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The director of "Hamnet" says that her art has been shaped by her early love of manga, her relationship to the natural world, and her neurodivergence.

The comedian is chafing against playing a pretty girl in a wig on "S.N.L." In her new HBO special, "Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh," the focus is body horror.

Our staff expert recommends a collection of grinders, kettles, and other devices worth poring over.

The Nobel-winning author, whose newest book is out this week, discusses work by a few of her favorite writers.

The thriller series on Netflix, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, is internally confused--stylish, but uneven--despite its pretensions to real storytelling.

Inuuteq Storch set out to rediscover Inuit culture that was suppressed by Danish colonizers, by finding its traces in the everyday.

Also: Alvin Ailey's annual City Center residency, the D.I.Y. virtuoso Jay Som, Alexandra Schwartz's Shakespeare-movie picks, and more.

Stupidity is eternal--and more complex than we think.

Alexander Molochnikov's short film reinterprets an act of protest that called attention to the invasion of Ukraine, and led to the imprisonment of Sasha Skochilenko, a young Russian artist, in 2023.

The creators of the documentary, now streaming, on capturing the publication on film, why the magazine's editing process is like a colonoscopy, and landing Taylor Swift's O.K. for the soundtrack.