The following essay was produced as part of the 20 18 NYFF Critics Academy , a workshop for aspiring film critics that took place during the 56th edition of the New York Film Festival. The appeal of a film like “ American Dharma ,” Errol Morris ’s new documentary on Steve Bannon is obvious in many…

NBC/Ringer illustration Liev Schreiber seemed visibly surprised to be good at his temporary gig in sketch comedy while hosting his first Saturday Night Live to promote the sixth(!) season of Ray Donovan . Schreiber’s sincere, straightforward monologue was all about “managing expectations”; the roles…

Opinion America Needs A Bigger House NOV. 9, 2018 Opinion America Needs A Bigger House 435 Seats in House 593 Seats in House expanded 184 Safe Republican 28 Lean Republican 45 Tossup 19 Lean Democratic 159 Safe Democratic 435 Seats in House 593 Seats in House expanded 184 Safe Republican 28 Lean…

Netflix is now in the magic business. Last weekend, some 42 years after shooting was completed, the streaming service reappeared Orson Welles’s infamous lost film, The Other Side of the Wind , to its 137 million subscribers. One week later, 23 minutes from its newest original film, the Scottish…

President Trump escalated his war with the media on Friday, telling one reporter, “You ask a lot of stupid questions,” calling another “a loser” — and threatening to yank White House credentials from other reporters if they don’t show him “great respect.” As he left the White House for a brief trip…

An anti-Brexit campaigner outside Parliament last month. Crunch time is arriving for efforts to strike a divorce with the European Union. Credit Daniel Leal-Olivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union on March 29. If it is to avoid a chaotic withdrawal…

Photo: The Cut Get Ask a Boss delivered every week By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy . As someone who has interviewed probably thousands of job candidates in my career, I’ve long been surprised by how many people don’t ask good questions when their interviewer gives…

After he was fired by President Richard Nixon, the Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox became a national hero. Photograph by John Duricka / AP On the night of Saturday, October 20, 1973, Archibald Cox, the Watergate special prosecutor, asked that there be a consequence for actions that the…

Javier Zarracina/Vox The 2018 midterm elections were a significant victory for the Democratic Party. Retaking the House blocks the Republicans from passing new laws and gives Democrats the ability to conduct real investigations into President Donald Trump’s multifarious scandals. But while the…

Great Balls of Fire. Photo: Orion Pictures I went to see Bohemian Rhapsody on opening day, against the advice of my critic friends, whose admonitions of “Mediocre!” had by then all blurred together like a choir of falsetto “Galileos.” It’s nothing but serviceable fluff, they said. Hardly an…

Rob McElhenney and Kylie Shea in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Photo: FXX When It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ended its 13th season on Wednesday night, you’d be forgiven for wondering, Wait, did I switch channels? Not only does “ Mac Finds His Pride ” contain heartfelt dialogue — like Mac…

If you want to be as healthy as possible, there are no treadmills or weight machines required. Don’t just take my word for it—look to the longest-lived people in the world for proof. People in the world’s Blue Zones —the places around the world with the highest life expectancy— don’t pump iron, run…

Christine Blasey Ford, center, flanked by attorneys Debra Katz, left, and Michael Bromwich. The attorneys say that although Ford has tried to return to her life, she endures harassment. Pool/Getty Images Christine Blasey Ford is still being harassed after leveling sexual assault allegations against…

Books News A 1965 Times review of Fletcher Knebel’s “Night of Camp David” called the book “too plausible for comfort.” A couple of months ago, prominent political pundits began buzzing about a provocative book by a Washington journalist. The book — which raised questions about what Congressional…

Why Democrats Must Impeach the President They won the House by promising to hold Trump accountable. Mr. Steyer is the founder of Need to Impeach and NextGen America. More than six million Americans have signed a petition asking their congressional representatives to begin impeachment proceedings.…

By Photograph by Jonathan Ernst / Reuters On Wednesday, the White House revoked the press pass of the CNN reporter Jim Acosta. To justify the decision, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders , cited a moment of physical contact between Acosta and a White House intern at a press…

Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters Tickets sold out within 15 minutes after Toronto’s Munk Debates announced that I would debate Steve Bannon on its platform. The negative reaction arrived more slowly, but it was just as emphatic. A few days before the debate, a member of Parliament for Canada’s left-wing…

Amazon/Ringer illustration Let me begin by saying that I struggle to talk rationally about Patriot , so great is my affection and so low the odds that you’ve heard of it. But we must speak plainly now, because parent studio Amazon has given us a gift: Despite its awful SEO and progressively more…

