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Reasons to Love New York

At the end of 2020, when hardly anybody had yet gotten even the first dose of a vaccine and the subways weren't running overnight and the sidewalks of midtown were so empty you could text and walk safely and there was no place to go dancing or see music or very easily get a martini and burger at midnight, our annual "Reasons to Love New York" issue was written in the past tense: "Reasons We've Loved New York."

The Group Portrait: Twilight of the Tweeps

Elon Musk’s former employees pour one out for their company.

Park Chan-wook Leaves You Hanging

The director’s latest film is a murder mystery turned love story, but that doesn’t mean he’s left extreme violence behind.

I Want Everything

The Kathy Acker story tends to multiply as you write it.

Matt Rogers Makes the Yuletide Gay

This is not the time for thinking. It's the time for crooning.

Heart in the Clouds

This year's other aviator movie has no Cruise and a lot more feeling.

The Culture Pages – Buckle Up

In Jordan E. Cooper's bawdy Broadway debut, Ain't No Mo, no one is safe.

A Midwestern Homestead on the LES

Artist and set designer Steven Hammel has transformed his one-bedroom apartment into a version of his Minnesota childhood home.

A Few New Minimalists

They've serving naked octopus and turning broth into garnish.

This Tasting Menu Tastes Like Pot

“T would love this to become the first Michelin-starred cannabis restaurant in the world.”

The System: Zak Cheney-Rice

The Last Republican Standing

The Day I Moved Out

How do you decide what to bring with you after 27 years in the perfect apartment?

The Spectacular Life of Octavia E.Butler

In recent years, the author has been hailed as prescient of our political moment. This is the story of the girl who grew up in Pasadena, took the bus, loved her mom and grandmother, and wrote herself into the world.

Royally Screwed

Charles and Diana are at war, and so is The Crown with itself.

Everything Has a Story in Wakanda Forever

Production designer Hannah Beachler breaks down the history hiding in the sequel's two worlds.

Lourdes Leon – 'You Better Pray'

What do you do when your mother's a pop icon? Lourdes Leon never thought her answer would be "drop a record."

Lee Pace, Just Out of Reach

The actor is so good at making you want more we decided to give him an award.

The MCU Wasn't Built for This

Grief and colonization can’t be dealt with like just another supervillain.

Girlhood

Kimberly Akimbo's Broadway growth spurt reveals even more of its magic.

Scarr's World

He runs the city's coolest slice joint. Sushi is next.

THE BUTLER BOOK CLUB

A few writers on what they've learned from reading the author deeply.

Will SBF Soon Be Wearing an Orange Jumpsuit?

The over-under on SBF’s criminal risk.

How Did FTX End Up at the Met Gala?

Understanding his fashion and high-society fixer, Lauren Remington Platt.

Why Didn't More Reporters See This Coming?

How SBF sweet-talked the media.

How Much Political Power Did SBF's Millions Buy?

Molding crypto regulation, one donation at a time.

Is Effective Altruism Now Defective?

Commiserating with the do-gooders SBF made look bad.

Was Caroline Ellison a Main Character or the Fall Girl?

How the 28-year-old CEO LARP-ed her way into the collapse of FTX.

Wait, Weren't His Parents Law Professors?

The Stanford genius bubble that birthed SBF.

What Kind of Mess Did SBF Leave Behind in the Bahamas?

On the ground in Nassau, where FTX's riches are up for grabs.

How Did SBF Convince West Africans Crypto Was Their Future?

At least Madoff's clients were rich.