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Sundance kicks off with robots, warriors and ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’

Kristen Stewart, Pedro Pascal, David Alan Grier and Steven Soderbergh were among the celebrities generating buzz at this year’s film festival.

By Sonia Rao and Jada Yuan

Ann HornadayMovie Critic

‘Origin’: Ava DuVernay’s latest film is ambitious, and one of a kind

Review

‘Origin’: Ava DuVernay’s latest film is ambitious, and one of a kind

By Ann Hornaday

Review

‘The End We Start From’: Slow cinema’s version of the apocalypse

By Michael O'Sullivan

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Television

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‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong says there’ll be no spinoffs

Armstrong also told the BBC that while “Succession” characters did “reprehensible” things, he didn’t “think of them as irredeemable.”

By Adela Suliman

Lili LoofbourowTelevision Critic

Last night’s Emmys did the impossible and made an awards show good TV

Solving the mystery of Clive Owen’s staying power

By Thomas Floyd

The newest TV shows and movies to stream right now

By Washington Post staff

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Music

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Review

At WNO’s American Opera Initiative, three glimpses into the future

The Washington National Opera’s incubator program for young composers and librettists presented three short works in progress at the Kennedy Center.

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Michael Andor BrodeurClassical Music Critic

At WNO’s American Opera Initiative, three glimpses into the future

Chris RichardsPop Music Critic

The end of Pitchfork is an ugly omen for music journalism’s future

Perspective

The end of Pitchfork is an ugly omen for music journalism’s future

By Chris Richards

’90s hitmaker No Doubt to reunite at Coachella

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In the galleries: Mesmerizing acrobatics, cartons morph into collages

An artist’s two shows focus on photocollage, multiple images of winter, interpretations of nature, and a group show on the meaning of dreams

By Mark Jenkins

Philip KennicottArt & Architecture Critic

The Met risked messing up its great European galleries. It paid off.

Sebastian SmeeArt Critic

Two brilliant artists withdrew from the art world. One never returned.

Review

The Met risked messing up its great European galleries. It paid off.

By Philip Kennicott

Perspective

Two brilliant artists withdrew from the art world. One never returned.

By Sebastian Smee

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Theater

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Review

Studio Theatre’s ‘Love, Love, Love’ takes baby boomers to task

David Muse oversees an assured staging of Mike Bartlett’s incisive, decades-spanning play “Love, Love, Love” at Studio Theatre.

By Thomas Floyd

‘Mean Girls’ is an adaptation of an adaptation. It’s one of many.

By Hanna Zakharenko

Review

The intriguing tale of a woman’s search for her Korean birth family

By Rhoda Feng

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Video Games

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Review

‘The Last of Us Part II,’ remastered and dehumanized

Naughty Dog’s 2020 sequel won prestige for its storytelling. The remaster’s “No Return” mode focuses on plain, bloody fun.

By Gene Park

Gene ParkGaming Critic

‘The Last of Us Part II,’ remastered and dehumanized

Perspective

The most anticipated video games of 2024

By Gene Park

He closed a video game shop decades ago. His games could sell for $1M.

By Kyle Melnick

The newest TV shows and movies to stream right now

By Washington Post staff

5 mystery novels to curl up with this winter

By Karen MacPherson

Review

‘Origin’: Ava DuVernay’s latest film is ambitious, and one of a kind

By Ann Hornaday

Review

Her brother dies. And then she assumes his identity.

By Stephen Kearse

‘Friends’ premiered 25 years ago. Here are 25 of the beloved sitcom’s most memorable quotes.

By Bethonie Butler