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The shocking life of 19th-century ‘Hottentot Venus’ Saartjie Baartman haunts a riveting show in which 18 artists respond to objectification and Black femininity

In the forthcoming Mission: Impossible film, Tom Cruise drives a motorbike off a cliff and wrecks a 70-tonne train. But how does such derring-do compare with cinema’s most hair-raising escapades?

With director Chad Stahelski’s massively successful opening week of “John Wick: Chapter 4” dominating a nervous film industry at the moment, the time is right to argue about the movies’ century-plus tradition of action cinema.

'John Wick: Chapter 4' boasts a runtime of 2 hours, 49 minutes, making it the longest of the Wick movies. But it more than earns it.

This week’s new entertainment releases include fresh albums from Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding, the landing of “Top Gun: Maverick” on Paramount+ and a TV show centered on an FBI agent who gets pulled into danger and secret missions aboard “The Night Agent” streams on Netflix

The 2023 Oscar-nominated live-action shorts are highlighted by fascinating choices by a promising group of filmmakers, whether lacing environments with hidden meanings, fashioning a visual poem, letting Buster Keaton crash into harsh social reality, calmly observing character comedy or having a playful good time.

“When Women Were Dragons,” by Kelly Barnhill. (Doubleday, $28.)

As his new version of Alfred Jarry’s scandalous Ubu Roi is staged in Spain, the innovative director considers the collision of the terrifying and the comic

Alan Tudyk owes his teachers more than a few measly apples

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — Melissa Talmadge Cox knew Grandpa Buster had made a bunch of silent movies long before she was born, but it wasn’t until after Buster Keaton died and Cox was in college that she saw one.

Two new books about silent film star Buster Keaton are appearing a century after he began to pack movie theaters