CATEGORIES
FAMILIAR HAUNTS
A sonically thrilling revival of “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway.
THE CURRENT CINEMA - OUTLIERS
“Joyland” and “Acidman.”
GENTLEMAN'S GAME
\"Great Expectations,\" on Hulu.
BLUES MEN
\"Hang Time,\" by Zora Howard.
THE STORY GOES
The shape-shifting fictions of Kelly Link.
LONG DIVISION
How the East German novelist Brigitte Reimann electrified socialist realism.
ANNALS OF RELIGION UNDER GOD
How Christian is Christian nationalism?
UPCOMING LANDMARKS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
SHOUTS & MURMURS
AMERICAN CHRONICLES DATA-DRIVEN
Machines have given powerful way of knowing things. There are others.
Good Talk
Can conversation save our souls?
Mysteries of Love
Kate Soper’s "The Romance of the Rose,” and Wagner's "Lohengrin” at the Met.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
\"Inside\" and \"What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?\"
HIVE MIND
\"Swarm,\" on Prime Video.
GEORGIA ON OUR MIND
The musical \"Parade\" revisits the charged trial of Leo Frank.
GHOSTS ON THE STAGE
Pina Bausch's legacy.
SEEING THINGS
Sebastian Barry's Irish marvels.
COSTUME DRAMA
J. Crew and the paradoxes of prep.
Minority Report
I dream often of a man I knew more than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely I than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely knew him at all.
PINS AND NEEDLES
How Demna engineered the rise— and near-fall—of the house of Balenciaga.
DRAWING BOARD
The graphic designer Milton Glaser made America cool again.
PLEASE INVITE ME TO YOUR PARTY
I’m a great guest. For one, I will appreciate all your deep cleaning. The baseboards you scrubbed, the silverware you polished to a high gleam, the corners you awkwardly maneuvered the Swiffer into, to sweep the last crumbs and bits of cat hair out of sight.
THE OZEMPIC ERA
Will new medications change how we think about being fat and being thin?
Books – Abolish the Poor
Matthew Desmond argues that poverty persists because we let it.
A Little-Known Planet
An entomologist races to find caterpillars before they disappear.
A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll
HARDY brings fresh energy to an unfashionable genre.
USE YOUR HANDS
How Maylis de Kerangal turns work into writing.
FALSE STAR
Sterling Holy White Mountain
MAGIC REALISM
The novelist H. G. Carrillo's inventions went too far.
PAY DIRT
Leafing through the seed catalogues.
VILLAGEGATE
At a downtown paper, a fight over succession-and Sarah Jessica Parker.