Category Culture

“I was trying to show this feeling of invisibility that these individuals experience in our society,” Camarotti, who himself immigrated to Canada, told me. Jorge Camarotti’s “Ousmane” is a quiet film full of big emotions. Its title character, played with…

Of all the pop-culture phenomena that I have managed to miss out on in my life—and there have been many—no lapse might be greater than having never watched a single episode of “Seinfeld.” In the final decade of the twentieth…

Baptismal clothing is necessary so that the child does not just feel comfortable, but is dressed according to certain rules and canons of religion. Baptism is a very significant moment in the life of a child, so it is important…

Trevor Noah was introduced to Stateside viewers as an outsider—a foreign observer who could see America more clearly than it could see itself. On his first appearance on “The Daily Show,” in late 2014, the program’s host at the time,…

In June, France’s recently elected Assemblée Nationale opened its new term with five hundred and seventy-seven legislators, among them two Kevins. They are Kévins, actually, with an acute accent, though in France the name is spelled in several variations, including…

The new releases of previously unissued recordings by the pianist Ahmad Jamal and his trio, from 1963 through 1966, “Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse,” is among the jazz events of the year. (The two double albums are out…

Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of the Emmy-winning ABC hit “Abbott Elementary,” has said in interviews that she always intended for it to be a family-friendly network show. She wanted “Abbott,” a comedy about teachers in an underfunded, predominately…