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James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
You could tell that he was getting back to work when the drinking stopped and the parties stopped. Sitting in uneasy silence—he hated…
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Chicago, ICE, and the Lie of the American Pastoral
The taunt—a tack—isn’t new, only reinvigorated under the current regime. Assuaging the anxieties of folks who are not from around here is…
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Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart?
That being said, I want to be clear. The victims of this Administration are not the comedians. We are a visible manifestation of certain…
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Winter Culture Previews
Lorde, Clipse, Sudan Archives There’s a little something for everyone sprinkled across this winter’s slate of shows in contemporary music.…
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Ken Jennings Talks with Tyler Foggatt
On October 25, 2025, the author and game-show host Ken Jennings joined the senior editor Tyler Foggatt onstage at the 26th annual New…
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“Fire of Wind” Is a Bold and Inspired Début
There is a sense of replay in the heightened and artificial diction with which Mateus has her cast bear witness, and this sense is…
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ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
Last week, as ICE raids ramped up in New York, city residents set about resisting in the ways they had available: confronting agents…
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Nicholas Thompson and the Art of the Run
In Nicholas Thompson’s book, “The Running Ground,” which came out this week, he writes that “Over the years, the sport has shifted my…
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In Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” a Vast Vision Gets Netflixed Down to Size
The first time we encounter the Creature, though, we see almost nothing of him at all: he is a faceless wraith, in a dark cloak and a…
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Sarah Jessica Parker Talks with Rachel Syme
On October 26, 2025, the actor Sarah Jessica Parker took the stage with the New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme for a conversation at the…
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Trailer: “Blood Relatives”
Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it…
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“Blood Relatives,” Episode 1
On August 7, 1985, five family members were shot dead in their English country manor, Whitehouse Farm. It looked like an open-and-shut…
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“Blood Relatives,” Episode 3
One day, Heidi gets a call from Wakefield Prison, where Jeremy Bamber remains locked up, forty years after the murders. He’s one of the…
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“Blood Relatives,” Episode 2
Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthing upended the police’s original theory of the…
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George Saunders and Zadie Smith Talk with Deborah Treisman
On October 25, 2025, the writers George Saunders and Zadie Smith took the stage with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman,…
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Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Racing Through Fall”
New York’s sprawling parks can be both a respite from, and an amplification of, the rhythms of the city. For the cover of the November 3,…
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How Monsters Went from Menacing to Misunderstood
With the Enlightenment, monsters were brought under the lamp of reason. The Hydra, the unicorn, mermaids—careful observers exposed them as…
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Helen, Help Me: How Do I Get Beyond Tripadvisor?
Our food critic advises a reader on where to find out-of-town restaurant recommendations, and answers another about a salad-dressing…
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What Hollywood Is Missing About A.I.
In 2025, A.I. seems to pop up on TV nearly as often as it does in real life. On the hospital-mockumentary sitcom “St. Denis Medical,” a…
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Photographing How Texas Shapes Its Youth
Eli Durst’s images of activities that instruct and influence children—R.O.T.C., school plays, cheer practice—resist conformity. Source link
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A Daring Show Remixes the Monuments of the Confederacy
The first thing you see is a horse’s ass, protruding, upside down, from the thorax of a monster. A man’s arm descends from the beast’s…
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Richard Move Channels Martha Graham
The New York City shopping scene is nothing if not cyclical; trends have a sneaky way of slinking back, even after being declared dead for…
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“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” Tamps the Boss Down
A crisis point comes during a cross-country road trip, during which Bruce’s driver, Matt (Harrison Sloan Gilbertson), has to help a…