Seeing Is Believing in Nope

The film's cinematographer breaks down three visual choices that make you question exactly what you're witnessing.

Screen Time

What Is Elon Musk? And how is it possible that he could emerge from his Twitter debacle more culturally dominant than ever?

The Group Portrait: Shark Spotters

Looking for what lurks off New York's beaches.

The Inside Game

The Kamala Conundrum The Democrats' leader-in-waiting is unpopular, derided by donors, and here to stay.

Doechii to the Front of the Class

The rapper from Tampa is about to be everywhere.

TVs Are Too Good Now

Why does Home Alone look better than the latest Marvel fare on the most advanced displays?

A Megabistro in Midtown

Le Rock is the latest restaurant to land in Rockefeller Center. It's a big one.

What Will the Amazon Slayer Do Next?

Chris Smalls became the new face of labor when he spearheaded a unionization drive at a packing facility in staten island. Now he is trying to replicate that success across the country.

A Garden in the Pines

Dr. Sumner Freeman and Dr. Roy Yeager's four-decades-in-the-making Fire Island oasis.

Bradley As Bernstein

On the town and on the set with the biopic version of Lenny.

A Handgun for Christmas

A few days before Ethan Crumbley allegedly killed four classmates, his father purchased a gun and then his mother took him to the shooting range. A jury will soon decide whether they, as parents, are guilty of manslaughter.

The System: Zak Cheney-Rice

When Funding the Police Backfires How Democrats ended up bolstering the post-Roe enforcement regime.

Jeremy Allen White Has Everyone Stressed

To the star of The Bear, Carmy's ruinous appeal is simple: "Chefs are hot."

CRITICS

Helen Shaw on Richard III ... Lewis Gordon on Stray... Kathryn Van Arendonk on Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks.

THE VIEW FROM BEDMINSTER

The only question on Donald Trump's mind is when, exactly, to make his next presidential announcement.

HOW PROFESSOR MAYNARD BURNED DOWN

HE TAUGHT COLLEGE STUDENTS ABOUT LIFE AT THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY. NOW HE IS CHARGED WITH A CRIME HIS FIELD IS ONLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND.

True Originals

There would be no Yola without rock-and-roll architect Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Now Yola gets to become her in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.

Awaiting the Adams Doctrine

Six months into a highly energetic mayoralty, how has Eric Adams changed the city-if at all?

Ask Mr. Mickey About His Apartment

For 30 years, Mickey Boardman has lived in this lower-Manhattan walk-up filled with many of his favorite things.

'I Don't Know How My Show Is Doing'

Streamers run on data, but that doesn't mean they're sharing it with showrunners.

MYHA'LA HERROLD KNOWS SHE'S GOOD

The Industry star is just as ambitious as her junior banker character. The big difference? "I don't act crazy."

THE WORKING-CLASS SITCOM STRIKES BACK

A new crop of absurd comedies turn their nose up at the fantasy of upward mobility.

The Old-Timer

He became a chef at 13. Ten years later, Flynn McGarry is done being a prodigy.

The Body Politic

The Abortion Stories We Didn't Tell. How decades of silence left us unprepared for the post-Roe fight.

The CULTURE PAGES: CRITICS

Craig Jenkins on Honestly, Nevermind... Jen Chaney on The Bear ... Bilge Ebiri on Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.

NETFLIX TO ITS TECHIES: SHUT UP

Tech workers at Netflix thought the company would always value their feedback. How naïve.

NATHAN FIELDER IS OUT OF HIS MIND (AND INSIDE YOURS)

The comedian is known for his often hilarious, sometimes mean, always uncomfortable stunts. In his new show, The Rehearsal, he's staging his grandest experiment yet.

IN CONVERSATION: LARRY WILMORE

He's kept the golden age of Black TV comedy alive for three decades. He'll make any network eat its words.

The City Politic: Errol Louis

The Mayor Is the Message: How long can Eric Adams coast on telling people he is in charge?

Extremely Online: Choire Sicha

The Mainstream Media Lost the Depp-Heard Trial - And the lifestyle influencers turned court correspondents won.