Always Inadequate
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the late nineteen-sixties I lived for a year, with my then husband, in the middle of an apple orchard in northern New Mexico, some miles from the glorious Rio Grande…
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The Fiery Mania of Dijon’s “Baby”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Dijon Duenas has one of those voices that’s meant for televised singing competitions and gospel choirs, swooning ballads and achy slow jams. It preens and jilts, wails and whimpers, often stretching…
“And Just Like That . . . ,” Carrie Bradshaw Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Thursday, the third and final season of “And Just Like That . . . ,” the sequel series to “Sex and the City,” came to an unceremonious end. The episode takes place over…
2025 Fall Culture Preview
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. As you catch those last golden rays…
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Because the Russian alphabet has no direct equivalent of the letter “H,” speakers often substitute a “G” sound; “Harry Potter” thus becomes “Garry Potter.” We’re reminded of this funny detail early…
Roman Polanski’s Self-Centered “An Officer and a Spy”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The prime parallel between the movie “An Officer and a Spy” and the life of its director, Roman Polanski, is obvious but inexact. The film, whose original French title is “J’Accuse,”…
The Revenge of Millennial Cringe
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Infinite Scroll, Kyle Chayka’s weekly column on how technology shapes culture. In the summer of 2009, a shambolic Los Angeles band called Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released a…
Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” in July, a long-theorized concern came true: the late-night talk show was dead—for real this time!—its embalmed corpse receiving…
What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For this week’s Open Questions column, Cal Newport is filling in for Joshua Rothman. Much of the euphoria and dread swirling around today’s artificial-intelligence technologies can be traced back to January,…
How the Bonds Among Virtual-Reality Furries Saved a Life, in “The Reality of Hope”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “The Reality of Hope.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. Anyone who doubts the validity of relationships that take place only through a digital…
