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Culling the Kim’s Video Mother Lode

“Interview with a Vampire”? Out. Snuff compilation? In. The cinematographer Sean Price Williams sorts the dusty stock of the legendary movie-rental store in a FiDi basement.

The Evanescent Art of the Sandcastle

In a new book, “The Work of Art,” Adam Moss, the former editor-in-chief of New York magazine, draws out artists on what makes them make art.

Hearing the Voices of Grenfell Tower

The survivors of the deadly 2017 London fire speak in a theatre piece opening at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

The Death Valley Lake That’s Gone in a Flash

Lake Manly forms in Badwater Basin only after especially heavy rains. Paddlers grab their paddles and go.

Donald Trump’s Very Busy Court Calendar

The first criminal trial of a former President starts this week. After all the legal posturing, the action will finally get real—that’s the theory, anyway.

Maya Hawke Goes Back to School

The “Stranger Things” actress, and college dropout, explains why she visited her brother at Brown before writing her new studio album, “Chaos Angel.”

Signs of the New Season

Girl Scout cookie surplus, skimpy-clothes anxiety? It must be spring!

Joe Biden and U.S. Policy Toward Israel

After six months of war, has Israel’s killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers compelled the President to do more to save lives in Gaza?

Mike Tyson Enters His Renaissance-Man Period

The fifty-seven-year-old boxer, weed mogul, and actor—he stars in “Asphalt City” opposite Sean Penn—perspires, philosophizes, prepares for his fight with Jake Paul.

Waking Up to a New York City Earthquake

After the most powerful quake in more than a century, the city was full of stories, arm-waving, and whispers of California.