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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I recently asked The New Yorker editor David Remnick whether he would ever return to the Oscars, which he has attended only once. He famously remarked, often attributed to Voltaire, in…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story While Sean Baker’s Anora was the clear winner at the Oscars, winning in five categories, including Best Picture, Actress, Director, Editing, and Original Screenplay, it was the film’s producers who emerged…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last Saturday, as part of Film Forum’s biweekly series of “Stories from The New Yorker,” celebrating the magazine’s centennial, I presented a screening of Nicholas Ray’s 1956 melodrama Larger Than Life,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Food Scene, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where and how to eat. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Sunn’s, which opened late last year on the Lower East…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Food Scene, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where and how to eat. Sign up to get it in your inbox. There is something almost ritualistic about a Hawaiian dinner. A…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In an episode of 30 Rock — a sitcom about a weekly live sketch show reminiscent of Saturday Night Live created by Tina Fey, former head writer of SNL — diva…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At first glance, the emergency room at Pittsburgh Trauma Center is the backdrop for Max’s new drama Pitt, and it’s the kind of place you wouldn’t send your worst enemy to.…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The first episode of the Netflix comedy-drama Moe showcases the abilities of its lead character, Mohammed Najjar. He’s set up a parking lot, peddling “real counterfeit goods” — fake designer sunglasses,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2021, I wrote an essay about the remarkable musicians who, amazingly, performed at my Kansas City high school in the sixties: the Crystals, the Drifters, Booker T. & the MG’s,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The circumstances of the death of actor Gene Hackman, who died at the age of ninety-five, remain unclear. On February 26, his body was found in his home in Santa Fe,…