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Film Series in NYC This Week

Photo Monica Vitti, wearing black, in Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Red Desert.” That film, along with others shot by the cinematographer Carlo Di Palma, will show as part of a Di Palma retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. See listing below. Credit Francoriz, Ko, via Rex/Shutterstock Our guide to film …

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Art and Museums in NYC This Week

Photo An installation view from “Hansel & Gretel,” at the Park Avenue Armory, showing images from overhead cameras projected onto the floor. The exhibition will continue through Aug. 6; see listing below. Credit Agaton Strom for The New York Times Our guide to new art shows — and some that …

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Events for Children in NYC This Week

Photo A demonstration of the mechanical principles that underpin pulleys at an “Angry Birds Universe” exhibition in Edmonton, Alberta. New York families can visit the exhibition in Queens through Aug. 27; see listing below. Credit Ian Kucerak/IK Creative Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with …

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Rocky, Nell, Witch Hazel and More: A Sampling of June Foray

Photo June Foray in Hollywood in 2011, with figures of Tweety and Sylvester. She gave voice to characters in their adventures and many others. Credit Kevin Winter/Getty Images June Foray’s many voices were an indelible soundtrack for generations of eager cartoon watchers. During her decades-long career, Ms. Foray, who died …

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Dance in NYC This Week

Photo From left, Jesse Zaritt, Netta Yerushalmy and Shamar Watt in a version of “Paramodernities,” a continuing project of Ms. Yerushalmy’s that will be performed as part of a dance residency in Madison Square Park. See listing below. Credit Arnaud Falchier Our guide to dance performances. BOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD: A JOURNEY …

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Review: In ‘Somewhere Between,’ It’s Groundhog Week

Photo Aaron Craven, on ground, Devon Sawa and Paula Patton in the new series “Somewhere Between,” based on the South Korean series “God’s Gift: 14 Days.” Credit Eike Schroter/ABC In ABC’s new dead-child time-travel mystery, “Somewhere Between,” the coincidences are somewhere between far-fetched and lunatic. In the first episode, a …

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Review: ‘The Emoji Movie’ Is Here. No, We’re Not Making This Up.

Photo Gene (voiced by T.J. Miller), left, and Jailbreak (Anna Faris) in “The Emoji Movie.” Credit Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation In late 2014, the hack of Sony resulted in the publishing of private emails that much of the internet had a great time laughing at. One item considered particularly risible …

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Outrage Follows a Painter From the Whitney Biennial to Boston

Nevertheless, a group of “local artists, activists and community members” have written an open letter to the museum in which they said that they “do not feel that the I.C.A. is making a responsible decision as an institution of art and culture” in supporting Ms. Schutz’s work. Photo Ms. Schutz’s …

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38 Years on Books: The Essential Michiko Kakutani Reader

For nearly four decades, Michiko Kakutani has written about books for The New York Times. As chief book critic, she has anointed new talent, charted the peaks and valleys of literary careers and memorialized writers when they’re gone. She has stayed up all night reading embargoed memoirs by ex-presidents and …

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An Ode to Shopping Malls

The French marble floors still gleamed under artificial light. It wasn’t quite a ruin, but it looked as if a viral outbreak had removed all life from the place. “They had loud pop music echoing through the mall, and I’m looking down this corridor, and there’s no people, no stores …

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