WOMAN, FROG, AND DEVIL

January Wojnicz, a retired civil servant and a landowner, was a splendid man, as they said in Lwów, handsome and dignified.

THE STASI FILES

Piecing together the secrets of East Germany’s past.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS - SHOWSTOPPERS

A Tony-winning musical director faces her first Broadway miss.

HIGHER AND HIGHER

To preserve humanity—and the planet—should we give up growth?

MAXED OUT

“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.”

DESERT ISLAND

Tastes of Hawati abound in Las Vegas.

NOTICE OF SECURITY INCIDENT

By now you are aware that you are the victim of a data breach.

MY FATHER'S COURT

The Detroit Pistons became his second family.

LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE

Zach Horwitz was a mystifying presence on the big screen, until the F.B.I. showed up.

THOROUGHLY MODERN

Yuja Wang uses her star power to lead audiences out of their comfort zones.

THE PERFECTIONIST

Why we're still catching up to Brancusi.

OLD ENGLISH

“Player Kings,”\"The Cherry Orchard,” and \"London Tide.”

A Reporter at Large – You Make Me Sick

How corporate scientists discovered—and then helped to conceal—the dangers of forever chemicals.

Age of Anxiety

The love songs of Billie Eilish.

THE THEATRE - PHOTO REALISM

Moisés Kaufman's Here There Are Blueberries.”

FAMILY PORTRAIT

In his latest novel, Garth Risk Hallberg shrinks his frame.

THE WORLD OF TELEVISION CASTOFFS

REALITY-TV CONTESTANTS ARE BARELY PAID, AND THE EXPERIENCE CAN FEEL LIKE ABUSE. SHOULD THEY UNIONIZE?

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY ABRIDGED TOO FAR

The world according to Blinkist.

Thataway Thomas McGuane

The two sisters were growing old now, but they went on gazing toward Palm Springs from this windblown prairie town as though to Mecca.

ANNALS OF INQUIRY WAIT FOR IT

Suspense in literature and life.

SHOUTS & MURMURS IDENTIFIED

A panel of scientific experts commissioned by NASA to study unidentified anomalous phenomena,” more widely known as UFOs, said Thursday that it found no evidence that any of the reported objects were extraterrestrial in origin.

A CRITIC AT LARGE SAY THE WORD

Why liberals struggle to defend liberalism.

EYES UP HERE

The perils and pleasures of a nice rack.

THE CURRENT CINEMA APOCALYPSE WHEN

“Megalopolis.”

A Critic at Large - Off the Leash

The wacky and wonderful world of the Westminster Dog Show.

AMERICAN CHRONICLES - THE RIGHT TO HUG

Children are fighting to visit their parents in county jails.

PERSONAL HISTORY - TABULA RASA

THE WORDLE PHILOSOPHY

BLAME GAME

“Baby Reindeer” and Under the Bridge.”

THE INSTIGATOR

How Miranda July starts again.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

Zemlinsky, Schulhoff; and other neglected Jewish composers of Central Europe.