News
January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows
Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more. Source…
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Culture
What to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s Second Week
When I’m looking at what’s on offer in the Revivals section of the New York Film Festival—and, for that matter, whenever I see a…
Culture
What to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s First Week
The New York Film Festival, the centerpiece of the city’s year in cinephilia, is a victim of its own success. Many of its most noteworthy…
Culture
Penske Shakes Up Leadership of South by Southwest
SXSW, which began as a music festival in Austin, Texas, in 1987, has expanded to a two-week event that now features three tracks of…
Culture
Sundance Made Park City the It Town. Now, It’s Moving.
Amid all the talk of films, fires and the state of the Oscar race, one question has dominated Sundance 2025: Where will the festival move?…
News
Inside the wild world of Osaka’s dangerous, adrenaline-fueled float festivals
To a din of cheering crowds, rhythmic chanting and taiko drums, hundreds of people haul massive wooden floats through the streets of Osaka…
Politics
State interior minister mulls knife ban at large festivals
Following a knife attack in the western German city of Siegen, the state government's interior minister is considering increased security…