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This month’s selections include Jean-Luc Godard’s look at the Rolling Stones, an interview with a Holocaust survivor and a behind-the-scenes look at “Sesame Street.”

Wilkinson, a versatile actor who also starred in “Shakespeare in Love” and “Batman Begins,” won acclaim through decades of work in television and film and onstage.

A lot of big movies by big-name directors are leaving soon for U.S. subscribers. Watch them while you can.

This month’s picks include tales of Southern crime, a slick Japanese remake, a hunt for hidden treasure and more.

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From the pop supernova Olivia Rodrigo to a memoirist whose long-held ballet aspirations stalled at the barre, young women gave voice to their longing this year in memorable ways.

He was close with John Lennon, and had a sophisticated understanding of wine, politics and literature. He only played the bumpkin onstage.

With its practical effects and broad-minded approach to story, the French franchise revives the pleasures of earlier movie spectacles, but with a Gallic twist.

This collection of gems include character-driven dramas, dark comedies, smart documentaries, and romantic comedies both sunny and disturbing.

Audiences are showing fatigue when it comes to Marvel’s box office behemoths of recent years. Based on what they were served in 2023, it’s hard to blame them.

Mr. Lee, a familiar face on Korean television and movie screens, had been under police investigation for months on suspicion of illegal drug use. He denied the accusations.

Her new store, Atelier Jolie, occupies an unassuming building on Great Jones Street with an illustrious history.

Niels Arden Oplev’s drama about two sisters, one of whom is a woman with schizophrenia, on a bus tour of France brims with genuine feeling.

Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo editors that capture the year in culture.

Movie audiences flocked to Taylor Swift, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” but were cooler toward returning superheroes like the Flash, Captain Marvel and Aquaman.

A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional storytelling.

Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie, the star faced a difficult path.

The hard-won success and passionate failure of Francis Ford Coppola.

Now on Netflix, the movie tracks the life of the American conductor and composer and his wife, the actress Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan.

The film is the equivalent of a semifinalist in the song, score and sound categories. “Killers of the Flower Moon” also landed on several lists.

The assistant filed a lawsuit in California, saying that the actor had groped her and forcibly kissed her in a hotel room during the filming of a “Fast & Furious” movie in 2010.

The Atlantean hero-king returns as a new father, a bit worse for wear. But this sequel feels like a film for grown-ups who like fun.

Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White play brothers in a melodrama inspired by the wrestling dynasty called the Von Erichs.

In books and magazine articles, she uncovered the forgotten story of the actresses and screenwriters who helped create the film industry.

There’s no “Bah, humbug” here.

“Maestro” isn’t the first time a supersize sniffer set off a whiff of controversy. Here’s a look at the most notable schnozzes onscreen.

There are plenty of novels, memoirs, documentaries and livestreaming options sure to satiate fans of theater.

Women, sex and Jewish mothers were just some of the targets of his popular satirical writing in books, essays, screenplays and more.

There’s a lot to like about this musical film version of Alice Walker’s novel, but the story remains slippery to would-be adapters.

With “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer is just the latest director to confront the problem.

After an indie-film breakout just four years ago, he was headed to the A list. But a criminal conviction immediately jeopardized his leading-man status.

He helped define cinema as high art for generations of moviegoers and filmmakers in France and beyond, even if he irked some of them with his passion for Hollywood.

The screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson narrates a sequence from his film.

The screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson narrates a sequence from “American Fiction,” starring Jeffrey Wright.

These eight performers and artists broke away from the pack this year, delighting us and making us think.

Mark Wahlberg plays a husband and father hiding a secret identity in this breezy, entertaining action-comedy.

Jonathan Glazer has made a hollow, self-aggrandizing art-film exercise set in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

David Landay, an author of the 1982 stage musical, reworked a kidnapping scene for a 2021 production. Now he’s suing the estates of his coauthors for the right to keep going.

This sequel is in many respects a cover song, a repeat of the beats and characters of “Chicken Run.”

Nia Wilkerson has spent years hearing that she looks like the girl from “The Polar Express.” On TikTok, she’s leaning into it.

Nia Wilkerson has spent years hearing that she looks like the girl from “The Polar Express.” On TikTok, she’s leaning into it.

These movies, along with “Bamboozled” and “Home Alone,” are among 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.

The filmmakers’ attention to detail draws praise, but the question of perspective and who gets to tell the story is also at issue.

This Netflix movie is aimed at comedy fans, even if they already know many of its stories.

After an awkward MeToo hiatus, ‘May December’ and other films are showing​ intimacy in messy, complicated ​ways again.

The Korean American drama from Celine Song got four nominations, while Swift’s concert film got one. “The Color Purple” was overlooked for best musical.

