The Luxury Makeover of the Worst Pastry on Earth
How panettone, the once-reviled Italian Christmas treat, became a high-end commodity
Frontiers of Sports
Women’s Soccer Won the World Cup
Spain won the tournament. The whole women’s game will benefit.
Every Woman on This Show Is Loathsome. That’s By Design.
Dune: Prophecy allows its female leads to play both hero and villain.
Even Barry Jenkins Can Only Do So Much
Mufasa: The Lion King, from the Moonlight director, doesn’t transcend its cynical origins as a Disney product.
A Biting Satire of the Art World’s Monstrousness
Ella Baxter’s new novel explores why creative genius so often seems to be at odds with being a good person.
You Are Cordially Invited to an Event That Could Ruin Your Life
How could any woman resist Senator Lindsey Graham’s generous summons to speak publicly about her claim of sexual assault?
Why Can’t Robots Stay Robots?
A hit animated film is the latest work to imbue machines with the primacy of human values.
I’ve Been Left Off My Friends’ Group Chat
How do I get over feeling excluded?
The 10 Best Albums of 2024
This year’s most exciting artists rejected consensus and did things their way.
Bob Dylan’s Carnival Act
His identity was a performance. His writing was sleight of hand. He bamboozled his own audience.
Can the Rodeo Save a Historic Black Town?
One woman’s quest to rescue Boley, Oklahoma
The Technology That Actually Runs Our World
The most dominant algorithms aren’t the ones choosing what songs Spotify serves you.
Chris Rock Knows How to Troll
This week’s Saturday Night Live highlighted the comedian’s talent for provocation.
Nickel Boys Is an Audacious Experiment
RaMell Ross’s interpretation of Colson Whitehead’s novel is unlike anything else in theaters.
A Mindset for the Trump Era
With authoritarianism rising everywhere, don’t forget about what the dissidents have to teach us.
Adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude Sounded Impossible. It Wasn’t.
Netflix’s rendition of Gabriel García Márquez’s masterpiece works better than he might have expected.
The 13 Best TV Shows of 2024
The year’s most essential series
Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us
Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
Nikki Giovanni’s Wondrous Celebrations of Black Life
The poet’s work crackled with revolutionary fire but also contained jubilation and gentleness.
My Friend Outed Me to Her Conservative Parents
Now they think I’m a “bad influence”—and it hurts.
August Wilson’s Histories of Black American Life
A new adaptation of The Piano Lesson updates the playwright’s convictions about how legacies are passed down through generations.
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me