The Loss at the Heart of Guy Fieri’s Entertainment Empire
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is a mainstay of basic cable—and a rallying cry for a country that is losing touch with itself.
The Football Game That Transcends Tradition
The historic rivalry between Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University goes beyond sports.
The Least Exciting Avenger
Hawkeye’s normalcy is what makes him interesting.
The Tempting, Poisonous Wealth of House of Gucci
The film delves into the insidious world of the Italian luxury label.
The Armpits of White Boys
A short story
The Miraculous Sound of Forgiveness
In his thrillingly transgressive opera The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart pulled off his most amazing musical feat.
The Tomb Raiders of the Upper East Side
Inside the Manhattan DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit
Adele’s Shocking Attack on Complacency
The pop star’s new album, 30, is a work of dazzling ambition.
The Package Is the Message
American consumers can’t resist the lure of a well-designed container.
The Tragedy of Tom and Shiv
The only real relationship on Succession is a marriage entirely corrupted by the family business.
Watching Saturday Night Live Is Like Doomscrolling
Bouncing between bleak takes on the news and delightful nonsense, watching the show feels strangely similar to spending time online.
Birthday
Tick, Tick … Boom Is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Best Work Since Hamilton
His filmmaking debut turns a small-scale musical by the creator of Rent into an inventive piece of cinematic biography.
Snowbirds
Technicolor scenes from a bygone Miami Beach
Let the Record Show Is an Essential Story of the AIDS Movement
Sarah Schulman’s outstanding book is an exemplary model for creating a more complete history of a political movement.
The Anachronistic Joy of Dickinson
Why is television using old settings to tell modern stories lately?
An Ode to Barbecue Potato Chips
Void of nutritional value, divorced from the intense culinary process that is actual barbecuing, irresistible
The Martial Art I Can’t Live Without
Brazilian jiu-jitsu has been compared to chess, philosophy, even psychoanalysis. But its real appeal is on the mat.
The Irreverent Beauty of the Original Ghostbusters
The 1984 film was a goofy, blue-collar buddy comedy. The new one is a hollow imitation.
Can a Boxer Return to the Ring After Killing?
In 2019, Charles Conwell unintentionally ended Patrick Day’s life with his fists. Now he’s trying to make sense of his life, and boxing itself.