Books & Culture
The Men Who Still Love “Fight Club”
David Fincher’s film, from 1999, has become a focal point for the exploration of postmodern masculinity, white-male resentment, and consumerism.
- Cover Story
Bruce McCall’s “Down the Hatch”
The artist, whose work’s central theme is the absurdity of city life, discusses his latest cover.
- Cultural Comment
The Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin
How new owners brought about Deadspin’s demise and the decline of the legacy-media publication Sports Illustrated.
The Critics
The Many Voices of Charles Wright
In the past fifty years, his poems have taken many audacious forms. They sound little like one another, but he always sounds like himself.
Richard Nelson’s Family Cycles Capture Life in Real Time
The up-to-the-minute timeliness of the playwright’s work is like a magnifying glass that focusses and intensifies the moment.
“Evil,” “9-1-1,” and the Appeal of the Network Procedural
In the era of cable and streaming, there’s still life in old-school formats.
End Times in “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Marriage Story”
Under Tim Miller’s direction, the Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise finds a novel groove; and Noah Baumbach toys with his audience as one couple dissolves.
The Latest
Joseph O’Neill on the Burdens of Superpowers
The author discusses “The Flier,” his story from this week’s issue of the magazine.
Editing Donald Trump
What I saw as the editor of “The Art of the Deal,” the book that made the future President millions of dollars and turned him into a national figure.
Shirley Baker’s Half Century of Street Photography
The English photographer’s archive contains unheralded images that capture “the great madness and oddness of this life.”
Sunday Reading: American Playwrights
From The New Yorker’s archive: the cultural impact of several of the country’s notable dramatists.
The Legacy of Robert Evans, a Vexing Hollywood Legend
Evans understood instinctively that one must be charming as well as a fine hunk of meat to succeed in the business, and his special power, it seems, was to flatter and seduce those more powerful than himself.
Goings On About Town
Winter Movies Preview
A series of ambitious remakes, tales of political resistance, and other Oscar hopefuls.
Photo Booth
Shirley Baker’s Half Century of Street Photography
The English photographer’s archive contains unheralded images that capture “the great madness and oddness of this life.”
Podcasts
Pete Buttigieg Live, and the History Behind the Irish Backstop
David Remnick asks the candidate about his lack of support among black voters. And Patrick Radden Keefe examines why the Northern Ireland border keeps derailing Brexit.
Video
How Silent Movies Give Fried Brains a Break
Immersing yourself in silent films offers another level of imagination and escape, one of the few full-time silent-film accompanists says.