CATEGORIES
Case Study
Lipstick tubes have taken on outsize personas, from status objects to conversation pieces
6 questions - Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi The Nobel Peace Prize winner tells Angelina Jolie about life in an Iranian prison, the roots of the protest movement, and what gives her hope
INDEPENDENT Streak
With two wildly different movies in the Oscar race, producer Christine Vachon is an iconoclast who’s become an icon
OUTFOXED
Rupert Murdoch dumping Tucker Carlson wasn’t about one thing. It was everything
SPEECH Bubble
Bari Weiss peers into Hollywood’s soul as she puts cultural controversies on the stage By Emily Jane Fox
THE VIOLENCE OF THE RAMS
A lamb enters the fold.
ARE YOU ENTERTAINED?
Barbra Streisand writes the mother of all memoirs.
UPPER CRUST
How pizza became New Haven's calling card.
POINT BLANK
How do you tell the story of a murder you don't remember?
THE FALL
Tumbling out of a bedroom window.
CONDUCT UNBECOMING
THE CURRENT CINEMA
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Joyce Carol Oates's relentless search for a self.
GOTTA HAVE FAITH
\"Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,\" \"Scene Partners,\" and \"Waiting for Godot.\"
GHOST, WRITER
When a friend died, she left behind a novel that needed finishing.
BIG LOVE
Chris Stapleton's case for affairs of the heart.
It's So Easy to Be Wrong
In Lexi Freiman’s latest novel, a writer gets canceled— and decides to lean all the way in.
Artists and Collectors Turn on Each Other
The Artforum letter was just the start.
Fiction – According to Alice
My name is Alice and I was born from an egg that fell out of Mommy’s butt. My mommy’s name is Alice. My mommy’s mommy was also named Alice.
The Critics – Books– Your Lying Eyes
People now use A.I. to generate fake videos indistinguishable from real ones. How much does it matter?
A Critic at Large – Made You Look
The desert illusions of the Sphere and "City.”
TABLES FOR TWO
Lagos TSQ_ 727 Seventh Ave.
IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES
Does facial-recognition technology lead police to ignore contradictory evidence?
INFINITE ART
The artist Holly Herndon prepares for a world shaped by ALL.
GOINGS ON NOVEMBER 15 - 21, 2023
What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.
THE WAR ON CHAPLIN
Why the Tramp had to be brought low.
REALITY BITES
“The Curse,” on Showtime.
THE THEATRE THE HUMAN COMEDY
Off Of Broadway serves up FOOD,” Redwood,” and Faust.”
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Twelve months out from Election Day, the Presidential campaign has inescapably begun with the slow, ominous, upward crank of a roller coaster.
METAMORPHOSIS
The godfather of A.I. thinks it’s actually intelligent—and that scares him.
DEAR PARENTS
Dear Parents, Welcome to Kinderkids Nursery School! We so loved meeting you all at orientation.