Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The title of the new film from the French director and screenwriter Boris Lojkine, “Souleymane’s Story,” has a few entwined meanings. In the broadest sense, it describes the movie itself: this…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Infinite Scroll, Kyle Chayka’s weekly column on how technology shapes culture. The app Tea is a kind of digital whisper network for women. No men are allowed to join. Those…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story After the Civil War, the German-born Jewish businessman Isidor Straus moved with his family to New York City. Straus was enterprising and handsome, with small round spectacles, an angular nose, and…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The cover of the August 11, 2025, issue, by the artist Amy Sherald, is a portrait of the trans model and performance artist Arewà Basit. The art work is featured in…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. Helen, Help Me!E-mail your questions about dining, eating,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. Two American blondes have recently hawked denim. Beyoncé, an ambassador for Levi’s, dressed in outlaw…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I came to “King of the Hill” late, during the COVID pandemic. The animated hit co-created by Mike Judge ran for thirteen seasons starting in the late nineties. I’d avoided it…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Eddy van Wessel, a Dutch freelance photographer who has covered wars in Chechnya, Iraq, and Syria, arrived in Kyiv in late February, 2022, two days into the Russian invasion. His working…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One night this past spring, the audience members at a bagpipe concert in Red Hook, Brooklyn, could be organized into two neat categories: people who knew little to nothing about bagpipes—the…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. Stan Douglas is a powerful, one-of-a-kind…