New owners have beefed up the voting pool in an effort to move the prizes past scandals of recent years.

Raglan, fluted, leg o’ mutton, bishop, puffed, balloon — whatever you want to call them, we wore them.

Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

The actor became one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, and proved himself equally adept at drama, comedy and action.

The former boxer had a gift for mixing innocence and wit. It didn’t hurt that he had the face of a good guy. In the ever-evolving landscape of cinema, few personalities have mastered the art of offbeat fusion-beauty like Ryan O'Neal. Former boxer turned actor O'Neal not only captivated audiences with his talent; He left an indelible mark in the field of romantic narratives by combining innocence, intelligence and unmistakable charm. In an industry often dominated by traditional leading men, Ryan O'Neal stood out. It was not another beautiful face; He was the embodiment of the "good guy" persona, effortlessly projecting charisma and warmth on screen. A journey beyond the ring Before he graced the silver screen, O'Neal literally fought many battles. As a former boxer, he understood the grit and determination required to survive in the ring, and that resilience seamlessly translated into his acting career. It was in the field of acting that O'Neal discovere...

He was a familiar face in movies and on TV before his breakout performance opposite Ali MacGraw in the 1970 blockbuster. But it was overshadowed by years of personal problems.

When characters take flight in the films of the master animator, there is always a deeper meaning.

For 30 years she collaborated with the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, her husband, often appearing on camera. After they divorced, she lived off the grid and wrote about her life.

This film about the apocalypse, directed by Sam Esmail and adapted from Rumaan Alam’s novel, leaves little room for imagination.

Archie and pals get radicalized when their hometown, now conveniently relocated in India, is threatened by corporate overlords.

With “All in the Family,” Lear “tapped into something that nobody had ever done before or even since,” the star of the hit sitcom said.

Also headed to Park City, Utah, in January are a Richard Linklater documentary series and a movie about a buoy and a satellite in love.

After “Fleabag” and “Normal People” made them romantic idols, the two actors forge their own tender bond in “All of Us Strangers.”

Now that the Scorsese epic is on demand, you can catch up with the drama from home, then go down a rabbit hole with our guides.

Our list of classics is broad, from warm Old Hollywood favorites to the sort of boozy, vulgar entertainments that parents can watch after putting the kids to bed.

This documentary examines Herzog’s oeuvre and celebrity influence.

Fashionistas and celebrities gathered for a new book filled with candid shots of the understated Gen X star.

Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb and Dionne Warwick are honored; Robert De Niro joked that Crystal is just a few years younger than the president.

For our critic-at-large, the year was marked by the Black excellence of “Purlie Victorious,” the brutality of “Bottoms” and rage of “Beef.”

After decamping from New York to New Mexico, he wrote what was, for a time, among the most widely read novels about Latinos.

The Oscar-winning actress said she now regrets “diminishing” the long history of antisemitism in remarks at the rally, which led her agents to part ways with her.

Global conflict and personal loss encouraged our critic to seek out art that gave her a better understanding of grief and healing.

The concert film offers a comprehensive look at a world-conquering tour and rare insight into the process of one of the world’s biggest stars.

The director reflects on why he left in the first place, how he was able to work with Tom Cruise and what’s next for action films.

Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway star in a period thriller that brings cathartic nastiness to a cold New England Christmas.

Even Pickles the dog gets to trade places in this movie directed by McG, but there are no revelations or bursts of originality here.

The “Midnights” singer ended Bad Bunny’s three-year reign as the music platform’s most-streamed star.

Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles on “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”

This month, writer Suleika Jaouad revisits her second bone marrow transplant in the documentary “American Symphony.”

A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and ’40s.

Speaking on a podcast this week, the director said Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the film, among other real musical stars.

Speaking on a podcast this week, the director said Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the film, among other real musical stars.

In Las Vegas, the answer is a resounding yes — and why not throw in a wedding chapel and a bar, too?

The movie prize season kicks off with honors for the A24 drama and for the star of “The Unknown Country” (who’s better known for “Killers of the Flower Moon”).

Hip-hop collective or street gang? In a blockbuster case against the famed Atlanta rap crew YSL, headed by Young Thug, prosecutors say it is both.

The country star’s rock-themed new LP debuts at No. 3, becoming her highest-charting album on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200.

The ex-“Riverdale” star transformed himself for Todd Haynes’s new drama. As an actor, he’s caught between wanting to be seen and wanting to disappear.

The star skipped the red carpet and slipped into the celebrity-filled screening on Saturday night. But the movie pulls back the curtain — a little.

Its stylistic range, precision and passion have made the group one of contemporary music’s indispensable ensembles.

