLA DARGIS
When the grandparents step in to baby-sit for a few days, generational child-rearing styles clash, and smiles and tears and a lot of sentimentality ensue.
The Year in Culture Headlines
From dubstep to Dickens and Mozart to Middle Earth, here's a year's worth of Arts & Leisure articles. Look back on 2012 and read them all.
Books That Even a Critic Could Love
By JANET MASLIN
The daily book critics of The New York Times choose their favorite books of the year.
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The Listings
Noteworthy cultural events in the New York metropolitan region this week.
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What's on Television
Chess Column
Chess
When Games Can Take Years to Complete
By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN
Ron Langeveld of the Netherlands won the World Correspondence Chess Championship in October, although computers have removed much of that title’s luster.
Bridge Column
Bridge
SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing
By PHILLIP ALDER
At the second SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing this month the United States open team played against Sweden.
A Bard-Fueled London Theater in 2012
By MATT WOLF
Festivals, a few misfires and all-around success in an action-packed year.
Design Stars, and Misfires, of 2012
By ALICE RAWSTHORN
Many of the year's design coups belonged to small entrepreneurs.
Paris in 3-D: The Moving Feast
By ERIC PFANNER
An interactive project reveals an evolving city, with a lifelike look at lost treasures.
Exhibition Traces Ties Between Germany and Russia
By JUDY DEMPSEY
A leading Russian and a leading German museum created an exhibition that tries to shed light on one of Europe's most complex relationships, at times creative and at times tragic.
Opera of the Soul, Sparsely Staged
By GEORGE LOOMIS
Covent Garden skimps in its production of Meyerbeer's "Robert Le Diable," which historically has wowed audiences as a grand production and which Chopin called a "masterpiece."
The Eccentric Monk and His Typewriter
By ALICE RAWSTHORN
Dom Sylvester Houédard was a pioneer of concrete poetry, in which the typographic style of the letters is as important as the meaning and rhythm of the words.
Even in a Heated Market, Some Masterpieces Are Ignored
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Increasing scarcity of Old Masters continues to drive up prices, even in hard economic times, while for those with a keen eye, some bargains of rare beauty can still be had.
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