Julio Torres on the Rocky Relationship That Drives “Problemista”
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Ralph Fiennes Sidles His Way Into Power as Macbeth
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Simply getting to the almost totally sold-out monster hit “Macbeth” in Washington, D.C., which has already been staged in Liverpool, London, and Edinburgh, contains its own, particular adventure. Produced in the…
The Rediscovery of a Depression-Era Masterpiece
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For decades, I’ve cherished the 1933 comedy-drama “Man’s Castle” as a gem of classic Hollywood, and one that succeeds in uniting rare romantic refinement and harsh, Depression-scarred candor. It’s set mainly…
The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “The power to change one’s life comes from a paragraph, a lone remark,” James Salter wrote in his 1975 novel, “Light Years.” An encounter with a single “slender” line of writing,…
An Iranian Woman Finds Her Might, in “The Smallest Power”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch Andy Sarjahani’s film “The Smallest Power.” In “The Smallest Power,” the filmmaker Andy Sarjahani captures the power of an individual act of resistance amid the chaos of nationwide disorder. The…
The Unseen Sides of Francesca Woodman
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Francesca Woodman did not come by her artistic precocity by accident. Her father, George, was an abstract painter. Her mother, Betty, was a ceramicist. Both made clear to Francesca that art…
“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisis
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story HBO’s “The Sympathizer,” which traces the diasporic aftershocks of the Vietnam War, establishes its pitch-black humor and moral complexity almost immediately, with a scene set in Saigon days before its fall.…
Christopher Durang’s Stage Directions for Life
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s one thing to make nuns funny. It’s another to have a nun cheerily explain the difference between mortal and venial sin, unveil her list of who’s slated for Hell (Zsa…
Ana Juan’s “Clickbait”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Parents aren’t the only caretakers who have to negotiate their children’s relationship to screens—some pet owners also use apps to keep their animals occupied. For the cover of the April 22…
How to Publish a Magazine in a Maximum-Security Prison
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1961, Wilbert Rideau, a nineteen-year-old with an eighth-grade education, robbed a bank in Lake Charles, the small Louisiana town where he lived. During a botched getaway, he killed a teller…
