Goings On

Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, and other New Yorker writers on the classic books that changed their lives.

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

In “The Morningside,” Téa Obreht depicts humdrum life in a fallen world, as seen through the eyes of a child.

Two new books assess our contemporary scripts for fatherhood.

Recently reopened under new management, the pricey tourist-bait canteen is more satisfying than it has any right to be.

In a dinner series called the Line Up, line cooks, sous-chefs, and chefs de cuisine from buzzy New York restaurants get to be executive chefs for a night.

If a self-consciously clubby restaurant suddenly becomes easy to get into, what’s the point of going at all?

Kisa is a brand-new spot on the Lower East Side that does an astonishingly good job of seeming like it’s been there forever.

The FX series about the fallout from a leaked recording of the Los Angeles Clippers’ owner is extremely entertaining, especially if you are not hoping to learn anything about race.

The Hulu series about a Chicago sandwich joint once felt like the best kind of prestige TV—but the new season, like its Michelin-hungry protagonist, has lost sight of what made it great.

The French director Catherine Breillat’s new film, a fiercely antagonistic tale of an incestuous affair, is both a long-delayed return to work and an artistic self-renewal.

At the midway point of the year, the film critic discusses his top three pictures.

“Regional Mexican” music is booming, but one young singer is in no mood to celebrate.

The fourteenth-century composer’s expressions of longing can still leave an audience spellbound.

The artist, who got famous by going viral, discusses refusing to play the TikTok game with her new record, turning to a life of slowness and privacy, and maybe auditioning for a musical.

The artist has often treated pop music as a game—something to play with so she doesn’t get bored, and something that reliably creates winners and losers.