Profiles
Park Chan-wook Gets the Picture He Wants
With “The Sympathizer,” the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” comes to American television.
Lila Neugebauer Interrogates the Ghosts of “Uncle Vanya”
A director of the modern uncanny steers the first Broadway production of Chekhov’s masterpiece in twenty years.
How Quinta Brunson Hacked the Sitcom
With “Abbott Elementary,” the comedian and writer found fresh humor and mass appeal in a world she knew well.
Percival Everett Can’t Say What His Novels Mean
The author of “Erasure” is renowned for his satires of genre, identity, and America. But his great target may be language itself.
Joe Biden’s Last Campaign
Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reëlection.
Matt Gaetz’s Chaos Agenda
The Florida Republican is among the most brazen and controversial figures in Donald Trump’s G.O.P. He’s also among the most influential.
The Art World Before and After Thelma Golden
When Golden was a young curator in the nineties, her shows, centering Black artists, were unprecedented. Today, those artists are the stars of the art market.
Sofia Coppola’s Path to Filming Gilded Adolescence
There are few Hollywood families in which one famous director has spawned another. Coppola says, “It’s not easy for anyone in this business, even though it looks easy for me.”
The Anxious Precision of Jacqueline Novak’s Comedy
“Get on Your Knees,” her new Netflix special, is a ninety-minute reflection on the blow job.
The Playwright Has a Few More Changes
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has been celebrated for his masterly appropriation of theatrical conventions—and for his eagerness to explode them.