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MetLife Stadium, the site of eight FIFA matches, is surrounded by creeks and canals. Amid exorbitantly priced public transportation and reports of bumper-to-bumper traffic, we tried our luck arriving by boat
This tale of aliens on Earth and the coverup of their presence, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, is a catalogue of the director’s obsessions, and a deeply personal vision
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
On “30 Rock,” she pioneered the kind of heteroskepticism that’s now more prevalent than ever. With “The Four Seasons,” she’s exploring a more hopeful counternarrative
On her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” the singer inches away from frisky pop-punk and toward the velvety yearning of New Wave
The actor and comedian talks about collaborating with Wallace Shawn, embracing the emotion of performance, and his directorial début, “Maddie’s Secret,” in which he plays a food influencer struggling with an eating disorder
The Trump Administration has chosen to honor the Semiquincentennial of a nation of immigrants with a vision that sends the country back in time
Andrea Bajani explores the complexities of family dynamics, examining how relationships shape identity and influence our understanding of belonging in contemporary society.
The green-energy industry, and China, may be the biggest beneficiaries
A retrospective of Martha Cooper’s work shows the ramshackle toys and improvised games from a bygone era of growing up
For tennis champion Rafael Nadal, pain has always felt like weakness leaving the body, and a new Netflix docuseries shows the boons of this ideology, as well as its undeniable costs
After shunning the spotlight for years, the singer-songwriter has returned on her own terms—with an improbably intimate arena show and some introspective new ballads