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Paul Reubens’s Preposterous Grace

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I hope Paul Reubens was well enough to see “Barbie” before he died this past Sunday, at the age of seventy, following six years of privately battling cancer. Greta Gerwig’s spectacularly…

A Defense of the Ugliest Building in Paris

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The sole skyscraper in central Paris celebrated its fiftieth anniversary recently, though “celebrate” may not be le mot juste. When the city’s official Twitter account wished the Tour Montparnasse (“Montparnasse Tower”)…

Introducing the Goings On Newsletter

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Shauna LyonGoings On editor 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. Welcome…

Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The case against the music-streaming industry is as damning as ever. The leading services pay pittances to artists—usually, less than one cent per play. In a textbook demonstration of monopoly economics,…

Gayle Kabaker’s “In The Swim of Things”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As record levels of heat press upon many regions of the world, our thoughts have turned to finding ways to cool off. We have traded our sneakers for sandals, turned our…

Hollywood’s Slo-Mo Self-Sabotage

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Black Mirror,” the anthology series best known for dreaming up dystopian uses for near-future technology, took aim at its own network in the timeliest episode of its most recent season. Settling…