Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

In the latest revival of Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne’s iconic musical, George C. Wolfe humanizes a ...

The evasions and elisions that are inherent to the format—as here, with the cramming of four eventful years into just over ...

A new study charts John Milton’s influence on revolutionary thinkers but misses the sheer seductiveness of his masterwork.

Adam Iscoe on getting a table. Plus: right-wing reporters at the border; Trump’s Cabinet picks in Washington; and Timothée ...

It intensified after Iran’s Revolution. 2024 in Review New Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows. The ...

Also: A private-school meltdown in “Eureka Day,” jam rock comes to town, Richard Brody reviews “Babygirl” and “A Complete ...

This year’s standout productions ran the gamut from outrageously fabulous to quasi-religious in feeling.

The eight people you meet on Slack. A look back at March 12, 2020. The semi-sadistic seven-minute workout. Here’s why it was ...

Most of my favorite movies of 2024 premièred at overseas film festivals, only to flit through U.S. theatres for a few weeks ...

When a writer dies, the only thing to do is to read her, so it seems worth celebrating Croce briefly in her own words. If ...

With projects like “IMG_0001,” an online compendium of YouTube home videos, Riley Walz is calling attention to the hidden ...