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How psychiatric diagnoses create identities.
NEW TRICKS
An animal trainer to the stars prepares a Great Dane for his film début.
Beastly Matters
Where the logic behind the concern for animal welfare begins and ends.
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.
NIGHT MUSIC
“Stereophonic” and Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” on Broadway.
LITTLE OLD HER
Is Taylor Swift doing too much?
PULSE
He footed off his shoes, the logs balanced on an arm, and tugged the door shut.
TOWER IN FLAMES
What kind of right is academic freedom?
THE BATTLE FOR ATTENTION
How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?
ON NATIVE GROUNDS
Deb Haaland faces the cruel history of the agency she now leads.
DESIGN FOR LIVING
Can converting office towers into apartments save empty downtowns from ruin?
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.
THE PHANTASM
Why was Judith Butler burned in effigy? They have a theory about that.
Our Local Correspondents – Trash, Trash Revolution
What would it take to really clean up New York City?
Fiction – Bozo
The man stood in front of an arrangement of bottles and glasses.
Profiles – Mr. Vengeance
The director of "Oldboy” and "The Handmaiden” brings his gift for spectacle to American television.
A Reporter at Large – The Assault
One of Ukraine's most skilled fighting units battles beneath a canopy of drones.
SNAP JUDGMENTS
Is it the end of the world if Kirsten Dunst isn’t around to witness it? I’m beginning to wonder.
BLEEDING HEART
Olivia Rodrigo’s exuberant yearning.
WARP SPEED
Anni Albers helped establish weaving as art—then left it behind.
THE MISSING LINK
How Delmore Schwartz tried to change poetry.
LOVE MACHINES
Why stories about robotic romance push our buttons.
HOW GULLIBLE ARE YOU?
Dont believe what theyre telling you about misinformation.
GET REAL
How video-game engines became the invisible infrastructure of our world.
FLIGHT OF FANCY
Flying cars have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Are they finally here?
WHAT IS NOISE?
Unpleasant sounds are a matter of perception—and control.
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.”
NO TIME TO DIE
When does the quest for a healthy life become unhealthy?
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.”
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.