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The Self-Serving Seduction of “Vladimir”
The new Netflix series stars Rachel Weisz as a professor whose lust for a younger colleague renews her lust for life itself—and drives her to alarming extremes. Source...
Has Taking the Perfect Photo Ruined Tourism in “The Spectacle”?
Yasmin van Dorp’s short film depicts beautiful destinations—and the crowds of cell-phone photographers who inundate them. Source link
Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park
“Godlike” is a poet’s novel, a dazzling Künstlerroman that touches on art, love, aging, and queerness, punctuated with verses by Hell (in both Vaughn’s and Wode’s voices) and his...
The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube
For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Alex Barasch is filling in for Kyle Chayka.Horror is a genre of upstarts. Many of its strangest, most striking films, from “The Night...
Martin Parr’s Eye for Human Folly
Martin Parr, who died in December, at the age of seventy-three, had a specific paint color in mind for the first room of “Global Warning,” a retrospective of his...
“How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” Is an Ode to Middle-Aged Friendship
In Lisa McGee’s show “Derry Girls,” about a group of teen-agers growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, the threat of violence—in the form of car bombings and...
Kadir Nelson’s “Cold Chill”
Kadir Nelson’s painting for the cover of the March 9, 2026, issue was inspired by the frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall that have swept across much of the country...
The Sexologist Who Unlocked the Female Orgasm
Hite was not like other sexologists, with their academic affiliations and institutionally approved methods. She was not much like Alfred Kinsey, the primary author of the aforementioned reports and...
The Shocking Season 4 Finale of “Industry”
“Industry,” which was created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, began, in part, as an exploration of the difficulties of reforming poisonous systems. The first season exhibits a skepticism...
The BAFTAs, and the Sloppy Pieties of Liberal Entertainment
The BBC spent resources politically castrating its awards-show broadcast that would have been better spent protecting vulnerable guests. Source link
