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“Baby Reindeer” and “Under the Bridge” Are Stranger Than Fictionwww.newyorker.com The two streaming series grapple with horrific real-life crimes—and with the complexity of the relationship between perpetrators and victims.
“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisiswww.newyorker.com The HBO adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel is part espionage thriller, part war drama, and part Hollywood satire—wild genre shifts that come at the expense of its protagonist’s interiority.
“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisiswww.newyorker.com The HBO adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel is part espionage thriller, part war drama, and part Hollywood satire—wild genre shifts that come at the expense of its protagonist’s interiority.
Gaza soup kitchen bridges efforts from brothers thousands of miles apartwww.nbcnews.com Hani and Mahmoud Almadhoun have started a soup kitchen funded largely by online donations.
Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhounwww.gofundme.com Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do.
My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
“Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show” Is Exhibitionism as Artwww.newyorker.com Two years after “Rothaniel,” the comedian has committed another moving—and deeply entertaining—act of self-exposure.
“Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show” Is Exhibitionism as Artwww.newyorker.com Two years after “Rothaniel,” the comedian has committed another moving—and deeply entertaining—act of self-exposure.
“3 Body Problem” Is a Rare Species of Sci-Fi Epicwww.newyorker.com The Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy mixes heady theoretical questions with genuine spectacle and heart.
“3 Body Problem” Is a Rare Species of Sci-Fi Epicwww.newyorker.com The Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy mixes heady theoretical questions with genuine spectacle and heart.
Theater Criticloom.ly Job Description The Washington Post is seeking an exceptional theater critic to be the paper’s leading voice on the artform, helping us rethink our coverage while writing trenchantly and imaginatively...
In “Shōgun,” an Update Is a Double-Edged Swordwww.newyorker.com The FX series attempts to tailor its source material—a 1975 novel about an English sailor turned samurai—for modern audiences, but gives them little to seize on emotionally.
In “Shōgun,” an Update Is a Double-Edged Swordwww.newyorker.com The FX series attempts to tailor its source material—a 1975 novel about an English sailor turned samurai—for modern audiences, but gives them little to seize on emotionally.
Jon Stewart Knows He Can’t Save Democracywww.newyorker.com The “Daily Show” host transformed the late-night landscape before his departure almost a decade ago—and returns to reckon with a nation that’s been transformed, too.
The Dark Delights of a Millennial “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”www.newyorker.com Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as spies-for-hire posing as husband and wife—and embody their generation’s emotional and economic malaise.
The Dark Delights of a Millennial “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”www.newyorker.com Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as spies-for-hire posing as husband and wife—and embody their generation’s emotional and economic malaise.
“Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” Is a Simulacrum of a Scandalwww.newyorker.com The Tom Hollander-led series sanitizes its larger-than-life subject—and is notably lacking in fun.
“Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” Is a Simulacrum of a Scandalwww.newyorker.com The Tom Hollander-led series sanitizes its larger-than-life subject—and is notably lacking in fun.