I encountered a version of this phenomenon on the first morning of my first Sundance. Trying to find my way around festival headquarters, I ran into a colleague from Variety, my employer at the time, who blurted out...
There will be future applications of “mixed reality,” I’m sure, and I hope they work with funkier material. Personally, I’d rather get clobbered by holographic McKellens than be told not to panic, which just made me miss Douglas...
Despite most experts’ avowed lack of a political agenda, social media and cable news gave public health a partisan valence that it was never meant to have. And, given that the public-health establishment has been advising against alcohol...
For the cover of the February 9, 2026, issue, the artist Till Lauer evokes the recent killings of civilians by ICE agents in Minneapolis, where thousands have gathered in the streets to protest and grieve. “I personally care...
“A new ‘Game of Thrones’ series!” you might be thinking. “Time to unroll my map of Westeros.” Well, unroll away—but “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” despite its name, won’t require a refresher on the distance from Sunspear...
In Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s Oscar-winning 2018 documentary, “Free Solo,” the world-class rock climber Alex Honnold expresses reservations about being shot by a film crew while he attempts to become the first person ever to scale...
“They killed another guy,” someone announced, in my group chat. That message was followed quickly by a link to a video, shot from behind a pane of glass, level with the street. Sadly, you’ve probably seen that video...
Playacting for journalists standing in an unruly huddle just off camera, Trump asked questions of the oilmen, wondering how soon they could suck the ground under Venezuela dry. “And you’re very much set up for the heavy oil,...
Rev displays the rhetorical power, leavened with humor and warmth, of a skilled public speaker, but many others are charismatic, too. There’s Deborah Cosey, the first Black member of the Pilgrimage Garden Club—who says that the garden clubs...
Wes Anderson (“The Phoenician Scheme”)Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”)Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”)Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”)First, the legally required boilerplate: by definition, the best movie of the year is the one that’s directed the best. Last year, I made...
