In this issue

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Trump’s criminal trial; Civil War photos; Ramy Youssef ’s Eid banquet; Putin and Berezovsky in “Patriots”; chess and basketball.

OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS
Design for Living - D. T. Max
Turning office towers into apartment buildings.

TRIPLE FAULT

A meal is never just a meal in a Luca Guadagnino movie; each bite is a prelude to a kiss, every feast a form of foreplay.

6 mins

NIGHT MUSIC

“Stereophonic” and Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” on Broadway.

5 mins

LITTLE OLD HER

Is Taylor Swift doing too much?

7 mins

BEASTLY MATTERS

Where the logic behind the concern for animal welfare begins and ends.

10+ mins

PULSE

He footed off his shoes, the logs balanced on an arm, and tugged the door shut.

10+ mins

TOWER IN FLAMES

What kind of right is academic freedom?

10+ mins

THE BATTLE FOR ATTENTION

How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?

10+ mins

ON NATIVE GROUNDS

Deb Haaland faces the cruel history of the agency she now leads.

10+ mins

DESIGN FOR LIVING

Can converting office towers into apartments save empty downtowns from ruin?

10+ mins

HOROSCOPES WRITTEN BY MY MOTHER

Your zodiac alignment this month is governed by Venus, the planet of intuition, something my daughter Bess seems to lack.

2 mins

THE PHANTASM

Why was Judith Butler burned in effigy? They have a theory about that.

10+ mins

Our Local Correspondents – Trash, Trash Revolution

What would it take to really clean up New York City?

10+ mins

Fiction – Bozo

The man stood in front of an arrangement of bottles and glasses.

10+ mins

Profiles – Mr. Vengeance

The director of "Oldboy” and "The Handmaiden” brings his gift for spectacle to American television.

10+ mins

A Reporter at Large – The Assault

One of Ukraine's most skilled fighting units battles beneath a canopy of drones.

10+ mins

SNAP JUDGMENTS

Is it the end of the world if Kirsten Dunst isn’t around to witness it? I’m beginning to wonder.

6 mins

BLEEDING HEART

Olivia Rodrigo’s exuberant yearning.

5 mins

WARP SPEED

Anni Albers helped establish weaving as art—then left it behind.

6 mins

THE MISSING LINK

How Delmore Schwartz tried to change poetry.

10+ mins

LOVE MACHINES

Why stories about robotic romance push our buttons.

10 mins

HOW GULLIBLE ARE YOU?

Dont believe what theyre telling you about misinformation.

10+ mins

GET REAL

How video-game engines became the invisible infrastructure of our world.

10+ mins

FLIGHT OF FANCY

Flying cars have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Are they finally here?

10+ mins

WHAT IS NOISE?

Unpleasant sounds are a matter of perception—and control.

10+ mins

STORIES FROM THE TRUMP BIBLE

Now, Noah was very faithful, so God commanded him to build a mighty ark, telling him, “Take your family and two of every living thing.”

3 mins

NO TIME TO DIE

When does the quest for a healthy life become unhealthy?

10+ mins

GOINGS ON

The Martha Graham Dance Company won’t officially turn a hundred until 2026, but it’s starting the party early with multiple centennial seasons. The theme of the first, at City Center, is “American Legacies.”

6 mins

WILD THINGS

In movies as in life, never assume. One of the joys of being a film critic is encountering surprising work from filmmakers whose habits seemed all too ingrained.

6 mins

ON AND OFF THE MENU BALABUSTA

At home with Joan Nathan, the grande dame of Jewish cooking.

7 mins

SCARED STRAIGHT

The posture wars, past and present.

10 mins

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