Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Ninette’s War,” “Bigger Than Fashion,” “The Award,” and “Analog Days.”
“Ninette’s War,” “Bigger Than Fashion,” “The Award,” and “Analog Days.”
His urban idylls are populated by bald businessmen who escape reality by biking and daydreaming.
My hand twitches with instinctive joy at how you draw a woman’s hat, coat, stance.
He shies away neither from harshness nor from unadulterated sweetness. He also writes great female characters.
Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.
The comedian gets vulnerable in “Night Thoughts,” his first standup special in twelve years. But the real star of the show might be his elderly cat.
The mayor of the small community of Pollica, Italy, has dedicated his life to making people healthier. Will it get him a dinner with Zohran Mamdani?
A puzzle with a few clues loose.
An enigmatic tribute to the Broadway legend.
It wasn’t until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy.
Solve the clues to reveal a cartoon caption hidden in the snow.
Celebrating a century of wit.
Ideas for under the tree: Expired canned goods? Nonworking appliance? Unwanted adult child?
Highlights from the first hundred years of this magazine’s most succinct, quadrilateral humor.
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of them involving crypto and foreign money.
Emil Bove violated a basic tenet of judicial ethics, presumably on purpose.
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
He had his own world: a place where the funny and the horrific crossed paths.
Can you make your way through The New Yorker’s labyrinthine offices before our printer shuts down for the holidays?
The arena is a cultural landmark for L.A.'s Mexican community, hosting decades of concerts, rodeos and celebrations — and for the Vallejo family, dancing there is tradition. We follow them as they get ready for a show.
Goth Shakira holds court in a starry place to answer your heart's questions about love.
Rob Reiner was a versatile director, crossing genres for a career that included 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'The Princess Bride,' 'When Harry Met Sally,' 'Misery' and more.
This boba tea cafe in San Gabriel is making the best version of a McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich.
Are American families better off than they were 30 years ago? Or are they struggling to hold on? Yes.
Fraser and the film's director, Hikari, spoke to The Envelope about why 'Rental Family' was the right collaboration at the right time and why audiences shouldn't be 'afraid to feel.'