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A reporter at large – Trapped in the Trenches
On Ukraine's battle fil, drone surveillance ae it almost ete sible to maneuver.
The Painter and His Court
Kehinde Wiley has gone from depicting power to building it.
Returns – Annie Ernaux
The last time I saw my mother at her home, it was July, a Sunday. I travelled there by train. At Motteville, we sat in the station for a long time. It was hot. It was quiet, both in the compartment and outside.
TOP OF THE HEAP
“Babylon” and Corsage.”
DOLOROUS HAZE
“Fleishman Is in Trouble,” on FX on Hulu.
DOWN THE HATCH
Alcohol-fuelled catharsis in Des Moines” and Between Riverside and Crazy.”
LIVE, FROM NEW YORK
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres's portraits of the South Bronx.
NOTIONS OF THE SACRED
AYŞEGÜL SAVAŞ
UNEASY RIDER
When you want some extra oomph on two wheels.
PUNISHMENT
And so the Lord created two huAmass in His image, called Adam and Eve. And He put them in the Garden of Eden and provided them with everything that they could want.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
The New Yorker
TABLES FOR TWO
Markus Glocker, the chef and co-owner of Koloman a new French-Viennese restaurant in the former Breslin space, adjoining the Ace Hotel in NoMad-has a clarity of vision that springs from the philosophy of the turn-of-the-century artist Koloman Moser.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
After skipping two years, for obvious reasons, a beloved holiday tradition is back in the streets of East Harlem-El Museo del Barrio's Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration, which is now in its fortysixth year. Some revellers show up dressed as the wise men, but there are other Biblical trios: look for fresh faces self-styled as la Sagrada Família (pictured above, in 2020). Everyone is welcome to join the hour-long procession, which begins at 11 A.M., on Jan. 6, but registration, via elmuseo.org, is required.
A Reporter at Large: Second Nature
How rewilders in India are working to reverse environmental destruction.
THE LOWER DEPTHS
“Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Living.”
STICK FIGURES
The divergent conducting careers of Klaus Mäkelä and Xian Zhang.
NEW AGAIN
“Merrily We Roll Along” and “Some Like It Hot.”
FAMILY ALBUM
Robin Coste Lewis travels to the past in her second book.
FLESH WOUND
Norman Mailer went to war and wrote a big novel about it. Did he ever really come back?
ENVISIONING EXTINCTION
Tragicomic creatures of a terrifying future.
NO LIMITS
What Kevin McCarthy will do to gain power.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part in a mission to destroy Syrian munitions in Lebanon when his plane was shot down.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
The origami menagerie that graces the tree at the American Museum of Natural History (through Jan. 8) includes beetles, butterflies, and grasshoppers, in both a nod to the past and a preview of coming attractions.
Anti-Woke, Inc.
Will skewering corporate do-gooders and civil-rights activists make Vivek Ramaswamy a right-wing star?
THE NUMBERS GAME
Mystic quests and mathematicians in Cormac McCarthy’s two new novels.
THE OTHER PARTY
My daughter walked into the house with a boy named Brendan. She came into the kitchen limping a little, her mascara smeared, and lay down on the floor in front of the stove.
ON TELEVISION :NAKED AMBITION
\"Welcome to Chippendales,\" on Hulu.
THE THEATRE :OUT OF THE DARKNESS
“Your Own Personal Exegesis” and “Ohio State Murders.”
THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING
How the quantum computer will change the world—eventually.
THE KING AND I
Remembering the late, great film director Jean-Luc Godard.