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Chillax! Here’s your guide to conversing through the winter holidays.A guide to what you might hear from millennials and Generation Zers while you eat dinner, binge holiday movies, and laze around the fireplace.
Yes, Chalamet can sing. But can ‘A Complete Unknown’ capture Bob Dylan?The filmmakers of “A Complete Unknown” were faced with a daunting task, our critic writes: How do you get behind the mask of a willfully enigmatic artist like Bob Dylan?
Cover StoryOur writers recall their most memorable Christmas gifts – and the people who gave themAs our writers unwrap their favorite memories of childhood holiday gifts, something else comes into focus: the giver.
Post Office scandal, the musical? In the UK, news and entertainment blur.Recent dramatizations about the British Post Office scandal are making it seem that entertainment is a better way to relay news than reported stories.
Say cheese! Wallace and Gromit return in ‘Vengeance Most Fowl.’“Vengeance Most Fowl” encapsulates everything that makes “Wallace & Gromit” movies such a joy for children and adults.
With his absorbing film ‘Hard Truths,’ director Mike Leigh sees people in full“Hard Truths” is one of our critic’s 10 best films of the year. He praises director Mike Leigh for his humanism, which is “particularly pertinent to his fine new film.”
Rage against the (checkout) machine: Why I won't do self-service with a smileSelf-service isn't self-serving for those who struggle with technology. For some of us, it's downright impossible.
My muddle to mediocrity: When good enough is good enoughIt’s a revelation to do something for pleasure, not for accolades, to realize that excellence is not a prerequisite for enjoyment.
Elon Musk now calls himself a ‘cultural Christian.’ What does that mean?Some famous atheists have now adopted the term “cultural Christian” to describe themselves. What does it mean, and how is that playing out in an increasingly secular America?
The ‘Voltaire of the Arabs’ is lionized in France, but imprisoned in AlgeriaThe detention of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria shows how the shadows of colonialism continue to haunt the world of French letters.
Cracking Icelanders’ frosty facade? I found the steamy secret.Six months of darkness would chill anyone’s demeanor. Here’s how I break the ice whenever I visit Iceland.
Move over, Vikings. Sweden’s new seafaring heroes are knitting grannies.What better way to tell a true holiday story than with singing – and knitting? In Sweden, an island choir comes together to celebrate community.
Ramen love: Rediscovering the flavors of my childhoodAn adulthood spent dabbling in culinary experiments led me to a deeper appreciation of the childhood foods of my ancestral home, Japan.
Sing along: 3 plungers plunging, 2 pterodactyls flying, and 1 bird hat monstrosity!Some people give candles, lotion, and socks. Not me. Lords a-leaping have nothing on the original gifts I make each year.
When what we have is enough: Lessons from the AmishI prize my trips into Amish country, where the pace of life slows and the lack of “stuff” has real allure.
Cultures meet and meld deliciously in 3 new cookbooksWith these recipes, home cooks get to taste flavors from many cultures, often in the very same dish.- Cultures meet and meld deliciously in 3 new cookbooksWith these recipes, home cooks get to taste flavors from many cultures, often in the very same dish.
- Cultures meet and meld deliciously in 3 new cookbooksWith these recipes, home cooks get to taste flavors from many cultures, often in the very same dish.
Grab your popcorn: Here are the 10 best films of 2024Our film critic’s 10 best list includes an animated delight, and dramas from around the world that consider the human condition – and what makes a life meaningful.
First LookA judge rules Alex Jones can continue running Infowars – for nowIn a victory for Alex Jones amid his bankruptcy case, a federal judge prevented The Onion from purchasing Infowars, Mr. Jones’ radio show, calling the bidding process flawed. The Onion had planned to relaunch Infowars in January as a parody.
