Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “The Curse” is set in the New Mexico desert, where newly married couple Asher (Nathan Fielder) and Whitney (Emma Stone) Siegel have declared themselves pioneers in a new frontier: ethical gentrification.…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Rachel SymeStaff writer 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 in your in-box. In 1966,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “How to Have Sex,” the first feature by the young British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker, is a far more substantial film than its clickbait title suggests. It’s a coming-of-age story centered…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story There are certain images that slither past good taste and politics and sink their teeth straight into the subconscious. For instance: a man dressed in a tuxedo and a Ronald Reagan…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story According to Hegel, the slow march of human civilization was intermittently disrupted and shifted by “Heroes,” singular figures “whose vocation it was to be the agents of the World-Spirit,” as he…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “We wrote the part with Richard in mind,” Max Cohn said, referring to the father in “Proof of Concept.” Chloe, a young filmmaker, is tagging along with her father, Robert, and…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the spring of 2020, Terence Reilly left his position as the chief marketing officer of Crocs, the footwear brand, and became the president of the beverage-container manufacturer Stanley. For Stanley,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This year’s edition of Sundance concluded yesterday, and, though I saw some films of great merit there, I also found myself thinking about the peculiar cinematic economy that the festival fosters.…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The MOMA show “New Documents,” put together by the photography curator John Szarkowski, in 1967, marked a breakout moment for three photographers who went on to dominate the field: Diane Arbus,…