Category Culture

The Original Sigma Male

The strange, enduring appeal of Alain Delon’s gangster films. Credit: image via Getty Images When Alain Delon died this August, I happened to be in France. I can’t say I was paying much attention to the news. How was he…

Jesse Eisenberg Has a Few Questions

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Vanessa Redgrave once compared Jesse Eisenberg to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, because of his “inquiring mind.” Seventeen minutes into my recent lunch with Eisenberg, in Chelsea, I had yet to…

Quick, Affordable Sushi That’s Still a Cut Above

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. On the corner of Thirty-first Street and Sixth…

Soccer Mommy’s Visceral Chronicle of Loss

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The earliest iteration of Soccer Mommy emerged out of a bedroom in the summer of 2015, with a handful of lo-fi, home-recorded songs posted to Bandcamp. The songs were sparse and…

A Critic’s Life

The business of reviewing the arts online has changed the way in which we watch and review performances.  Credit: image via Shutterstock This month marks the one-year anniversary of the conclusion of my career as a performing-arts critic. To be…

Saudis Go Beyond Oil

Mohammed bin Salman invites the world’s elite to a beach party in the desert. Credit: image via Shutterstock Businessmen and social media influencers will converge upon an island paradise this weekend, but it won’t be in Ibiza. The Saudi Crown…

Baseball Is for the Losers

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Baseball culminates every year in the sinking light of autumn evenings, crisp weather that excites the heart and offers clarity on the latest long season. This has been a signal year…

Living in the Shadow of an American Election

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This past July, Sinna Nasseri was commissioned by The New Yorker to photograph the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee. It was the sort of assignment he had undertaken before—in the past…

The Crypto Betting Platform Predicting a Trump Win

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Web site Polymarket is something like a stock exchange for current events. The platform allows users to place bets on future outcomes ranging from who will win the Presidential election…