The Quiet Revolution of the Sabbath
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Here is a story I wasn’t sure my sister would ever let me tell. I come from a churchgoing family, but one Sunday my sister did not go to worship, even…
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Olivia Rodrigo on the Meanings of “Guts”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Olivia Rodrigo is the owner of arguably the most famous driver’s license in the history of automobiles. COVID swept the world when she had just turned seventeen. A California kid, a…
What to See in the New York Film Festival’s First Week
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The New York Film Festival begins Friday. As I noted last year, the festival’s main slate is increasingly given over to movies by major Hollywood figures. (This year’s opening night brings…
A Russian Theatre Director in Exile
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In October, 2020, the Russian director Dmitry Krymov staged his own version of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” called “Everyone is Here” for the Moscow theatre School of the Modern Play. At…
So Long, “Strike Force Five”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “What would happen if five of America’s top eleven most beloathed talk-show hosts all talked on top of each other for an hour?” Jimmy Kimmel says at the start of the…
In “Troy,” Loud Sex, Thin Walls, Curious Neighbors
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “I’ve always been drawn to stories of unexpected or surprising intimacy—and to stories about people who reveal themselves to be something other than what you initially assumed,” the director Mike Donahue…
Why Kim Kardashian in “American Horror Story: Delicate” Makes Sense
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The day after the première of “American Horror Story: Delicate,” the twelfth season of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s FX anthology series, two Instagram posts appeared on my feed in quick…
Julia Fox Didn’t Want to Be Famous, but She Knew She Would Be
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Julia Fox, an iconoclast in a generation notably lacking them, is most famous for what might be the least interesting thing about her—her brief, ultra-publicized relationship (of sorts) with Kanye West,…
A Cartoonist Appreciates the Art at the Metropolitan Museum
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I am immediately confronted by things much larger and older than I will ever be able to fully comprehend. I imagine that having a variety of perspectives might…
“La Isla” Shows the Absences Left by El Salvador’s Mass Arrests
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When the government of El Salvador declared a “state of exception” in March of last year, after a sudden spike in gang killings, it was supposed to be temporary. Soldiers and…