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Hunter Biden and the Things Left Unsaid

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Many Americans, it is safe to assume, would prefer if less were said about Hunter Biden. The troubled son of the President has been a ubiquitous subject of conversation since 2019,…

How Andrew Dosunmu Makes the Street His Studio

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Newly arrived from Lagos, in the early nineties, Andrew Dosunmu, solitary and broke, sometimes slept in the Paris Metro. He had little in his possession beyond his clothes. And it was…

How the Movie Professor Got Cancelled

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story An academic’s life is none too cinematic. Those employed in the fields of law, medicine, or finance may grumble at onscreen depictions of their trades—while, I imagine, privately preening at the…

The U.N. Announces the Hottest Year

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When 2023 began, it seemed likely to be just one more year in the ongoing collapse of the world’s climate system. We were at the tail end of a long La…

The Empty Magic of “Wonka”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Tom Luddy, who was the executive producer on Norman Mailer’s 1987 film “Tough Guys Don’t Dance,” once said that he gave Mailer notes about “things in the script that make no…

Cabaret That Skewers Holiday Clichés

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Rachel SymeStaff writer You’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 in-box. In April,…

Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2023

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story If the algorithm is to be believed, what I want to see on Instagram are videos of people falling off horses, photos of celebrities before and after alleged plastic surgery (or…

Olimpia Zagnoli’s “Let There Be Lights”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As the days get shorter and the holiday season approaches, the city lights up with brightly lit goods in store windows and also festive displays in public places and building lobbies.…

Wim Wenders’s Cinema of Sincerity

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Partway through the 1989 documentary “Notebook on Cities and Clothes,” Wim Wenders reveals the philosophy that underpins his art. “Filmmaking should just be a way of life,” he says, “carried along…