Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a recent evening, my children and I were watching “The Iron Giant,” the animated cult classic about a robot from outer space who, in 1957, crash-lands in the woods outside…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through the meticulous realism of such directors as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi, who probe ordinary people’s lives in passionate…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The filmmakers were moved by the resilience displayed by the three women whose lives they observed and the other bowlers. On Friday nights, Judy, Sandy, and Rhonda head to Burnham Bowl,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story If the Oscars are meant to display the film industry’s ideal image of itself, the choice of “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Barbie” among the year’s best movies is evidence…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It was the biggest hit of the summer. Then it was the biggest hit of the year. It was a blockbuster so gigantic—crowd-pleasing, artful, a triumph for its young director—that it…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning, including two nods for films released by The New Yorker. Representing the magazine in the Best Documentary Short Film category will be “The…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story From afar, Green Day doesn’t seem too hard to figure out—for decades, the band has been reliably churning out chunky, three-chord earworms about jerking off, being bored, growing up, getting wasted,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Roz Chast chose to portray a chicken in a bath for the January 29, 2024, cover for a very simple reason: she likes birds. She also happens to be quite a…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard Brody, whose writing about movies runs under the rubric The Front Row, never ceases to surprise me, and enlighten me, with his critical judgment. Like another colleague, Anthony Lane, he…
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. Midway through a recent meal at Ilis, a…
