We’re Still Living in a Fight Club World
In the 25 years since its release, the film has burrowed deeply into American culture—and its insights remain apt.
In the 25 years since its release, the film has burrowed deeply into American culture—and its insights remain apt.
Spain won the tournament. The whole women’s game will benefit.
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These immersive works of journalism follow ordinary Americans facing long odds.
It’s a great relationship in nearly every other way.
The Bad Boy Records founder has been accused of mistreatment and abuse—and support for some of the allegations aired on Making the Band.
A Nobel Prize–winning author and her ex-lover explore the surprising vitality of a grave illness.
Sometimes, it’s funny to sound terrible.
The author, who has never shied away from criticizing Korean culture, has also given South Korea its first Nobel Prize in Literature.
In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back?
Shelf-stable milk is a miracle of food science that Americans just won’t drink.
The Apprentice aims to avoid politics—and ends up being a shallow, murky portrait.
Her new memoir is a master class in how selective attention and empathy can insulate someone from the pains that trouble the rest of us.
Writing can share the thrill of movies by dissolving the physical limitations of the page.
Whenever a friend tells me something, I blab about it to other people. Why can’t I stop?
In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less sexy.
Lauren Elkin’s Scaffolding suggests that total honesty can take a relationship only so far.
The return of Nate Bargatze and his now-classic George Washington sketch points to the surprise viral hits that have kept the show going 50 years on.
Long a fearless critic of Israel, Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi has made wrenching portraits of her nation’s suffering since October 7.
Ever feel like your life is determined by powerful forces beyond your reach? HBO has a show for that.
The Joker sequel has nothing interesting to say about the challenges of fame.