Goings On

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Goings On

Richard Brody on Hong Sangsoo’s Stories of Artists in Crisis

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What We’re Reading

Under Review

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

By The New Yorker

Under Review

Nellie Bowles’s Failed Provocations

In “Morning After the Revolution,” the former New York Times reporter sets out to uncover a not-so-forbidden truth—that the left can be somewhat goofy.

By Molly Fischer

Under Review

Work Sucks. What Could Salvage It?

New books examine the place of work in our lives—and how people throughout history have tried to change it.

By Erik Baker

Annals of Gastronomy

Mastering the Art of Making a Cookbook

Working with Julia Child and a host of author-chefs, the editor Judith Jones transformed American kitchens.

By Adam Gopnik

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Goings On

Spring Culture Preview

What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this season.

What We’re Eating

The Food Scene

The Glittering Pleasure of a Perfect Raw Bar

Penny, in the East Village, has a polished, understated swagger that somehow makes the oysters taste even better.

By Helen Rosner

The Food Scene

Blanca Is Not for Beginners

At the reopened restaurant behind Roberta’s, the Chile-born chef Victoria Blamey offers flavors that are strong, unexpected, and occasionally disorienting.

By Helen Rosner

The Food Scene

The Return, Again, of the Power Lunch

Four Twenty Five, a luxe new dining room from the mega-restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten, takes square aim at the expense-account crowd.

By Helen Rosner

The Food Scene

Mexican-ish Fine Dining, with Detours

Corima offers attention-grabbing tortillas, Japanese flourishes, and an ambitious tasting menu that hasn’t quite found its stride.

By Helen Rosner

What We’re Watching

The Theatre

The Chilling Truth Pictured in “Here There Are Blueberries”

Moisés Kaufman’s play dramatizes the discovery of a photo album of Nazis at leisure at Auschwitz, and the reckoning it provoked.

By Vinson Cunningham

On Television

Jerrod Carmichael Finds the Outer Limits of Confessional Comedy

Through an uncanny hybrid of access journalism and fourth-wall breaking, the comedian created an HBO series that was impossible to look away from.

By Carrie Battan

The Current Cinema

The Madly Captivating Urban Sprawl of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”

After a thirteen-year absence, a great American director returns with an ambitious vision of a city—and a world—in need of renewal.

By Justin Chang

The Front Row

How Hindsight Distorts Our View of the Beatles in “Let It Be”

Usually seen as a document of the band’s breakup, the documentary, newly restored by Peter Jackson, is just as much a record of freewheeling inspiration.

By Richard Brody

What We’re Listening To

Pop Music

The Anxious Love Songs of Billie Eilish

Much of the artist’s new album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” is about wanting a relationship but failing, in some fundamental way, to sustain closeness with another person.

By Amanda Petrusich

Musical Events

Revisiting Composers Suppressed by the Nazis

The Musica Non Grata series, in Prague, explores the glittering, elusive world of Alexander Zemlinsky.

By Alex Ross

Pop Music

Dua Lipa Devotes Herself to Pleasure with “Radical Optimism”

In an era of postmodern, self-referential music, there’s something refreshing about the artist’s new album—short songs, big hooks, and a celebration of delight.

By Amanda Petrusich