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The Woman Who Reimagined the Dystopian Novel

In E. M. Forster’s dystopian story “The Machine Stops,” published in 1909, the inhabitants of an underground society live siloed, dehumanized lives: they...

Play Name Drop, The New Yorker’s Trivia Game: Friday, September 8, 2023

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Human-to-Avian Transmission

What do birds know? Source link

Ousmane Sembène May Be Revered, but His Films Are Still Underappreciated

One of my seminal movie experiences was a college class taught by Gilberto Perez, around 1977, in political cinema, focussing on John Ford,...

Narendra Modi’s New New Delhi

Unlike other former colonies, India did not build a new capital; it made the old one its own, and continued the project of...

Did Authoritarianism Cause China’s Economic Crisis?

China’s economy, the world’s second largest, is facing its most serious setback in a generation. During the past two years, economic growth appears...

The Force Behind Film Forum

A room without books is like a body without a soul, and the same is true of a city without an independent cinema....

How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy

Early in Hulu’s “This Fool,” a Los Angeles man named Julio (Chris Estrada) indulges in a fantasy only he would find seductive. It’s...

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, September 7th

“In retrospect, we should have known we were doomed when we couldn’t get sriracha anymore.” Source link

The Crossword: Thursday, September 7, 2023

A beginner-friendly puzzle. Source link

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