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Revisiting Portland’s “Summer of Rage”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The demonstrations that took place in Portland, Oregon, in the course of 2020 might constitute the most thoroughly documented social movement in American history. At least when I was there—in August…

Rediscovering an Unsung Champion of the French New Wave

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story History is filled with secret heroes whose behind-the-scenes actions are essential to the exploits of public-facing heroes. Bringing these figures out of the shadows is a key role of historians. Helen…

Edward Steed’s “A Loveliness of Ladybugs”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Landscape artists paint sweeping vistas, regarding the wonder of the world from a certain distance. Cartoonists, when evoking natural scenes, often zero in on smaller details, like the bugs that tumble…

Burying Indiana Jones

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s been forty-two years since moviegoers met Dr. Henry (Indiana) Jones—a rugged archeologist who relishes fighting over the past a little more than he seems to care for it. “That belongs…

Deborah Levy’s Search for a Major Female Character

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the 2022 song “Anything but Me,” MUNA, a pop group known for sweet, close harmonies and an aesthetic of “queer joy,” sings, “You’re gonna say that I’m on a high…

The Things We Carry

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The Age of Chat

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Earlier this spring, I took the bus to the Moscone Center, in downtown San Francisco, where almost thirty thousand people had gathered for the annual Game Developers Conference (G.D.C.), which I…

A Father-Son Racetrack Rivalry in “Supernova”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Damien and Marc Bettinelli’s film follows the stock-car racers Pierryck and Gaspard Dumont, in France. “Can you pass me the nineteen key?” a man in a garage barks to his companion,…