The Kinky Comedy of “I Want Your Sex”
Justin Chang reviews Gregg Araki’s comedy about a B.D.S.M. relationship between a provocative artist, played by Olivia Wilde, and her…
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admin Should We Do More to Fight Lookism?
Joshua Rothman considers lookism—discrimination against people who are unattractive—and whether we should see it like other forms of discrimination, such…
The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity
Jasper Craven considers how much of former Senate candidate Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what…
One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail
Charles Bethea reports on Steve Eimers, otherwise known as @TheGuardrailGuy, whose daughter Hannah died in 2016, when she hit a…
Grocery Shopping in the Age of Explosive Diarrhea
The cyclospora outbreak lays bare our underfunded and overwhelmed public-health system. Jessica Winter reports.
I’ll Pay Twenty Thousand Dollars to Skip Your Jazz Show
Dennard Dayle writes a satirical e-mail in which he offers his friend an enormous sum of money to avoid going…
Jane Wickline Is Down to Clown in “Dukes”
Emily Nussbaum reviews the musical comedy, in which the “S.N.L.” cast member partners with Liva Pierce in a revue about…
“Lost Chapters” Weaves Literary Mysteries Into Family Bonds
Richard Brody reviews “Lost Chapters,” the first feature film by the Venezuelan director Lorena Alvarado.
Inside an Immigration Arrest That Sparked a Neighborhood Protest
In the documentary short “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon,” by Bill Morrison, body-cam and bystander footage examine a confrontation between residents…
The Window
Flash fiction by Helen Phillips: Yes, pulling the shade was my nightly task, and she’d never think to do it,…