CATEGORIES

My Life As A Failed Artist
New York magazine

My Life As A Failed Artist

Decades after giving up the dream for good, an art critic returns to the work he’d devoted his life to, then abandoned — but never really forgot.

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10+ mins  |
April 17–30, 2017
Wrath of the Showrunners
New York magazine

Wrath of the Showrunners

The all-powerful gods behind Fargo and The Leftovers inflict their worst.

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April 17–30, 2017
Scattered Brushstrokes Of Beauty
New York magazine

Scattered Brushstrokes Of Beauty

War Paint feels like two different shows.

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April 17–30, 2017
Two Artists Came To The City
New York magazine

Two Artists Came To The City

With a $40 sofa, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s chest, and many cans of paint, Peter Schlesinger and Eric Boman have been remaking their home for the past 40 years.

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April 17–30, 2017
The End Of The Wolf- Critic
New York magazine

The End Of The Wolf- Critic

The Times after “Voice of God” Michiko Kakutani.

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6 mins  |
August 21–September 3, 2017
The Rise And Return Of Jesmyn Ward
New York magazine

The Rise And Return Of Jesmyn Ward

From small-town Mississippi to an out-of-the-blue National Book Award—then back to Mississippi to write her third novel.

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August 21–September 3, 2017
America Has A New National Pastime
New York magazine

America Has A New National Pastime

And it involves wigs, tucking, and heavy makeup. The new celebrity economy of drag.

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June 10-23, 2019
Merci, Madame
New York magazine

Merci, Madame

Madonna reasserts her relevance and unpredictability.

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5 mins  |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
It's Time To Root For Roger Ailes
New York magazine

It's Time To Root For Roger Ailes

The making of Showtime’s series about the Fox News founder.

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5 mins  |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
Lee Daniels On Getting Vomit On Your Tux At Cannes
New York magazine

Lee Daniels On Getting Vomit On Your Tux At Cannes

The director and provocateur on the afterlife of Empire, the limits of woke culture— and why Precious was really a comedy.

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June 10-23, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard Had A Very Strange Childhood
New York magazine

Tulsi Gabbard Had A Very Strange Childhood

Which may just help explain why she’s so totally out of place in today’s Democratic Party. And her long-shot race for the presidency.

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June 10-23, 2019
The Movie Star In Your Facebook Feed
New York magazine

The Movie Star In Your Facebook Feed

Jada Pinkett Smith’s talk show might be the best reason not to delete your account.

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June 10-23, 2019
Ten Miles From Stonewall
New York magazine

Ten Miles From Stonewall

Layleen Polanco’s death haunts a prideful celebration.

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5 mins  |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
Lulu Wang Spots The Lie
New York magazine

Lulu Wang Spots The Lie

The director of the Sundance sensation The Farewell has made the kind of movie Hollywood never makes.

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9 mins  |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
Marianne Williamson, Spiritual Advisor And 2020 Dark Horse
New York magazine

Marianne Williamson, Spiritual Advisor And 2020 Dark Horse

The self-help guru makes a case for a recovery presidency— and sees “both sides” on vaccines.

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10+ mins  |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
What I Know About Gloria Vanderbilt
New York magazine

What I Know About Gloria Vanderbilt

Observations from a lifelong friendship.

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3 mins  |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
Who Was Jeffrey Epstein Calling ?
New York magazine

Who Was Jeffrey Epstein Calling ?

A close study of his circle— social, professional, transactional— reveals a damning portrait of elite New York.

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10+ mins  |
July 22 - August 4, 2019
Crimes Of The Art
New York magazine

Crimes Of The Art

There was messy drama on both sides of the camera on Big Little Lies this season. But Meryl was great.

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5 mins  |
July 22 - August 4, 2019
71 Minutes With... Andrea Catsimatidis
New York magazine

71 Minutes With... Andrea Catsimatidis

Lobster on the Upper East Side with the self-described “billionaire heiress, business bombshell, jet-setter, NYC native, footballer, and Manhattan Republican Party chair.”

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6 mins  |
July 22 - August 4, 2019
Elizabeth Warren's Classroom Strategy
New York magazine

Elizabeth Warren's Classroom Strategy

She has been instructing students since she was 8 years old and is the most professorial presidential candidate in modern history. But does America want to be taught?

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10+ mins  |
August 5-18, 2019
Our Caesar - Can The Country Come Back From Trump?
New York magazine

Our Caesar - Can The Country Come Back From Trump?

The Republic already looks like rome in ruins.

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10+ mins  |
August 5-18, 2019
Carly Rae Jepsen's B-Side Life
New York magazine

Carly Rae Jepsen's B-Side Life

Preconcert painting time with the pop star (and her mom).

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7 mins  |
August 5-18, 2019
Why Films Look So Cheesy On Your Fancy New TV
New York magazine

Why Films Look So Cheesy On Your Fancy New TV

Hollywood is furious about “motion smoothing,” a high-tech default setting on most new TVs. But do electronics manufacturers care what auteurs think?

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9 mins  |
July 22 - August 4, 2019
Critics - A League Of His Own
New York magazine

Critics - A League Of His Own

David Edelstein on High Flying Bird and Arctic … Sara Holdren on True West … Matt Zoller Seitz on Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes.

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February 4, 2019
Finally, His Side
New York magazine

Finally, His Side

Ted Bundy talks in the doc Conversations With a Killer.

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5 mins  |
February 4, 2019
The Far-Out Case For Climate Optimism (From A Climate Alarmist)
New York magazine

The Far-Out Case For Climate Optimism (From A Climate Alarmist)

Believing in a comfortable future for our planet probably means some giant - carbon - sucking machines.

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February 4, 2019
We Are Living In The Matrix
New York magazine

We Are Living In The Matrix

From red pills to simulation theory to the return of tiny sunglasses. The 20-year-old movie that got everything right.

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10+ mins  |
February 4, 2019
The Second Most Important Election In New York
New York magazine

The Second Most Important Election In New York

The onetime shoo-in for state attorney general worries that anti-Establishment fervor will undo all her dues paying.

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5 mins  |
September 3, 2018
Couples: Tish Durkin
New York magazine

Couples: Tish Durkin

The Giulianis Break Up And Rudy breaks down? How Judith diagnoses her ex’s new “dissembling” condition.

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7 mins  |
September 3, 2018
What Do You Expect From Jonah Hill?
New York magazine

What Do You Expect From Jonah Hill?

When Jonah Hill was 7 years old, his parents asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up. He told them, “I want to move to Springfield,” the town where the Simpsons live.

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September 3, 2018