A Horror Movie That Already Gave Away Its Twist
The new film Companion can’t keep its big secret to itself, but it has others in store.
Frontiers of Sports
Women’s Soccer Won the World Cup
Spain won the tournament. The whole women’s game will benefit.
Behold My Suit!
A lifetime of fashion misery comes to an end.
How the Economists Took Over the NBA
The financialization of sports has hit pro basketball, where business regulations now rule.
All the King’s Censors
When bureaucrats ruled over British theater
The Many Resurrections of Marianne Faithfull
No matter how many times she was counted out, the late singer knew how to imbue her mythology with new energy.
The Modern Voice of War Writing
In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque reinvented a genre.
A Novelist Who Looks Into the Dark
Ali Smith scrambles plotlines, upends characters, and flouts chronology—while telling propulsively readable stories.
Music’s New Generation Is Here
This year’s Grammys ceremony celebrated a new class of willful, distinct talents.
Hanif Kureishi’s Relentlessly Revealing Memoir
How a tragic accident helped the author find his rebellious voice again
Reflections
In Search of the Book That Would Save Her Life
Sarah Chihaya’s unconventional memoir charts her troubled relationship with the literature that formed her.
The Stranger Things Effect Comes for the Novel
A crop of stories is responding to the fakery of the digital age by embracing the realness of analog objects.
What on Earth Is Eusexua?
The sensation you get when dancing or making a really good cup of tea? FKA Twigs wants to bottle that.
Oh, How the Men Drone On
My male friends love to talk at me—but not with me.
An SNL for the True Bob Dylan Fans
Timothée Chalamet chose the artist’s lesser-known songs when performing last night.
Starbucks’ Most Beloved Offering Is Disappearing
It’s the end of free bathrooms—and of a particular fantasy.
In This Horror Movie, You Can Look, but Not Touch
Presence locks its monster—and the viewer—behind the camera.
This Movie Understands Difficult People
Hard Truths takes an astonishingly sensitive approach in telling the story of a bitter housewife.
What the Fires Revealed About Los Angeles Culture
The blazes reflect—and exacerbate—the disparities embedded in the most mundane tenets of city life.
The Oscars Have Left the Mainstream Moviegoer Behind
The Academy found its nominees on the international film-festival circuit, not at the movie theater.
America Is Divided. It Makes for Tremendous Content.
Jubilee Media mines the nation’s deepest disagreements for rowdy viral videos. But is all the arguing changing anyone’s mind?
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