Category Culture

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Every autumn, I begin to crave generic seasonal comforts: the hues of turning leaves, the chill of sweater weather. I’m not really a pumpkin-spice person, but I’m a sucker for a…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story How should the living treat the dead? More specifically, what should we do with their bodies, and why? The answers to these questions, like the mysteries of death itself, are at…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Sunday, November 3, 2024, more than fifty thousand people from all over the world will participate in the New York City Marathon—an event that many New Yorkers deem their favorite…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Eternal Father.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. Nasar Ghafoor looks healthy and vibrant, but he has mortality on his mind. Ghafoor started a…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…