The Renovation, by Kenan Orhan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Dilara, the protagonist of this début novel, is consumed by the absence of a stable home in her life. She and her family flee Turkey, where she is from, after a failed coup in 2016. When they end up in Italy, something inexplicable happens: Dilara’s bathroom … Read more
“Industry,” which was created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, began, in part, as an exploration of the difficulties of reforming poisonous systems. The first season exhibits a skepticism toward optics-focussed D.E.I. initiatives, and the third season casts doubt on the banking business’s attempts to whitewash its practices through E.S.G. (environmental, social, and governance) investing. … Read more
When it comes to Las Vegas restaurants, the cultural exchange tends to flow inward, not out. At every level of dining, from cheap chain to ultra-luxe destination, the city has imported big-name brands from elsewhere—a Spago here, a Momofuku Noodle Bar there. There’s an outpost of New Orleans’s Turkey and the Wolf, and a branch … Read more
The BBC spent resources politically castrating its awards-show broadcast that would have been better spent protecting vulnerable guests.
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. David Remnick sits down with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the creators of a show he loves, “Industry,” which is currently airing its fourth season. The … Read more
Mitski’s sound and writing style have evolved on almost every album she’s released. Her early album “Retired from Sad, New Career in Business,” from 2013, relied on big orchestral swells alongside electronics. Her breakout, “Bury Me at Makeout Creek,” released the following year, felt at times like a punk-rock sprint of guitar and drumbeats. On … Read more
In “Pompei: Below the Clouds,” Rosi is as quietly watchful as ever, though he is either remarkably skilled or remarkably fortunate in finding individuals whose voices of conscience, matched by action, can stand in for his own. Hence a prosecutor who, wandering into an empty underground room, rails against thieves who, in removing frescoes from … Read more
Calamitous Romance, Political Satire Fashion is drama in some of the most prominent new releases, as in “Marc by Sofia” (March 20), a documentary by Sofia Coppola about Marc Jacobs, anchored by the creation and launch of his Spring 2024 collection. “The Devil Wears Prada 2” (May 1) boasts many of the same actors from … Read more
Filmmakers like to call themselves storytellers for the same reason that politicians like to call themselves public servants: it’s a show of deference toward a popular ideal. Yet few of them treat stories as their fundamental unit of creation. One who does so is the Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo, whose narrative imagination is so fertile … Read more
Hello, this is Clint Bentley, the co-writer and director of “Train Dreams.” So this is actually the final scene of the movie, spoiler alert. This is Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, and he’s wandered onto an airfield where they’re giving airplane rides. This pilot is Amelia Hilsen, who’s a real pilot and amazing. She’s actually … Read more