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The director’s great achievement was placing real people, with real senses of humor, into the fantasies of mass culture.

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A foundational 1956 study of the concept, focussed on a U.F.O. doomsday cult, has been all but debunked by new research.

From there, the graphic novel zooms out and back in time. It’s structured cinematically, with voice-over, pans, and quick ...

From the daily newsletter: celebrating the milestone birthday of one of the magazine’s most lucid profile writers.

From the daily newsletter: a reflection on the timelessness of the novelist on her two-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday today.

On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse.

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You may get up to use the restroom, but only between sides. During songs, please remain still. Any movement above shoulder ...

Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.