Children of Men Might Be the Most Relevant Film of 2016
Revisiting the 2006 masterpiece.
Revisiting the 2006 masterpiece.
Abraham Riesman New York Dec 2016 20min Permalink
A young Brazilian couple from “an impoverished northeastern city that’s been described as ground zero of the Zika epidemic” struggle to care for their daughter.
Alex Ronan New York Dec 2016 10min Permalink
Real-estate mogul Charles Kushner had been cast out of power, found guilty of a strange bundle of crimes including “secretly setting up [his brother-in-law] with a prostitute, then taping the encounter.” His son Jared, then 23, was left to carry the ambition for the both of them.
Gabriel Sherman New York Jul 2009 30min Permalink
The dream of getting from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes has run into a few speed bumps.
Benjamin Wallace New York Oct 2016 20min Permalink
On culture and the driverless car.
Robert Moor New York Oct 2016 20min Permalink
Shirley Jackson wrote 17 books while raising four children — and she couldn’t have had a successful career without them.
Ruth Franklin New York Sep 2016 15min Permalink
Lenny Pozner used to believe in conspiracy theories. Until his son’s death became one.
Reeves Wiedeman New York Sep 2016 25min Permalink
Best Article Crime Movies & TV
How women at Fox News ended the career of Roger Ailes.
Gabriel Sherman New York Sep 2016 30min Permalink
Anti-aging medicine has been an epicenter of quackery for more than a century, but an MIT scientist is waging his reputation on a new pill.
Benjamin Wallace New York Aug 2016 20min Permalink
“There was no they.' There was not even a 'he,' no armed person turning on a crowd. But what happened at JFK last night was, in every respect but the violence, a mass shooting.”
David Wallace-Wells New York Aug 2016 15min Permalink
It’s in Florida and it involves Marco Rubio, the 33-year-old preferred candidate of the Democratic establishment, and “the only member of Congress whose desk is decorated with a plaque that reads: I HAVE FLYING MONKEYS AND I’M NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM!”
Jason Zengerle New York Jul 2016 25min Permalink
A conversation about race, Hollywood, and what it’s like to be able to conjure weed out of thin air.
E. Alex Jung New York Jul 2016 20min Permalink
The search for the world’s most elusive skyjacker.
Geoffrey Gray New York Oct 2007 20min Permalink
“The main characteristic of Diane was courage.”
In 1990, Judith Butler published a groundbreaking book on queer theory. Today, “in a broad-stroke, vastly simplified version, the understanding of gender that Gender Trouble suggests is not only recognizable; it is pop.”
Molly Fischer New York Jun 2016 15min Permalink
Cars driving themselves into walls. Hospitals frozen. Elevators jammed. A scenario that could happen based on what already has.
Reeves Wiedman New York Jun 2016 30min Permalink
Getting arrested was the best thing to ever happen to Jeremy Meeks.
Jessica Pressler New York Jun 2016 15min Permalink
There’s nothing simple about this candidacy—or candidate.
Rebecca Traister New York May 2016 35min Permalink
The story of the landmark musical’s improbable success.
Rebecca Milzoff New York May 2016 25min Permalink
The Cosmo editor and author of Sex and the Single Girl’s rocky real-life relationships.
Gerri Hirshey New York Apr 2016 15min Permalink
A tale of wealth and rebellion in East Hampton.
Gail Sheehy New York Jan 1972 25min Permalink
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history.
Gabriel Sherman New York Apr 2016 30min Permalink
What sex workers think about legalizing sex work.
Mac McClelland New York Mar 2016 25min Permalink
She was mocked for her clothes and for her hair. Tabloids published nude photos of her and covered her custody fight. The defense called her hysterical. The judge condescended to her. She lost. And then she became a punchline. Twenty years later, thanks in part to The People v. O.J. Simpson, Marcia Clark is finally being seen in full.
Rebecca Traister New York Feb 2016 15min Permalink
The ripple effect of a single MTA mechanical failure.
Robert Kolker New York Feb 2016 25min Permalink