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Do We Need Another Green Revolution?
“Carbon farming and vertical farming are wildly overhyped,” Grunwald concludes. “Plant-based meat has floundered in the market, while cultivated meat hasn’t really made it to market.” He adds, “I’m...
Christoph Niemann’s “The Bridge”
“The real beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge can only be experienced in motion,” the artist Christoph Niemann said, about his cover for the June 30, 2025, issue. Niemann’s celebration...
Han Ong on Partisan Passions and Life Affirmation in the Theatre
Your story “Happy Days” revolves around an unorthodox staging of Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days,” by an Off Off Broadway theatre company, in the East Village. As the story...
The Magic of Daylight in a Land of Sun Worship
With “P’unchaw,” the photographer Victor Zea captures the light falling on Cuzco, Peru, where people have mixed Catholic and Indigenous Andean beliefs. Source link
The Rise of the Anti-Cinderella Story
A pair of recent films, Celine Song’s “Materialists” and Sean Baker’s “Anora,” turn the fairy tale on its head, with mixed results. Source link
Why I Wear the Turban
“The Turban” exposes a paradox. I can’t imagine ever surrendering my turban. It’s become soldered to my identity, serving as both the ultimate in-group badge and a versatile stylistic...
Revisiting “Columbus,” a Thrilling Drama of Growing Up Modernist
There’s a special kind of movie that’s inextricably linked to where it’s filmed. The locations aren’t just picturesque settings for action but part of the subject—as if the film...
The Astonishing Images of Diane Arbus
The grim spectacle of bullfighting is displayed with an unflinching, intimate glory in Albert Serra’s documentary “Afternoons of Solitude,” which follows the torero Andrés Roca Rey through fourteen corridas...
“F1” is a Well-Tooled Engine of Entertainment
In “F1,” a snazzy piece of blockbuster engineering, Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a devotee of fast cars, beautiful women, and simple living. A professional gambler and an occasional...
“Familiar Touch” Is an Exquisitely Fragmentary Portrait of Memory Loss
We all have our distinct cinematic pressure points, specific kinds of images that trigger a burst of squeamishness. I instinctively cover my eyes whenever I see a character chopping...
