The Playwright on HIV Med StrikeThree months ago, Victor I. Cazares decided to stop taking their pills — until the New York Theatre Workshop calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
ByCarl Swanson
profile
Put Maya Erskine in EverythingPEN15 introduced her as a gonzo comedic talent. Mr. & Mrs. Smith makes a convincing case for her as a rom-com lead.
The Death and Life of Truman Capote“My life is so strange — it’s not like anybody else’s,” Capote said. And it wasn’t — his friendships and feuds were more intense, his talent greater.
Ferrari’s Slow-Motion Crash in Nine StepsMichael Mann’s re-creation of a horrifying moment in car-racing history is one of the best cinematic sequences of the season.
ByBilge Ebiri
art review
What Was the Bodega?Tschabalala Self’s ambivalent investigation of the cornershop.
True Detective Crawls Back From the VoidAlmost ten years after a tracking-shot episode set an impossible standard, the HBO show is reinventing itself for the better.
ByRoxana Hadadi
art
Bettina Made New York Feel Like a SecretThe artist toiled in her room at the Chelsea Hotel for decades, making photographs and sculptures she showed to almost no one.
21 Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2024Dragon’s Dogma makes its long-awaited return, Princess Peach dons pants, a survival shooter made in the shadow of the Russia-Ukraine war, and more.
ByLewis Gordon
a long talk
Kali Uchis Had a VisionThe industry didn’t want the bilingual artist to sing in Spanish, but she did it anyway.