9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now 9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now
Because the danger to cultural preservation has never been greater.
Apr 11, 2025 / Maria Bustillos
Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic
In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution.
Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen
Two new films—Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend—attempt to adapt her work. Do they succeed?
Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya
Palestine Reveals the Empty Promises of US Democracy Palestine Reveals the Empty Promises of US Democracy
Kei Pritsker, a codirector of “The Encampments,” a documentary film that follows the pro-Palestine movement at Columbia, says the student protesters will be remembered as heroes.
Apr 8, 2025 / Q&A / Alyssa Oursler
How “Snow White” Got Caught Up in Hollywood’s Culture Wars How “Snow White” Got Caught Up in Hollywood’s Culture Wars
Disney’s box-office bomb has spawned a series of Gaza-and-Trump-themed recriminations.
Apr 8, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Billionaires Suck Billionaires Suck
Public action, visibility brigade, Route 4, Paramus, New Jersey, January 2025.
Apr 4, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Guancione
Larissa FastHorse’s Comedy “Fake It Until You Make It” Highlights the Absurdities of Ambition and Authenticity Larissa FastHorse’s Comedy “Fake It Until You Make It” Highlights the Absurdities of Ambition and Authenticity
It’s a whirlwind of competition, chaos, and comedic discovery.
Apr 4, 2025 / Michele Willens
The Excesses of “Mickey 17” The Excesses of “Mickey 17”
Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi blockbuster is both the director’s simplest and most unwieldy feature yet.
Apr 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen