Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At a time when the very function of government is being destroyed from within, an extraordinary historical documentary, “Drop Dead City,” puts the workings and responsibilities of government front and center,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last year, for my birthday, my wife gave me a copy of “I Remember,” an unusual memoir by the artist Joe Brainard. It’s a tidy little book, less than two hundred…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The interior of Jeff Bridges’s garage, in Santa Barbara, California, has the ramshackle ease of an extravagant dorm room: a tiger-print rug, a potter’s wheel, guitars, a rogue toothbrush, taped-up printouts…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Beeps.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. When Robert Vilalta and Samuel Smith set out to canvass their neighbors in their L.A. neighborhood, things…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Sunday night, the post-apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us” had its grandest chapter to date. After the events of the first season, the HBO series’ dual protagonists—Joel (Pedro Pascal), a…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Moving around the city this spring, one can’t help but sense that many people seem to have succumbed to a generalized anxiety. For the cover of the April 28, 2025, issue,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the first episode of “Paul American,” a new reality-TV show currently streaming on Max, the YouTuber, influencer, and wrestler Logan Paul mounts a PowerPoint pitch for his fiancée, the Danish…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It takes a while for “The Wedding Banquet,” Ang Lee’s 1993 hit romantic comedy, to get to the big event of the title, but it’s worth the wait. The bride, Wei-Wei…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The important thing to know about Danny &…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Before becoming a writer, I went to college to study international marketing. I had succumbed, like many immigrant children, to the guilt-ridden obligation to “make a living” before pursuing my own…
