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We saw every animal that was in “The Lion King” and then some. They were just there, like ants at a picnic, except that they were elephants and giraffes and zebras.
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Persons of Interest

Jane Schoenbrun Finds Horror Close to Home

The filmmaker mined their suburban upbringing for “I Saw the TV Glow,” a trans allegory that became a word-of-mouth hit—and captured Hollywood’s attention.
The New Yorker Interview

Annie Baker Shifts Her Focus to the Big Screen

In the playwright’s début film, “Janet Planet,” Julianne Nicholson stars as an object of obsession for her daughter—and everyone else—over the course of a long, hot summer in western Massachusetts.
The Weekend Essay

How the Fridge Changed Flavor

From the tomato to the hamburger bun, the invention has transformed not just what we eat but taste itself.
Persons of Interest

Malika Andrews Plays Through the Pressure

The ESPN star’s reporting on divisive subjects, including allegations of violence against women, has been as risky as it is refreshing.

Books

Books

Should We Kill Some Wild Creatures to Protect Others?

Where humans have tilted the game in favor of one species, some believe we should cull predators to save their prey. Others think it’s a mistake to pick sides.
Books

Briefly Noted

“Hey, Zoey,” “Sidetracks,” “Token Supremacy,” and “Committed.”
Books

When the C.I.A. Messes Up

Its agents are often depicted as malevolent puppet masters—or as bumbling idiots. The truth is even less comforting.
Books

What COVID Did to Fiction

The early pandemic was a painful, lonely, and disorienting era in American life. It was also a chance to get some writing done.

Movies

Director’s Commentary

Richard Linklater Unmasks Glen Powell in “Hit Man”

The director dissects a pivotal scene in his noir-inspired screwball comedy, which is loosely based on the real-life story of a fake hit man who helped detectives bust people soliciting murderers.
The Front Row

“Flipside” Is a Treasure Trove of Music and Memory

Chris Wilcha’s documentary explores life, love, and art through his connection to a venerable record store.
The Front Row

Could Elaine May Finally Be Getting Her Due?

A new biography gives a compelling sense of a comic and cinematic genius, and also of the forces that derailed her Hollywood career.
The Current Cinema

All the Films in Competition at Cannes, Ranked from Best to Worst

The twenty-two films that premièred in the 2024 festival’s main program offered much to savor and revile.

Food

The Food Scene

A Pitch-Perfect Ode to Korean “Drivers’ Restaurants”

Kisa is a brand-new spot on the Lower East Side that does an astonishingly good job of seeming like it’s been there forever.
The Food Scene

Ambitious, Modern Lebanese Cooking at Sawa

A new restaurant in Park Slope offers Levantine dishes fit for a special occasion.
Kitchen Notes

The Maillard Over-Reaction

Have we reached peak browning?
On and Off the Menu

The Decades-Long Romance of Las Vegas and Hawaii

The city is home to a great number of transplants from the islands—and to dozens of restaurants serving plate lunches and poke.
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Photo Booth

Lyle Ashton Harris’s Scrapbooks of the Self

The artist’s knotty, intimate archive is on display at the Queens Museum.

Television

On Television

Jerrod Carmichael Finds the Outer Limits of Confessional Comedy

Through an uncanny hybrid of access journalism and fourth-wall breaking, the comedian created an HBO series that was impossible to look away from.
On Television

“The Contestant” Is More Than a Cautionary Tale

The new Hulu documentary charts the rise of one of the earliest reality-TV stars and the ethically queasy production choices that cemented his fame—but it’s elevated by its interest in what came afterward.
On Television

“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisis

The HBO adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel is part espionage thriller, part war drama, and part Hollywood satire—wild genre shifts that come at the expense of its protagonist’s interiority.
On Television

“Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show” Is Exhibitionism as Art

Two years after “Rothaniel,” the comedian has committed another moving—and deeply entertaining—act of self-exposure.

The Theatre

The Theatre

Great Migrations, in Two Plays

Samm-Art Williams’s “Home,” on Broadway, and Shayan Lotfi’s “What Became of Us,” at Atlantic Theatre Company, portray the politics and the emotions of leaving home.
The Theatre

Three London Shows Put a New Spin on Old Classics

Superb stagecraft illuminates Robert Icke’s “Player Kings,” Benedict Andrews’s “The Cherry Orchard,” and Ian Rickson’s “London Tide.”
The Theatre

The Chilling Truth Pictured in “Here There Are Blueberries”

Moisés Kaufman’s play dramatizes the discovery of a photo album of Nazis at leisure at Auschwitz, and the reckoning it provoked.
The Theatre

Three Broadway Shows Put Motherhood in the Spotlight

Paula Vogel’s “Mother Play,” Shaina Taub’s “Suffs,” and Amy Herzog’s “Mary Jane” strike back at the mother-as-monster dramatic trope.

Music

Listening Booth

Charli XCX Toys with Stardom on “BRAT”

The artist has often treated pop music as a game—something to play with so she doesn’t get bored, and something that reliably creates winners and losers.
The New Yorker Radio Hour

Cécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”

Though rooted in the jazz tradition, the singer’s interests and repertoire reach across eras, languages, and continents.
Musical Events

The Fashionista Modernism of Yuja Wang

The star pianist uses her glamour to lead audiences out of their comfort zones.
Pop Music

The Anxious Love Songs of Billie Eilish

Much of the artist’s new album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” is about wanting a relationship but failing, in some fundamental way, to sustain closeness with another person.

More in Culture

Essay

How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices

In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.

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United States
Cover Story

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Pawns in the Park”

The artist captures a corner of calm contemplation in the midst of New York’s hustle and bustle.
Goings On

The Eccentric Silversmith Behind Tiffany & Co., at the Met

Also: A.B.T. kicks off its summer season, Maggie Siff in “Breaking the Story,” the documentary “Flipside,” and more.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Bannon Behind Bars

He’ll get by with a little help from his friends.
The Art World

Käthe Kollwitz’s Raw Scrapes

The German printmaker, who took war and revolution as her subject, stretched the narrative boundaries of the form—putting women, especially mothers, at the center of the action.
Under Review

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
The New Yorker Documentary

Connecting with Trans History, Rebellion, and Joy, in “Compton’s 22”

Drew de Pinto’s documentary explores the legacy of a 1966 riot in the Tenderloin that was nearly lost to history.
Infinite Scroll

What Doge Taught Me About the Internet

The death of the Shiba Inu behind one of the silliest memes of the twenty-tens is a reminder of how much digital culture has changed.
Cultural Comment

The Delicate Art of Turning Your Parents Into Content

Gen Z creators are learning the lessons of Scorsese and Akerman: putting mom and dad in your work brings pathos, complexity, and a certain frisson.