She fused her mathematical knowledge with minimalist sounds and global spiritual traditions, most notably in her 1976 composition “The Electric Harpsichord.”

The acclaimed rapper’s first solo album contains no rapping. What does this sharp creative turn reveal about its maker?

Real guns or replicas? Blank fire or special effects? The killing of a cinematographer on a film set has some in the industry rethinking their approach to firearms.

Monetochka was one of Russia’s most discussed pop stars. Now, like other antiwar acts in exile, she’s having to retool her career.

The anime master is a creature of habit who talks every day with his longtime producer, and keeps it more hands off with his regular composer.

A writer remembers bonding with her mother over the film’s unusual mix of sorrow and laughter, a blend that helped immeasurably through painful loss.

After establishing herself as a teacher, she started a prolific screen acting career in her 50s that included roles in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos.”

The duo, whose songs regularly appeared on the top of the charts, is embroiled in some kind of legal dispute, but a judge in Tennessee has sealed the court file.

Taking viewer and listener questions on hot topics in pop music.

For his 44th documentary, Frederick Wiseman journeys to the French countryside to examine the workings of a family-owned, Michelin-starred restaurant.

But scholars say that a trailer for Ridley Scott’s new film draws attention to the French emperor’s complex and lasting legacy on the study of Egypt’s cultural heritage.

As director and star, Bradley Cooper delivers an intimate portrait of the composer and his many private and public selves.

The Highwomen, James Brown and yes, the Cranberries.

Adam Sandler plays a gruff old lizard who dishes out advice to fifth graders in this animated comedy.

Melissa McCarthy grants unlimited magical requests in this holiday fantasy film.

If you want to read his biography, or even see his horse, you can.

Inside the creation of one emperor’s famous headwear, as worn by Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott’s film.

Her high notes emerging like shafts of sunlight, Davidsen is playing the title role in Janacek’s “Jenufa” at the struggling Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Jamala, the song contest’s 2016 champion, had been a prominent advocate for Crimea’s Tatar population. The region was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014.

Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the actress and the comedian.

Four picks from television, films and podcasts that show blood is not always thicker than water.

A promising Off Broadway jukebox musical features hits by the R&B star (including “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “No One”) and a story much like her own.

The collaboration between the fashion house and the entertainer is the latest example of the growing union between the two industries.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who liked to redefine himself, he was originally known as an experimentalist but was later identified with a lush style that came to be called the New Romanticism.

He isn’t rapping on his new LP. But he showed his skills on these tracks.

In back-to-back programs, the orchestra presented concertos by Beethoven and Benjamin Britten.

With the prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” now in theaters, here are answers to questions you may have about the franchise.

As a coordinator of the Woodstock festival and the hallowed New York venue Fillmore East, he helped showcase the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.

Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances.

In the new film from Emerald Fennell, Barry Keoghan plays an Oxford student drawn into a world of lust and envy at a classmate’s estate.

In the latest from the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki, two lonely people find each other with tenderness, karaoke and deadpan comedy.

This strange, seductive film from 1970, directed by Paul Vecchiali, borrows the conventions of the serial-killer thriller and turns them inside out.

In a new documentary, David Holmes, a stunt performer in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, recalls his life before and after a harrowing accident on set that left him paralyzed.

The visit, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s pathbreaking 1973 visit to Beijing, drew praise from President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China.

A new biography resuscitates the colorful, tragic life of Mal Evans: roadie, confidant, procurer, cowbell player.

A cult classic saw the future — kind of.

Hear songs by Amythyst Kiah, Kara Jackson, Tray Wellington and more.

The artist, best known as one-half of Outkast, will release “New Blue Sun,” an instrumental album of ambient woodwind compositions, on Friday.

The pop star of the 1970s and ’80s crosses over to musical theater with a dark story about pop stars of the 1920s and ’30s.

A respected cinematographer, he guided the motion picture academy at the height of the #MeToo movement and dealt with infighting around the Oscar ceremony.

Lady Bird Johnson proves an engrossing narrator to her own story and that of a roiling nation.

Jung Kook of BTS’s solo album “Golden” debuts at No. 2 in another dominant week on the charts for Taylor Swift.

The British entertainer built an army of fans with his conspiracy-minded podcast. Now, amid sex-assault claims against him, they’ve become his whole world.

The pioneering singer-songwriter is unveiling her first classical composition, Symphony No. 1, this month.

The singer-songwriter began her Eras Tour outside North America in the country, where some Swifties camped out for more than five months.

The pop and R&B singer and songwriter has long aspired to be a solo star. Now she’s landed the second-most nominations this year, and is “trying to wrap my head around it.”