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Style and Substance

Dawn Porter

The filmmaker known for exposing racial injustice has a new documentary on John Lewis

His First Sunshine

Elena Ferrante Does Not Take a Summer Holiday

Filming part three of the brilliant friendship between Lila and Elena gets underway in a few months

Ross MacDonad’s Sketchbook

Dear Abigail

Death by Committee?

Opera as It Was

A Lighthouse of One’s Own

Read and Be Merry

Wide-Open Spaces

Grab your mask and get out of the house with Roxy Music, Sidney Bechet, Garland Jeffreys, the Bangles, and more

Murder, They Wrote

Hiding the Truth About Antifa from Your Uncle

He has nothing to fear but fear of a mostly over-exaggerated leftist militant concept itself

The Way Things Were

A look back at the debauched inner workings of 80s-era Oxford social life

Double Agent

Old Vic, Fresh Air

Herstory

Wild Nights—Wild Life!

She wanted to make her family proud, and she wanted to be famous: Emily Dickinson’s biographer reveals the poet’s fiery character

Life Under Mao

2020: A Movie Odyssey

What can American audiences learn from Asian cinemas during this pandemic?

Shades of Black

The first major African-American filmmaker still has a lot to tell us

Quality Control

Songs that have been selected for your listening pleasure, from Sly and the Family Stone, the Staple Singers, Gang Starr, Paul McCartney, and more

All the Rage

The Family Jewels

A writer’s secret history spans a century, two world wars, and countless precious artworks