When Bruce Springsteen (Hank Azaria) Met Michael Stipe (Michael Shannon)
Hank Azaria and Michael Shannon are both actors (very different kinds of actors) and they are both frontmen for tribute...
‘The Wrecking Crew’ Review: Super Smash Brothers
The action in “The Wrecking Crew” is so good, its fights so brisk and its car chases so lively, that...
On ‘Shrinking,’ Jessica Williams Moves the Needle
Jessica Williams screwed a wooden hoop to a denim tote bag, then threaded a small needle with off-white thread. “Oh,...
Trump’s China Policy Is Incoherent. That May Be the Point.
President Trump’s second-term approach to China is full of contradictions. One minute, he is threatening tariffs on Beijing and bolstering...
The Longing to Matter Is No Laughing Matter
THE MATTERING INSTINCT: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein MATTERING: The Secret to...
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sondheim
To call Stephen Sondheim America’s greatest musical dramatist is to make him into a monument. He was that, of course,...
Birkenstock Steps Into High Bridal Fashion
Birkenstocks are known for their functionality, not necessarily for having a formal look. But some brides have said they would...
Ecuador Objects After ICE Agent Tries to Enter Minneapolis Consulate
Ecuador’s foreign ministry said it lodged a formal diplomatic protest with the United States after a U.S. Immigration and Customs...
Nuclear Anxiety, That Staple of 1980s Cinema, Is Back
In 1964, the Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing described an encounter with a girl in a mental hospital. She believed, he...
The Height of Close-Combat Weaponry Is on This Woman’s Doorstep
Images of the immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis and across the United States have been likened to those from the country’s...
Mamdani Makes a ‘Tonight Show’ Cameo
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and it’s still cold. We’ll look at how that figured in a surprise appearance on late-night...
Missing in Kabul: The U.S. Citizen Witnesses Say Was Held by the Taliban
On a summer morning in 2022, Afghan men blindfolded a U.S.-Afghan citizen on a street of Kabul, the country’s capital,...
Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer Than Ever to Apocalypse
The Doomsday Clock, a metaphorical timepiece meant to depict how close humanity is to destruction, ticked closer than ever to...
A Cult Figure, Silenced Too Soon, Resurfaces
To the names Eva Hesse, Francesca Woodman, Ana Mendieta, Sylvia Plath — visionary women all who died too young and...
Putin, Still Harboring Assad, Welcomes New Syrian Leader to Moscow Again
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was set to welcome President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria in Moscow on Wednesday as...
