The ‘Monstrous Beauty’ of Pretty Porcelains at the Met 03. April 2025 (11:01) A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of empires and seeded stereotypes of Asian women.(New York Times)
‘The Martial Artist’ Review: Tap Out 03. April 2025 (11:00) In this overwrought action film by Shaz Khan, a mixed martial artist’s career is upended when his brother is killed.(New York Times)
‘Love Hotel’ Review: Finding Space for Beauty in the Bleakness 03. April 2025 (11:00) A Shinji Somai contribution to a narrow soft-core subgenre crushes together the anonymity and violence, desire and trauma, that bind lives of alienation.(New York Times)
‘Gazer’ Review: Peering Out From a Lonely Place 03. April 2025 (11:00) Ryan J. Sloan’s brooding thriller is a murky tale about an isolated woman, with many shades of Schrader, Nolan and Cronenberg.(New York Times)
‘Eric LaRue’ Review: When Pain Won’t Stay Quiet 03. April 2025 (11:00) Judy Greer stars in a searing drama about the mother of a school shooter and all the things we try not to say.(New York Times)
600-Year-Old Fresco by Fra Angelico Gets Some Necessary Love 03. April 2025 (06:01) After three doctors fell in love with a fresco by Fra Angelico, they pledged to restore it so it could get its due when a blockbuster exhibition opens this fall.(New York Times)
‘The Cherry Orchard’ Review: A Captivating Take on Chekhov 03. April 2025 (04:00) Nina Hoss stars as a melancholic matriarch in Benedict Andrews’s immersive rendition of the classic at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.(New York Times)
