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Goings On

It’s Taylor Swift Day, Again

Upon the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” an appraisal, and a Pick Three.
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What We’re Reading

Under Review

Trump’s America, Seen Through the Eyes of Russell Banks

In his last book, “American Spirits,” Banks took stories from the news about rural, working-class life and turned them into fables of national despair.
Under Review

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Page-Turner

When Preachers Were Rock Stars

A classic New Yorker account of the Henry Ward Beecher adultery trial recalls a time in America that seems both incomprehensible and familiar.
Page-Turner

When the World Goes Quiet

“The Hearing Test” probes the inner life of a narrator stricken by sudden deafness.
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What We’re Eating

The Food Scene

Mexican-ish Fine Dining, with Detours

Corima offers attention-grabbing tortillas, Japanese flourishes, and an ambitious tasting menu that hasn’t quite found its stride.
On and Off the Menu

In the Kitchen with the Grande Dame of Jewish Cooking

Any home cook who’s hosted a Passover Seder or a Rosh Hashanah dinner has likely consulted a recipe by Joan Nathan.
Tables for Two

Hyper-Telegenic Noodles, at Okiboru House of Udon

The beguilingly wide Himokawa udon noodles at this new East Village spot are already famous, thanks to fervent foodie TikTokers.
The Food Scene

Caribbean Staples Made “Healthy as a Motha”

HAAM, in Williamsburg, veganizes Dominican and Trinidadian food without diminishing it.

What We’re Watching

The Front Row

The Rediscovery of a Depression-Era Masterpiece

A new restoration of Frank Borzage’s “Man’s Castle,” starring Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy, showcases the visionary Hollywood director’s lusty yet spiritual artistry.
On Television

“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisis

The HBO adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel is part espionage thriller, part war drama, and part Hollywood satire—wild genre shifts that come at the expense of its protagonist’s interiority.
The Front Row

The Counterculture Counter Culture of Kim’s Video

A new documentary revels in the legend of the downtown rental store and seeks to recover its treasures.
The Front Row

“The People’s Joker” Is an Outlaw Vision of the Superhero Movie

Vera Drew’s D.I.Y. parody of “Joker” has all the wild humor and transgressive freedom of John Waters’s films.

What We’re Listening To

Pop Music

The Tortured Poetry of Taylor Swift’s New Album

“The Tortured Poets Department” has moments of tenderness. But it suffers from being too long and too familiar.
Pop Music

Olivia Rodrigo’s Relatable Superstardom on the Guts Tour

The pop star appears to revel in pleasure—even when she knows that whatever it is she’s thirsting after will probably get her into trouble.
Podcast Dept.

What a Right-Wing Militia Sounds Like, from the Inside

“Chameleon: The Michigan Plot” is the latest podcast to show how extremist groups pair dangerous beliefs with an ordinary desire for community.
Pop Music

Vampire Weekend Doesn’t Want Your Defeatist Grousing

The band’s new album, “Only God Was Above Us,” is a treatise on inheritance, decay, generational dissonance, and the delicate idea of choosing optimism.

More Recommendations

Goings On

Alex Garland and Park Chan-wook Reckon with America

Also: the Martha Graham Dance Company celebrates its centennial, Method Man & Redman play Terminal 5, “The People’s Joker” parodies the Batman universe, and more.
Goings On

Andrew Scott Joins the Pantheon of Talented Mr. Ripleys

Also: a Polaroid-inspired oratorio at PAC NYC, the mesmerizing art of Francesca Woodman, a documentary about Kim’s Video, and more.
Goings On

Harrowing Melodrama in “A Different Man”

Also: Emotion experiments in “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show,” the art of Sonia Delaunay, Reyna Tropical’s electro-cumbia, and more.
Tables for Two

Exquisite Beach Vibes at Quique Crudo

A seafood-focussed counter from the owners of Casa Enrique—the first Mexican restaurant in the city to earn a Michelin star—opens in the West Village.
Goings On

Peter Morgan’s “Patriots” Heads to Broadway

Also: The soft-rock palette of Arlo Parks, the tearjerker musical “The Notebook,” Eric Fischl’s paintings of bourgeois cocoons, and more.
The Food Scene

Café Carmellini Is Fine Dining That Knows a Good Time

Andrew Carmellini’s latest venture is a serious, sophisticated restaurant, with white linens on the tables and bow-tied service captains, but it never sacrifices a sense of fun.
Goings On

Kim Gordon Is at the Peak of Her Powers

Also: Adventurous shows at Carnegie Hall, “The Effect” at the Shed, and more.
The Food Scene

Missy Robbins’s Lowest Key Pasta Paradiso

Robbins’s chic flagship restaurant Lilia is perpetually booked. Her follow-up, Misi, is stuck in a charmless space. With her latest place, Misipasta, I feel like Goldilocks.