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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last week, when The Times announced a reorganization of its arts department that involved moving four critics – theatre, television, pop and classical – to other positions, the reaction in both…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the literature of late twentieth-century cruising, its physical choreography stands out. David Wojnarowicz, in his 1991 memoir Close to the Knives, recounts exploring abandoned warehouses on Manhattan’s West Side, “weaving…

Save this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Infinite Scroll , a weekly column by Kyle Chayka about how technology shapes culture. You don’t have to have a hidden camera on your phone to end up in a viral video.…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In late June, as the old theater season was winding down and announcements for the new season were pouring in, New York City was in the spotlight. Playwrights Horizons, known for…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the screen before us sits a solid man with a neatly trimmed gray beard and a nearly bald head. Behind dark-rimmed glasses his eyes gleam: one full of cyclopean fury,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I have a recurring dream about my father and me, one of the few pleasant dreams I have about him. We’re both in our late thirties, though he’s in better shape…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The persecution of Jews and their self-defense, not to mention the paranoia surrounding the Jewish people, the relationship between Jews and Persians, the moral dimensions of Jewish reprisals for persecution, even…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Most filmmakers come to the set as if it were their job; it is where they make their films. Only a few make the world part of their profession. For these…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story With M3GAN 2.0, the 2022 sci-fi horror franchise M3GAN is dealing with the aftermath. At least the symptoms are obvious: inflammation and swelling. In the first film, Gemma (Allison Williams), a…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Perhaps it’s because of the inevitability of cannibalism that zombie films have proven remarkably resistant to a certain kind of criticism: the kind that instinctively clings to derivativeness. They’re a horror…