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Watching the movie, “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” I was taken back a few years to when my kids were small and I used to have to cut their food for them.

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Inside the List

Toni Morrison, whose novel “Home” enters the...

Archive: Book Review Podcast

This week, Joe Klein talks about Jonah Goldberg’s...

Poems and Stories by Lucia Perillo

Lucia Perillo’s two collections, poems and...

‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,’ by Ben Fountain

A firefight with Iraqi insurgents is caught on...

‘Oblivion,’ a Memoir by Héctor Abad

Héctor Abad creates a sociopolitical portrait of...

‘Chasing Venus,’ by Andrea Wulf

With a Venusian transit imminent, 18th-century...

Essay: Let’s Go Reading in the Car

Audiobooks and road trips offer a chance to...

Essay: The Voice

A great audiobook experience depends on the...

Essay: Books With 140 Characters

At 64,000 members and counting, the Twitter-based...

‘Farther Away,’ Essays by Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen’s essays express his love of...

NY Times Movies

Director Favorites

Images of directors’ choices for their favorite...

Lindsay Lohan and Her ‘Liz & Dick’ Role

The producer of “Liz & Dick,” a television...

Movies Update Newsletter

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Morbid Beauty in ‘Dark Shadows’

Images from Tim Burton’s comedy starring Johnny...

Slide Show: Coming Soon

Images from some of the films arriving this...

Riff: How to Enjoy Going to the Movies Again

Long lines. Rowdy patrons. Random outbursts.

Snapshot | Matt D’Elia: Matt D’Elia on His Debut, ‘American Animal’

Matt D’Elia, director, writer and star of “...

DVD: ‘The Big Heat’ and ‘Walking Tall’ Are Out on DVD

New DVD releases include Fritz Lang’s 1953 film...

Bradford Young, Cinematographer for ‘Middle of Nowhere’

Bradford Young, whose movies have focused on...

NY Times Music

The Scoop: New York City iPhone App

Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone...

Donna Summer, 1948-2012

The disco queen, who scored hits with pulsing...

Music Review: Christine Brewer at Alice Tully Hall

The soprano Christine Brewer gave a recital,...

Music Review: Look &amp; Listen Festival at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

The So Percussion ensemble gave a distinctive...

Music Review: Look &amp; Listen Festival at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

The finale of the Look & Listen Festival...

Music Review: Milwaukee and Nashville Symphonies at Carnegie Hall

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the...

String Cheese Incident Takes On Ticketmaster

The band String Cheese Incident is making a...

New Music: New Albums: Romain Virgo, Rita Wilson and Beach House

New releases include Romain Virgo’s “System,”...