Can a Film Star Be Too Good-Looking?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The weather for New York on Friday, April 12th, is set to be overcast, with an average temperature of fifty-two degrees. Rain may be waiting in the wings. So, here’s an…

The Heart of Low

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last winter, I flew to Minneapolis to hear a funk quartet play at a bar. The weather was miserable: hard-frozen snowbanks in every gutter, skating-rink sidewalks, roads so ripped up by…

The Dumbphone Boom Is Real

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Will Stults spent too much time on his iPhone, doom-scrolling the site formerly known as Twitter and tweeting angrily at Elon Musk as if the billionaire would actually notice. Stults’s partner,…

John Cazale’s Barbaric Squawk

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The list of offenses is long, but let’s start with his jacket. It is a rich shade of burgundy, the color of a bruise, and not remotely flattering to the pale…

Crashes and Community in “Demolition”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch Alec Sutherland’s “Demolition.” There is an uncanny shot toward the end of Alec Sutherland’s short film “Demolition” that is easy to miss. A demolition-derby driver, her hair matted with perspiration,…