Dave Longstreth Gets His Groove Back

The indie auteur behind Dirty Projectors is over his breakup.

Impostor Syndrome

A German army deserter impersonates a Nazi officer to stay alive in The Captain.

Kevin Kwan Goes Hollywood

The author of Crazy Rich Asians is happy to be the public face of his book’s upcoming movie adaptation. But he’d be happier if somebody else were doing it for him.

Michiko Kakutani

Instagramming New York by night on her first publication day.

Elizabeth Warren, Leader Of The Persistence

Elizabeth Warren’s full-body fight to defeat Trump.

Newark's Revival, Revived

New money, old pipes, and a mayor who’s trying to manage both.

Barbara Lee

Talking Iraq, poverty, and getting a seat at the table with the House’s lefty conscience.

To Reawaken A Mockingbird

To Reawaken a Mockingbird In his adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel, Aaron Sorkin homes in on Atticus Finch’s blind spots.

Critics

David Edelstein on Vice, Mary Poppins Returns, and On the Basis of Sex … Sara Holdren on To Kill a Mockingbird.

Reasons To Love New York

For this, our 14th annual “Reasons to Love New York,” all the reasons are places—some timeless, some odd (the underbelly of a Washington Heights pool?), some secret, some soothing, some technically illegal to occupy, but each beloved by the people who chose them. If we all carry a customized map of the city in our minds, consider this a chance to add a few new pins to yours.

Cityscape : Justin Davidson

Big Store in the Big City We gave away too much to Amazon. But its push into Queens won’t wreck New York.

The Boys In The Band

Brockhampton is not your typical 13-member genre-defying rap collective–slash–multimedia empire.

The Facebook Empire Is At War- With Its Own Citizens

The decline and fall of the Zuckerberg empire do we need Facebook?

How Tech World Is Shaping The Physical World To Suit A Human One

Google’s ideas for the future of cities, starting with Toronto.

The Great Pod Rush Has Only Just Begun

With 660,000 shows and 62 million listeners already, the century’s first new art form is about to enter its corporate stage.

Redux Deluxe

Thomas Keller’s TAK Room at Hudson Yards provides plenty of retro pleasure at a not insignificant price.

The Eight-Bit Musical

Lives of the Extremely Online, onstage in Octet.

The Problem With The Purse

Men know it’s better to carry nothing. Why don’t women?

Not Your Garden-Variety Neighborhood Bistro

Oxalis has ambition and creativity to spare.

Putting America On The Spot

Suzan-Lori Parks’s play seems friendly at first and gradually reveals its radicalism.

Timeless As Infinity

Jordan Peele reboots The Twilight Zone.

Lady Killer

Jodie Comer is TV’s most captivating assassin.

Wedding Party

Vampire Weekend settles down, and spreads out, on Father of the Bride.

What Is It Good For?

George Clooney and friends adapt Catch-22 for TV.

The Stupid Joys Of Group Chats

Group chats are making the internet fun again the triumphant return of aimless digital chatter.

The Purge Is Working

Trump is making the Department of Justice into his own private goon squad.

48 Minutes With … Kieran Culkin

Playing dumpling roulette with television’s new favorite lovable bad boy.

After Katy Will Frances Valentine Find Its Footing?

IT’S SUCH A HAPPY PLACE TO COME,” says Elyce Arons, in a preppy-bright striped blouse, a tidy clatter of beaded bracelets jangling on her wrist. We’re in the double-height offices of the two-year-old handbag-and-shoe brand Frances Valentine—she’s the company’s CEO and one of its partners—overlooking Bryant Park.

Jane Fonda Is Ready For This

The original celebrity activist on regret and radical empathy in the age of Trump.

The Cuomo Way

Heavy is the head that wears this crown.