admin “The Samurai and the Prisoner” Fits a War Epic Into an Elegant Puzzle Box
In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about…
Wendy Wasserstein’s Prescient Play
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In “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Desire and Terror Meet
Richard Brody reviews Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, which stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, and follows an up-and-coming filmmaker as…
The Outlandish Case Against James Comey
Ruth Marcus on the tragicomic excess of the Trump Administration’s prosecution of the former F.B.I. director James Comey.
How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic Caterpillars
Ben Crair on the spread across Europe of the oak processionary caterpillar, which fills the air with microscopic hairs that…
The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain
Carson Griffith writes about Scott Pruitt, the most prolific super editor on Wikipedia, and the A.I. companies that lack the…
Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face
Hugging Face’s chief science officer recounts the cybercrime that signals a terrifying new era for A.I., Stephen Witt reports.
Memorandum from the National Review Committee for National Day Designations
Jordan Roter jokingly imagines the deliberations of a committee that evaluates applications for new holidays, such as National Drink with…
One and No One
Flash Fiction by Gabriel Winslow-Yost: When the angel came to Craig, he was seven, squatting in the outhouse at camp.
“Furious” Is a Crime Drama for a Post-Epstein World
Inkoo Kang reviews Elizabeth Meriwether’s new Hulu series, starring Emmy Rossum and Lola Petticrew, which follows a woman seeking vengeance…