“Dreams in Nightmares” Turns the Art Life Political
Richard Brody reviews “Dreams in Nightmares,” written and directed by Shatara Michelle Ford.
2026
admin The Mark of the Machine
Brady Brickner-Wood writes that few forces have proved as powerful at tempering A.I. use as public shaming has. Now Anthropic…
How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Deport Mahmoud Khalil?
Khalil protested Israel as a student at Columbia. Now he’s on the verge of being kicked out of the country.…
Everything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie Theatre
Meg Reid jokingly imagines all the things that she might miss out on—milestones and urgent notifications—after she puts her on…
A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act
Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Eren Orbey reports.
Usher and Chris Brown’s Audacious Joint Tour
Doreen St. Félix writes about “The R&B Tour,” a joint tour by the pop singers Usher and Chris Brown.
How I Became a Subaru Socialist
Jay Caspian Kang on how the Obama Presidency and Bernie Sanders Presidential run, in 2015, made him a Subaru Socialist.
Nayib Bukele’s Content Machine Is Reshaping Latin America
Daniel Castro on how El Salvador’s authoritarian leader, Nayib Bukele, loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race.
“The End of Oak Street” Is a Weirdly Alienated Jurassic Lark
Justin Chang on David Robert Mitchell’s film, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, which is endangered not only by dinosaurs…
Admissions Tour: Being a Person
Shouts & Murmurs by Jessica Bacal: In the adult world, you can choose your meal plan: vegan, kosher, Sustainable, Totally…