Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s not really a victory for anybody, this photograph, but lots of us will insist on reading it that way. Before it ever existed—when it was only a twinkle in the…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Michael Roemer’s second professional feature, “The Plot Against Harry,” from 1969, should have become an instant classic—of American Jewish cinema, of gangster movies, of film comedy, and of bold creativity on…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story An episode late in “And Just Like That . . .” ’s second season introduced a previously unthinkable scenario: that Carrie could sell her Upper East Side brownstone apartment, one of the few constants in…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2012, Sports Illustrated published a feature about an intriguing new phenomenon: a high-school football powerhouse that was not, strictly speaking, a high school. The Eastern Christian Honey Badgers, as the…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers” is an artifact of family connection, an illustration of the way that objects can hold memories, and a portrait of how the act of sustained…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The wounded sense of what might have been that’s hovered over the story of the Band since Robbie Robertson walked away from the group in 1976 swelled miserably this month with…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One thing that emerges in Dorsay Alavi’s three-part documentary “Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity” (out on Amazon Prime this Friday) is that the late, great jazz saxophonist and composer was, not to…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The old couple lies belly up on a white duvet, linked at the hands like a pair of chained paper dolls. Their slack faces have the look of Greek masks: slits…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Shauna LyonGoings On editor 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. For…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story August is summer’s fulcrum. The season is at its best, with crackling storms washing away days of sticky heat, and fruits and vegetables spilling out of garden beds. There’s a hint…
