"We all need a respite from the stress of 2025, and indulging in good music, books and movies is a must for our psyches in 2026," Amy Calder writes.

Citizen Canine: Dogs in Movies by author and film journalist Wendy Mitchell. It’s an exciting ride through the more than a ...

When Maruvaarthai Pesaathey from Enai Noki Paayum Thota dropped a decade ago, the track blew up the charts like wildfire ...

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...

The Choral” is a very gentle, very British movie about the importance of art, set against World War I, that’s powerful in a ...

Join us on a trip around the world of literature as we survey the international titles that are coming to the big and small ...

As Handel’s “Messiah” is a revered Christmas ritual, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has become a New Year’s Day tradition here in ...

Timothée Chalamet is a ping-pong sensation whose selfishness could derail his dreams in the unconventionally cool sports movie "Marty Supreme." ...

The disappearance of Joe Pichler, nearly two decades after he vanished without a trace, remains one of Hollywood’s most haunting unsolved mysteries. A former child actor who appeared in major studio ...

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra is expected to take audiences on a musical journey through folk traditions, cinematic drama and revolutionary soundscapes during its upcoming “Hero’s Journey” concert ...

A killer game of hide and seek.

Described as a “bold reimagining,” the production casts Blanchett as Egmont, a role traditionally filled by a male narrator. Credit for the new take goes to ‘Slave Play’ breakout Jeremy O. Harris. By ...