Critics At Large

Guillaume Côté in Grand Mirage . (Photo: Karolina Kuras.) After 26 years at the National Ballet of Canada, Guillaume Côté could have chosen ...

(New Directions.) “It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.” --Kenzaburo Oe Yoko Tawada’s beau...

Emily Skinner in The Huntington Theatre's The Light in the Piazza . (Photo: Julieta Cervantes.) The new Huntington Theatre mounting of T...

Jon Michael Hill and Harry Lennix in Purpose . (Photo: Marc J. Franklin.) I’m a fan of the African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkin...

“1966 was the high point of British pop art, and with hits like The Yardbirds’ 'Shapes of Things,' there was an incredible compressi...

The artists of Atelier Ballet in Opera Atelier's production of Charpentier's David and Jonathan . (Photo: Bruce Zinger.) Opera Ateli...

Robert De Niro and Robert De Niro in The Alto Knights . (Photo: Warner Bros.) Witty, gripping and grandly entertaining, Barry Levinson’s The...

A display wall from Between Life and Light at the Jane Corkin Gallery. The Jane Corkin Gallery’s 45th-anniversary exhibition, Between Life ...

(Both titles: Reaktion Books/University of Chicago Press.) “This was the attraction of the abyss over which one is leaning, that of a life l...

Kate Baldwin and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Love Life . (Photo: Joan Marcus.) The review of Don’t Eat the Mangos contains spoilers. The great...

(Deep Vellum/A Strange Object.) A few weeks ago, somewhat bored by what I was currently reading, I rummaged through my pile of unread books,...

Errol Morris ’s Chaos: The Manson Murders is a shallow dip in a deep pool of conspiracy and weirdness. The book it’s based on— CHAOS: Charl...

Lily Rabe and Levon Hawke in Ghosts . (Photo: Jeremy Daniel.) When she reviewed Shoot the Moon in 1982, the film critic Pauline Kael wrote,...

Vincent Randazzo and Avanthika Srinivasan in The Triumph of Love . (Photo: Liza Voll.) Pierre de Marivaux was the most important French play...

NYRBooks Classics.                University of Texas Press.      “But first, are you experienced? Or have you ever been experienced?” --Jim...

Genevieve Penn Nabity and National Ballet of Canada artists in Swan Lake . (Photo: Karolina Kuras.) The National Ballet of Canada’s revival ...

From left: Scot Williams as Pete Best, Gary Bakewell as Paul McCartney, Ian Hart as John Lennon, and Chris O'Neill as George Harrison. (...

George Stamos. (Photo: Susan Moss.) George Stamos’ Sister Nightlight , which opened Thursday at Toronto’s Citadel and closed March 8, was a ...

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can eve...

Genevieve Penn Nabity and Christopher Gerty in The Four Seasons . Gerty was injured and replaced by Larkin Miller in the performance our cri...