Books & Culture
The 2022 Oscar Nominations, and What Should Have Made the List
It was a great year for Hollywood—judging solely from the cream of the crop.
- On Television
The Addictive Chills and Thrills of “Euphoria”
The second season of the hit HBO show is a thing of beauty—a stylized, heightened, art-directed fantasia of a dark suburbia where really bad things look really good.
- Page-Turner
Sarah Manguso’s Searching Novel of Sexual Abuse
In “Very Cold People,” the writer uses her unique, omissive style to capture a repressed New England town.
The Latest
Two New Yorker Films Receive 2022 Academy Award Nominations
The short films “Affairs of the Art” and “On My Mind” will compete in the Best Animated Short and Best Live Action Short categories at the March 27th ceremony.
“The Worst Person in the World” Is a Sham, Except for Its Lead Performance
Joachim Trier’s drama about an intrepid and passionate young woman in Oslo reduces her to a handful of character traits.
Lauren Groff on California and Fairy Tales
The author discusses “Annunciation,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.
The Critics
The Seductions of “Ulysses”
Since its publication, a century ago, James Joyce’s epic has acquired a fearsome reputation for difficulty. But its great subject, soppy as it may seem, is love.
The Uncanny Impact of Charles Ray’s Sculptures
The ever-startling creations of the artistic and philosophical provocateur look back in spirit, if not in appearance, to the sublimity of ancient Greek art.
The Singular Focus of Beach House’s Psychedelic Pop
The band’s new album, “Once Twice Melody,” showcases its clarity and consistency, offering a rejoinder to the cult of reinvention.
Humor, Beauty, and Astounding Sadness in “The Worst Person in the World”
The concluding part of Joachim Trier’s roving Oslo trilogy, starring Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie, takes its cue from its continually surprising heroine.
Goings On About Town
A Precedent to the Endless Instagram Feed
“A Trillion Sunsets: A Century of Image Overload,” at the International Center of Photography, includes Walker Evans’s “Penny Picture Display, Savannah, Georgia, 1936.”
An Opulent Korean Tasting Menu, at Jua
At this prix-fixe restaurant, in the Flatiron district, the point seems to be less about making Korean flavors more palatable to the masses than about dislodging the cuisine from its association with proletarian presentation.
Approaching American Racism in “Black No More”
A musical from the New Group, based on George S. Schuyler’s satirical novel from 1931, stars Tariq Trotter, of the Roots, and Brandon Victor Dixon.
Photo Booth
When Hip-Hop Was Young
Sue Kwon photographed the artists whose music would go on to change the world.
Podcasts
Black Thought Takes the Stage
The legendary rapper of the Roots turns to musical theatre with “Black No More,” based on a novel from the Harlem Renaissance. Plus, Lee Child on Jack Reacher.
Video
A Beloved Scottish Tradition Returns After Quarantine
After a year of not performing because of the coronavirus pandemic, schoolchildren in Scotland come together for a Highland dance competition in Robbie Lawrence’s “Blue Bonnets.”