admin Iran Can Hold America Hostage in Either War or Peace
Robin Wright on Iran’s enduring strategy of taking hostages—now evolved to include strategic ports like the Strait of Hormuz—and how…
How David Hockney Outgrew the London Art Scene
Anthony Bailey profiles the English figurative painter at work, in New York, on the sets and costumes for a production…
Power Play: Behind the Music of “Heated Rivalry”
Zoe Si and the director and showrunner Jacob Tierney on the making of the “Heated Rivalry” soundtrack.
The Hell-Raising Rocker Who Conquered Country Radio
Koe Wetzel, who broke out a decade ago with a song about drunk driving, reintroduces himself on a new album,…
A World-Class Omakase in America’s Most Landlocked State
For the chef David Utterback, the sense that Omaha is underestimated is a source of both pride and torment. Hannah…
Lizzo in the Age of Backlash
Lauren Michele Jackson writes about Lizzo’s fifth album “BITCH,” and the artist’s unproven political heft and retreating fan appeal.
A Wondrous Array of Boundary Pushers at SummerStage
Also: Lucy Sante’s poignant humor, American Ballet Theatre’s summer season, the incisive melodrama of Satyajit Ray, and more.
Why “Book-Shaming” Won’t Solve the Children’s Literacy Crisis
Jessica Winter on the children’s-book author Mac Barnett, who said that most kid lit is “crud.” But matters of literary…
“Mudville,” Reviewed: An Atlanta Filmmaker’s Expansive D.I.Y. Family Drama
Richard Brody reviews “Mudville,” by Adam Pinney, who made the movie on a five-hundred-dollar budget and cast his own wife…
Are Americans Too Old?
In “Gerontocracy in America,” the historian Samuel Moyn argues that the central conflict of our era is between the young…