Now that it’s March, I feel my more energetic self scratching to get out and start dressing in brighter colors, like a ...

At first glance, “Papillon” (Butterfly), the 15-minute Oscar-nominated animated short by veteran French filmmaker Florence Miailhe, may appear like a meditative journey through water and memory.

The film is based on the extraordinary real life of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish athlete whose story of resilience under Nazi ...

Eurasia Group, the geopolitical risk consultancy run by Ian Bremmer, gets into the political satire game with its Instagram show “Puppet Regime.” Credit... Supported by By Kim Córdova The electronic ...

Like their neighbors on the International Space Station, the taikonauts orbiting the planet in China’s Tiangong space station brought some mementos from home. According to the English-language ...

Brian Henson will present Puppet Up! – Uncensored for a limited six-performance engagement from February 20 through March 1, 2026, at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. The production combines improvised ...

Fresh off her Oscar nod for 'Sentimental Value,' the Norwegian star again plays a performer burdened with a dysfunctional family, though Itonje Søimer Guttormsen's colorful but overlong film is a ...

Crowds are flocking to an annual festival for performances of “A Doll’s House,” a “Macbeth”-inspired witch tale and more featuring puppets big and small. Critic’s Notebook Crowds are flocking to an ...

The Metropolitan Opera is in the midst of a revival of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in the acclaimed production by Anthony Minghella. The opera has one of the most complex soprano roles in the ...

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If there’s one thing that the annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival always delivers, it’s sheer range. The eighth iteration, running January 21 through February 1, features retellings ...

Perhaps it’s true that the way of water has no beginning and no end – at least this is the case for the record-breaking French swimmer Alfred Nakache. Florence Miailhe’s latest short film Butterfly ...