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Kendrick Lamar’s Year on Top

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The film “Paid in Full,” from 2002, is a fictionalized retelling of the brief but titanic reign of three real-life New York drug kingpins during the crack era of the mid-eighties.…

Eric Drooker’s “A Seasonal Delivery”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As soon as December rolls around, children everywhere start keeping an eye out for the iconic red-and-white Santa outfit. And there is perhaps nothing that preoccupies their imaginations more than the…

The Best Performances of 2024

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Midway through the A24 film “Sing Sing,” Divine G, an incarcerated man played with poise and panache by Colman Domingo, appears before a parole board. Divine G is the leading light…

Mike Leigh’s Love Affair with Real Life

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The British realist director Mike Leigh loves the term “character actor,” which he uses often and with zeal. To him, it’s a term of great respect, meaning a performer who’s highly…

Restaurant Review: Borgo Is Worth the Trip to Manhattan

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 in-box. Once upon a time, long, long ago, Brooklyn…

What Does a Translator Do?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jon Fosse’s “Septology,” the seven-novel sequence about art and God that helped win its author last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, stars two men and a dog. The men are both…

The Animals That Made It All Worth It

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Like many Internet users, I love nothing more than animal content. In the decade or so since I’ve joined Instagram, I’ve probably spent dozens of hours liking and commenting on posts…

A Photographer’s Intimate Chronicle of Home Birth

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the early, terrifying days of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, many hospitals required pregnant women to labor while wearing a mask, or to give birth without partners or…

Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2024

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I love how much we humans enjoy looking back at what we recently liked and revelling in our ongoing good judgment. (A very merry Spotify Wrapped season to you all!) Our…

The Vibrant Abandon of Barbara Hannigan

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jane BuaBua covers classical music for Goings On. 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…