Books & Culture
An Undersung Trailblazer of Indian Cooking
How the chef and food writer Julie Sahni advanced America’s understanding of Indian food.
- Culture Desk
David Chang Discusses Edible Bugs, Robot-Made Pizza, and the Future of Food
Watch highlights from The New Yorker Live, where the chef and TV host considered the many changes coming to the way we eat.
- Page-Turner
Claire Vaye Watkins’s Anti-Pandering Novel
In “I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness,” the writer rejects the clichés of motherhood literature—and of her own work.
The Latest
Jamil Jan Kochai on Americans’ Fear of Islam
The author discusses “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
Sunday Reading: The World of Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert
From the magazine’s archive: two essential works by two essential writers on the climate crisis.
Stanley Tucci Is Savoring It All
The actor and food-show host discusses writing a memoir, surviving oral cancer, and his most memorable terrible meal.
“The Souvenir: Part II,” Reviewed: Two Movies for the Price of One
Joanna Hogg’s autobiographical sequel, about the start of her career, offers a film-within-a-film that’s more inspired than the drama around it.
The Critics
The Insurrection of Surrealism
A deliriously entertaining survey at the Metropolitan Museum shows how the craze for Surrealism surged like a prairie fire around the world.
Jonas Kaufmann’s Gilded Voice
A recital at Carnegie Hall confirms the tenor’s talent but leaves questions about the depth of his artistry.
An American Dream and an American Nightmare
“The Lehman Trilogy” and “Dana H.” explore stories of success and survival.
The Elegant Containment of “The French Dispatch”
Wes Anderson’s portmanteau of four stories confirms him as a director who trusts the expressive powers of the sketch more than the heft of a finished portrait.
Goings On About Town
Halloween Scares at Anthology Film Archives
The “Folk Horror” series includes Kier-La Janisse’s new documentary, “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched,” alongside dramatic classics such as “The Wicker Man,” from 1973.
Daniel Boulud’s French Showpiece with a Manhattan View, Le Pavillon
At his latest restaurant, in the midtown skyscraper One Vanderbilt, the chef continues to elevate the essence of ingredients, in such dishes as oysters Vanderbilt and Noisette Chocolat.
The Conceptual and Empathetic Art of Gillian Wearing
The British artist’s bronze homage to Diane Arbus is unveiled in Central Park, and the Guggenheim opens the retrospective “Gillian Wearing: Wearing Masks.”
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Four Years Embedded with the N.Y.P.D.
In the late seventies, Jill Freedman set out to create a clear-eyed portrait of New York City police. What she made was something more complicated.
Podcasts
The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook
Ressa, a Filipino American journalist, discusses the revelations that Facebook knows just how dangerous it is. Plus, the Nigerian literary giant Wole Soyinka on political activism and art.
Video
Coming Out as a Trans Woman at Fifty-Eight
“The Paint Wizzard,” by Jessie Auritt and Jessica Wolfson, follows a larger-than-life trans woman as she paints houses in Austin, Texas, and shares the struggles and joys of embracing her true self.