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1,906 stories from The New Yorker

"Hamnet" Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn? by Justin Chang

In Chloé Zhao's film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's novel, the death of a child gives rise to the creation of a literary masterpiece.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 21, 2025

Dev Hynes Returns as Blood Orange by Sheldon Pearce, Zoë Hopkins, Richard Brody, Marina Harss, Jane Bua, Helen Shaw, Ray Lipstein, Vince Aletti, Charles Bethea, Jessica Winter, Amanda Petrusich, Kyle Chayka, Anna Russell

Also: the kamancheh playing of Kayhan Kalhor, Ethan Lipton's surrealist "The Seat of Our Pants," our writers' holiday traditions, and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 21, 2025

"Wicked: For Good" Is Very, Very Bad by Justin Chang

In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 7:10pm on November 20, 2025

The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in "Sound of Falling" by Justin Chang

Mascha Schilinski's dark, century-spanning ensemble drama sees four generations of women take up spectral residence in a German farmhouse.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 4:29pm on November 20, 2025

The World-Shifting Grooves of Fela Kuti by Sarah Larson

Jad Abumrad's new podcast, "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man," shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 2:35pm on November 20, 2025

Christopher Guest Talks with Ariel Levy by The New Yorker

Perfectly ridiculous.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:08pm on November 17, 2025

Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest by The New Yorker

The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:41am on November 17, 2025

Keeping Up with Andrea Martin by Henry Alford

The actress stars in "Meet the Cartozians," a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 17, 2025

Stephen Fry Is Wilde at Heart by Rebecca Mead

The polymathic entertainer has had a lifelong bond with the wittiest"and the most tortured"of writers. And now he's starring in "The Importance of Being Earnest."

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 17, 2025

Effigies of Me by Jack Handey

Would you like the standard, "classic" effigy of me, suitable for hanging from a tree limb or a scaffold? Or would you like the effigy of me that is designed for burning at the stake?

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 17, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth's Uneven Gilt Trip in "The Queen of Versailles" by Helen Shaw

The Broadway veteran stars as a Marie Antoinette wannabe in a musical about excess, and Anne Washburn goes post-apocalyptic with "The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire."

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 17, 2025

Hanif Abdurraqib on Ellen Willis's Review of Elvis in Las Vegas by Hanif Abdurraqib

The magazine's first pop-music critic was never afraid to be overtaken by unexpected delight, even if it came at the expense of some preëxisting skepticism.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 16, 2025

"Death by Lightning" Dramatizes the Assassination America Forgot by Inkoo Kang

The new Netflix miniseries makes the 1881 killing of President James Garfield feel thrillingly current.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 3:52pm on November 11, 2025

Nina Hoss's Latest Act of Defiance Is "Hedda" by Alex Barasch

After playing Ibsen's title character onstage, the actress now takes to the screen for Nia DaCosta's adaptation. But if Hedda is played by Tessa Thompson, who is Hoss?

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 10, 2025

Rian Johnson Is an Agatha Christie for the Netflix Age by Anna Russell

The director revived the cozy mystery with "Knives Out." In a new sequel, can he find his way to the end of the maze?

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 10, 2025

Nicholas Christopher, Broadway's Grand Master by Michael Schulman

To prep for his role in the new revival of "Chess," by Tim Rice and two ABBA members, the star headed to Brighton Beach to dine with locals who know a thing or two about the game.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 10, 2025

David Byrne's Career of Earnest Alienation by Amanda Petrusich

At seventy-three, the former front man of Talking Heads is still asking questions about what it means to be alive. But now he's also offering ideas of hopefulness and service.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 10, 2025

The Comic Genius Who Pushed Television Further Than It Could Go. by David Denby

In mid-century America, no one quite knew what TV would be. Sid Caesar made the medium into something new and remarkable"until the medium unmade him.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 10, 2025

Patti Smith on Her Memoir "Bread of Angels," Fifty Years After Her Début Album, "Horses"

In the musician's most revealing account, she discusses her retreat from public life, the early loss of her husband, and the challenge of learning and writing about her biological father.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 2:00pm on November 7, 2025

Renoir's Surprising Experiments in Perception by Hilton Als, Brian Seibert, Helen Shaw, Sheldon Pearce, Richard Brody, Jennifer Wilson, Rachel Syme, Alexandra Schwartz

Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of "Liberation," the cultural business of affairs, and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 7, 2025

John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest by The New Yorker

The comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 5:39pm on November 6, 2025

Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest by The New Yorker

The actor, writer, and comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 5:36pm on November 6, 2025

Nate Bargatze Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest by The New Yorker

The comedian and actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 5:34pm on November 6, 2025

Ronny Chieng Enters the Caption Contest by The New Yorker

The actor and comedian tackles The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 5:33pm on November 6, 2025

"Peter Hujar's Day" Gives the Past a New Life by Richard Brody

Ira Sachs's film, starring Ben Whishaw as the renowned photographer and Rebecca Hall as his interviewer, is a personal memorial for the protagonist and his milieu.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:01pm on November 5, 2025
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