Criticism
When Fact-Checking Meant Something
A new novel captures a bygone era in New York journalism
Susan Choi
Andrea Long Chu's Problem with Authority
She built a critical voice on risk and provocation. Who is she speaking to now?
Sam Huber
Terrence Malick’s Disciples
Why the auteur is the most influential director in Hollywood
Bilge Ebiri
Thomas Pynchon Is Angry
In Shadow Ticket, the novelist takes on America’s indifference to history
Richard Beck
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Vanity Fair’s Heyday
I was once paid six figures to write an article—now what?
Bryan Burrough
March 14, 2025
Finding the Real in Photorealism
Do we want art to transform our lives?
Jonathan Griffin
March 11, 2025
Zora Neale Hurston’s Rediscovered Novel
A new publication obscures the canonical writer
Tiana Reid
March 11, 2025
Chaos Agent in Chief
What Michael Wolff’s Trump quartet tells us about the next four years
James Surowiecki
March 4, 2025
America the Brutal
Why The Brutalist isn’t really about architecture
Christopher Hawthorne
February 18, 2025
A Miracle at the Met
Siena: The Rise of Painting brings together an astonishing group of artworks
Rachel Eisendrath
January 15, 2025
Inheriting Impressionism
Monet and Ja’Tovia Gary among the water lilies
Rachel Cohen
December 10, 2024
The Sexual Histories of Alan Hollinghurst
In Our Evenings, the novelist grapples with a divided Britain
Andrew Martin
December 10, 2024