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The Increasing Unfitness of Donald Trump

The West Wing has come to resemble the dankest realms of Twitter, in which everyone is racked with paranoia and everyone despises everyone else.

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Trump: I Am the Smartest Person in the Room

“Every one of these people is a stable genius,” Trump said, of the associates gathered in the Oval Office, “and I am by far stabler and more geniuser than any of them.”

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If John Mayer Were Mayor

All policy updates would be sent via prosaic, slightly wry tweets.

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What to Stream This Weekend: Five Films That Master the Art of Suspense

Each week, Richard Brody picks a classic film, a modern film, an independent film, a foreign film, and a documentary for online viewing.

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“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” and Gloria Grahame’s Defiant Power

The independence of temperament that Grahame displayed in her Hollywood movies wasn’t far from the way that she lived her life.

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Unrest in Iran

Nearly forty years after the revolution, Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what demonstrations against the current regime mean for the politics of the region.

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Making China Great Again

As Donald Trump surrenders America’s global commitments, Xi Jinping is learning to pick up the pieces.

What to Stream This Weekend

Five films that master the art of suspense.

Jerry Seinfeld, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Jon Hamm

Jerry Seinfeld runs down the anatomy of a joke, Tracee Ellis Ross pushes back on “lady chores,” and Jon Hamm mocks Don Draper—gently.

Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods

With his new single, “Filthy,” the singer is proving that the album and the story about the album are two distinct and unrelated art forms.

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Viewing the World Through Lee Friedlander’s Fences

The photographer’s new collection, “Chain Link,” bends a ubiquitous, mass-produced object to frame a portrait of American culture.

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Shasta Geaux Pop, a Glamazon Hip-Hop Icon

The creation of the performer Ayesha Jordan and the director Charlotte Brathwaite will be hosting get-down parties at the Public Theatre.

The Claustrophobic Elegance of “Phantom Thread”

Although Daniel Day-Lewis looks ineffably dapper in it, Paul Thomas Anderson’s film is possessed by a fear that style alone can cramp the soul.

Standardized Patients and the Art of Medical Maladies

Actors train hard to portray specific illnesses and psychiatric disorders, sometimes even with heroin tracks of makeup.

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Michael Wolff’s Withering Portrait of President Trump

A new book describes a dysfunctional and bitterly divided White House, but its most consequential allegations concern the firing of James Comey.

Lessons from an Unseemly Presidential Transition

What does it mean to preserve, project, or even hijack political authority?

White House Staff Forced to Act Out Michael Wolff Book for Non-reading President

Sources who sat through the private performance said that Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s portrayal of Bannon was particularly impressive.

The Year That Skin Care Became a Coping Mechanism

Traditionally, a beauty regimen was an attempt to deny the inevitability of the future. Now it’s part of a dream that there is a future to look forward to.

2017 Was Also the Year I Saw Paul McCartney

I’d long taken McCartney for granted. But, this year, it felt like hubris not to finally go see him in concert.

“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” and Gloria Grahame’s Defiant Power

The independence of temperament that Grahame displayed in her movies wasn’t far from the way that she lived her life.

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Unrest in Iran

Nearly forty years after the revolution, Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what demonstrations against the current regime mean for the region.

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