Culture

The patriarch of the Duck dynasty was an American explorer of faith and family values, and the winding path one sometimes must take to achieve them. Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… A dozen…

The American director’s film “The Phoenician Plan” turned out to be a failure. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… At the large Regal theater near Richmond, Virginia, there were fewer than ten people in attendance for the premiere of…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You open your favorite online short video platform and see: A woman dances in pointe shoes in front of Tower Bridge in London, with superimposed text: “Point of View: Dance is…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The first patient I ever wrote about wasn’t really my patient; as a first-year medical student, “my patient” hadn’t yet entered my vocabulary. In any case, he was long gone by…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Hengam Island is a tropical island off the coast of Iran, in the southern Persian Gulf. It is only fourteen square miles in area and contains three villages with several hundred…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Film critic and cultural historian J. Hoberman’s new book, Everything Now: The New York Avant-Garde of the 1960s—Primal Events, Underground Cinema, Radical Pop, is as joyful as its subtitle. It’s a…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to and doing this week. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox. John Cazale, with his rugged…

The Norwegian grandmaster lost control on the main stage. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… It was a noise that the entire chess world heard. With the clock ticking and defeat imminent, perhaps the greatest chess player of all…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It was interesting to see Ballerina, which hits theaters this week, so soon after the new Mission: Impossible film. The latter film’s fearless stunts, which peak in several extended action sequences…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Two weeks ago, ahead of the release of her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus, the 32-year-old star who is one of the most successful pop artists of all time,…