Kevin Lamarque / Reuters When the psychologist Jessica Pryor lived near an internationally renowned university, she once saw a student walking into a library holding a sleeping bag and a coffee maker. She’s heard of grad students spending 12 to 18 hours at a time in the lab. Their schedules are…

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The subway’s 7 line and Court Square station in Queens would absorb a significant number of new riders if Amazon locates a new headquarters in Long Island City. Credit Hilary Swift for The New York Times Is Amazon ready for the New York City subway? In the neighborhood where the company reportedly…

What was already set up to be one of the biggest, most consequential weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency—as the commander in chief chaired a UN meeting in New York, the Capitol in Washington braced for a showdown over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh—saw the intensity rise to seemingly historic…

When the Museum of Ice Cream opened in New York in 2016, it was more a temporary curiosity than a rival to, say, the Whitney Museum of American Art, which stood just across the street. The walls were painted a soft shade of millennial pink. In one room, ice cream cones hung like pendant lights.…

Getty Images/Ringer illustration The 2014 midterm elections, in which 83 million people cast ballots, marked the lowest point in a 70-year downward trend in nationwide voter turnout. On Tuesday, the downward trend ended with a dramatic spike: voters overwhelmed polling places with an enthusiasm…

The internet operates on a revolutionary principle, underpinned by a revolutionary principle, overlaid by a revolutionary principle. Is it, therefore, revolutionary? The revolutionary principle the internet runs on is this: the “end-to-end” principle, which states that any person using the internet…

News Analysis President Trump may have to choose between escalating the partisan warfare in Washington and trying to reach bipartisan deals. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump will wake up on Wednesday morning to a radically new political environment as he…

From left: SeatGeek offices; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rayon Richards; Patricia Chang I’m tall. In the most literal sense, I often look down on people. But in the past few years, my giraffe’s-eye view of the world has increasingly come not when I’m standing, but when I’m sitting on…

Illustration by Ben Fearnley America’s petty tribal arguments are now driving the bus on serious policy. Here’s why we should worry. November/December 2018 To understand how American politics got the way it is today, it helps to rewind the tape to the presidential campaign of John…

by 10/31/2018 Coming out as a lesbian at age 20 was the most liberating thing I’ve ever done. Every complicated, repressed desire suddenly made sense. For the first time, I could envision a happy future for myself. I felt whole. But this joyful realization was tainted with guilt: For the past six…

Venice Dispatch A tourist walking through the water in St. Mark’s Square in Venice on Monday. Credit Stefano Mazzola/Awakening, via Getty Images VENICE, Italy — Near the Accademia Bridge, a corridor of thin trees lay horizontal, as if hit by a nuclear wind. Vaporetto tickets, pigeon feathers and…

Peter Bogdanovich, left, and John Huston in “The Other Side of the Wind.” Credit Netflix The Other Side of the Wind NYT Critic's Pick Directed by Orson Welles Comedy, Drama R 2h 2m More Information Orson Welles once described his final film this way: “‘The Other Side of the Wind’ is divided into two…

John C. Reilly, left, and Will Ferrell as Watson and Holmes. “We sat down and said, ‘What are the most neglected characters in literature?’” Reilly said with a laugh. Credit Giles Keyte/CTMG Inc. Man-children are something of a specialty for both Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly , who have perfected…

A Party Defined by Its Lies At this point, good people can’t be good Republicans. Opinion Columnist President Trump epitomizes the problem of lying by Republicans, but he is far from the only one. Credit Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times During my first year as an Op-Ed columnist for The New York…

I did not expect to cry last night. Matter of fact, I planned to watch other people cry, and then write about it. But there I was, standing in the breezy cold of LA’s Greek Theater on Halloween night, with a tear running down my face. I remember the exact moment: an image of a young Mac Miller…

I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression , an apology from the CEO , several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimmers of light with long-awaited transit directions and improvements in business, parking and place…

Will Time Ever Be Up For Abusive Men In Hip-Hop? Throughout this past year of holding men in entertainment to task, the music industry has largely continued to overlook abuse allegations within its most popular genre, exhibiting a troubling lack of accountability. Ben Kothe / BuzzFeed News; Getty…

Ringer illustration The Western is one of America’s great cultural achievements because it can tell so many American stories in so many different ways. The Western can make myths and undo them; it can depict great courage and great cowardice; it can show acts of heroism and villainy. It can take…

Bad things happen both personally and professionally. Relationships end. Significant others get sick or die. Promotions are given to someone else. Clients leave. Companies go through rounds of layoffs. In the face of these setbacks, some people seem to fall apart, while others find ways to move…