Pop Music
New Order’s Old Age
By Anwen Crawford
In their ninth studio album, it is difficult for the musicians to surpass themselves, or to convince a listener that they have anything left to prove.
Culture
Cultural Comment
The Schorske Century
By Alex Ross
Haunted by the Nazi rupture, Carl Schorske guided readers into the black-bordered fairy-tale realm of fin-de-siècle Vienna.
A Critic at Large
PATRICK MODIANO, TRUE DETECTIVE
By Alexandra Schwartz
The Nobel Laureate set out to solve the mysteries of the French Occupation. Instead, he created his own.
Goings on About Town
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
Claire Chase’s New Generation of Classical Music
As part of a twenty-two-year project, the flutist has commissioned works by Philip Glass, George Lewis, and others, which will be performed at the Kitchen.
The Critics
A Critic at Large
PRIMO LEVI’S INDESTRUCTIBLE HUMANITY
By James Wood
Even as he chronicled the moral atrocities of the Holocaust, Levi never lost his narrative imagination or his sense of irony.
The Current Cinema
“Everest” is Overcrowded
By Anthony Lane
Any of the mountaineers could merit a whole movie.
The Art World
THE BROAD, A SNAZZY NEW MUSEUM
By Peter Schjeldahl
Eli Broad has long had an outsized influence on the arts in L.A. Now he’s opened his own museum.
Books
When Gentrification Is Good
By Adam Gopnik
For a city to thrive, it has to change. But how?
Photo Booth
Giving Birth in Different Worlds
By Janet Elise Johnson
Portraits of mothers in labor in Tanzania and Sweden capture an extreme disparity in maternal health.
Spotlight
Letter from Portofino
THE WORLD’S MOST LUXURIOUS FASHION SHOW
By Rebecca Mead
On the Italian Riviera, Dolce & Gabbana’s wealthiest clients dance, drink, and compete to buy couture.
Profiles
Is Grimes Too Punk to Be a Pop Star?
By Kelefa Sanneh
She started as an experimental electronic musician and drew a devoted online following. Now she wants to infiltrate the mainstream.
Profiles
Julianne Moore, Beauty and a Beast
By John Lahr
Offscreen, she insists on normality. Onscreen, she lets the monster out.
Personal History
Dead Man Laughing
By Zadie Smith
The jokes that run through a family.
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Podcasts
The Pleasures of Disgust
Nicola Twilley and Joshua Rothman discuss our complicated relationship with all things icky.
Cultural Comments
Cultural Comment
Why Donald Trump and Jeb Bush Should See “Hamilton”
By Rebecca Mead
The musical is an argument for the invigorating power of our country’s porous borders and evolving identity.
Cultural Comment
The “Mindie” Project
By Carrie Battan
Usually labels look for indie artists to take mainstream, but Carly Rae Jepsen is looking for underground cred after a smash hit.
Cultural Comment
Turning Torture into Art
By Laurie Anderson
A new installation, “Habeas Corpus,” at the Park Avenue Armory, features the former Guantánamo detainee Mohammed el Gharani.
Cultural Comment
Paradoxes at the Emmys
By Michael Schulman
Viola Davis’s speech at once highlighted the wellspring of strong black actresses on television right now and hinted at the roles that still aren’t there.
Video
High-Rise-Window Washers of Manhattan
By The New Yorker
Thirty years ago, John McDermott and John Wren were young daredevils in need of union benefits, so they signed up for one of New York’s most dangerous professions: high-rise-window washing.