Desperate for Botox
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I first got Botox about eight years ago, at a med spa on a busy, ugly stretch of Highway 49 in Placer County, California. On my way there, I read a…
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Richard McGuire’s “Zooming In”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the April 14, 2025, Innovation & Tech Issue, the artist Richard McGuire offers an image that calls back to the halcyon days when technology was expected to…
The Limits of A.I.-Generated Miyazaki
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story If asked to come up with a quintessentially “human” work of art, one could do worse than to name a film by Studio Ghibli. The Japanese animation studio, founded by the…
The “Snow White” Controversy, Like Our Zeitgeist, Is Both Stupid and Sinister
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Why has Disney’s new live-action remake of “Snow White” flopped at the box office? Is it because the dull trailer looked A.I.-generated, or because the film’s stars, Rachel Zegler and Gal…
The Dreamlike Journeys of “Việt and Nam” and “Grand Tour”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now. See enough of them, from all over the world, and they…
Are We Taking A.I. Seriously Enough?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story My in-laws own a little two-bedroom beach bungalow. It’s part of a condo development that hasn’t changed much in fifty years. The units are connected by brick paths that wind through…
Fighting Elon Musk, One Tesla Dealership at a Time
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Saturday, as Elon Musk was making headlines for his continued efforts at DOGE and dodging a lawsuit for offering money to Wisconsin voters ahead of the state’s Supreme Court race,…
Capturing the Spirit of a City on Fire
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The photographer Andrew Friendly grew up on the west side of Los Angeles. From the relative safety of his studio apartment in Silver Lake, twenty miles to the east, he watched…
The Play Where Everyone Keeps Fainting
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The last time Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy “Titus Andronicus” was staged at the Globe Theatre, in London, in 2014, members of the audience regularly fainted. Each performance, the crew kept a running…
The Evolution of Dance Theatre of Harlem
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. From the start, Dance Theatre of…