Who’s on Susanna Hoffs’s List?
On the eve of her residence at Café Carlyle, the Bangles singer dishes on her set list, which includes a…
September 2026
admin The Unknowable Miley Cyrus
Amanda Petrusich writes that, on Miley Cyrus’s new album, “Bass Persuades,” the constantly changing artist disappears onto the dance floor.
Lena Dunham’s “Famesick” Is a Cautionary Tale of Filmmakers Doing TV
Richard Brody reviews Lena Dunham’s memoir “Famesick,” in which she reveals the cost of moving from the freedom of independent…
Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem
Kareem Fahim on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, after they seized a major choke point for Saudi Arabian oil on the Red…
Israel’s Qatargate Scandal
Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power? Ruth Margalit reports.
The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point
Rachel Aviv writes that the Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies, but it didn’t…
Emily St. John Mandel’s Fluid New Novel
“Exit Party” is an elegant crime story with sci-fi shadings.
New York Film Festival’s World of Cinema
Also: the punk-rock ruckus of Bikini Kill, New York City Ballet’s fall season, the Australian solo comedy “Garry Starr: Classic…
A Never Trumper and a Democrat on Beating MAGA for Good
Isaac Arnsdorf reviews Sarah Longwell’s book “How to Eat an Elephant” and Adam Jentleson’s “Supermajority.”
Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who focusses on Chinese technology policy, about the Chinese…