CULTURE
-
What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time
Previous protests were not as big there? No, not at all. And this is a huge blow to the regime…
Read More » -
Reading for the New Year: Part Two
To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number…
Read More » -
The Folly of Trump’s Oil Imperialism
Watching Donald Trump’s press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, in which he said that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela and…
Read More » -
What to Read Before Your Trip to Atropia
“Pastoralia,” the title story in this collection, is about two people who work in a theme park, pretending to be…
Read More » -
Memory Speaks in “Marjorie Prime” and “Anna Christie”
Helen Shaw reviews “Marjorie Prime,” with June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon, and Danny Burstein, Source link
Read More » -
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, December 11th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. Source link
Read More » -
Adam Schiff on How the Trump Administration Targets Its Opponents
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen As a California congressman, Adam Schiff was the…
Read More » -
“Train Dreams” Is Too Tidy to Go Off the Rails
In Clint Bentley’s adaptation of a Denis Johnson novella, Joel Edgerton plays a builder of bridges who finds himself increasingly…
Read More » -
My Mother’s Memory Loss, and Mine
My cat, Harriet, is curled up on the TV console when I walk into the living room. She blinks at…
Read More » -
Sam Shepard’s Enactments of Manhood
In the older Rogers’s case, the alcohol and the trauma worked a deep transformation; he grew paranoid about his family,…
Read More »