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New Jersey's governor is calling for a return to "normal" as the state's COVID cases start to fall. As of the second week of March, students and school staff will no longer be required to wear masks.

Movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka is having relationship issues; his girlfriend, Miko, suspects he's secretly attracted to white women. (She's right, but he won't admit it.) In Shortcomings, Asian-American graphic novelist Adrian Tomine (Scrapbook, Summer Blonde) has finally done what many fans and critics have suggested he should: addressed race in his work.

Abdul Rahman was an African prince, captured and enslaved in the United States for 40 years before gaining his freedom. A new documentary airing on PBS, A Prince Among Slaves, tells his incredible story.

After a miscommunication, an Egyptian police band finds itself lost in a small town in Israel in The Band's Visit. From the intersection of the haphazard and the awkward, a sweet human comedy emerges.

The announcement last month that Philippe De Montebello is retiring has led to a spate of articles describing him as the last of a breed. De Montebello has led New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for 30 years.

London cabbie, Will Grozier, offers some book recommendations. Included are: The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane; Sepulchre, by Kate Mosse (due out in April); and Drop City by T.C. Boyle.

Here in one place: All of Bob Mondello's short reviews of this year's nominees for the Best Picture Oscar — complete with clips from the films.

Comedy and romantic conflicts abound in a Beirut beauty salon in Caramel, a kind of Lebanese Steel Magnolias. The premise isn't new, but the comedy is warm, observant and generous — so Caramel feels plenty fresh.

The omicron surge has clogged up the health care system, from the ICU to the ER. The consequences are huge for smaller hospitals and, in some cases, it has led to irreparable harm.

The New York Times arts and culture reporter David Carr talks about how there's more to winning an Oscar than a stellar performance.