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New York City

  1. from the archives
    Truman Capote Bites the Hands That Fed HimWhy the jet set was outraged by their favorite author in 1976.
    By Liz Smith
  2. 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.
    By Tess Edmonson
  3. you should be writing
    How to Write a Book Right NowJami Attenberg and the mysterious case of the 1000 words.
    By Choire Sicha
  4. power
    All the New York Culture Brokers on Our “Inside Power” ListFrom one very under-the-radar art collector to Reese Witherspoon’s publishing mole.
    By The Editors
  5. underrated
    Take a Bite Out of Horowitz & SpectorFor Julie Klausner, the ’80s public-access duo were “the women I had been waiting for my whole life.”
    By Bethy Squires
  6. gamers
    Twitch Streamer Kai Cenat Sparks Union Square Chaos Over Free PS5’sPolice said the livestreamer will face charges.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. encounter
    Andrew Lipstein Tries To Be GoodIn his novel The Vegan, he imagines a finance guy desperate to atone — and not for the sins you’d think.
    By Emma Alpern
  8. evil air
    Jodie Comer Halts Prima Facie Mid-Performance Due to Poor Air Quality“I can’t breathe in this air.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  9. i love new york
    Kelly Clarkson Hints That Broadway May Be in Her FutureShe in the midst of “writing something” for Broadway right now.
    By Charu Sinha
  10. scene report
    New Yorkers Are Reading Smut — and the Audience Is Loving ItErotica readings have taken over some corners of the literary scene, with stories less gauzy (and more transactional) than you imagine.
    By Whitney Mallett
  11. profile
    Yaeji Lets LooseThe musician-slash-DJ is known for introspective dance music that brings the house down. On her debut album, she went searching for herself.
    By E. Alex Jung
  12. vulture lists
    The Essential New York City Horror MoviesIf you can slay it there, you’ll slay it anywhere.
    By Sam Moore
  13. on location
    The Best New York Is Your New YorkIn bringing Fleishman Is in Trouble’s 2016 city to 2022 screens, I discovered how to avoid the nostalgia trap.
    By Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  14. podcasts
    What Happened to Ana MendietaShe was a pathbreaking artist, hungry for recognition. A podcast reexamines how her 1985 death made headlines instead.
    By Max Pearl
  15. fierce dramas
    The Shady Nights of Williamsburg DragWhere a generation of messy stars was born.
    By Nicole Pasulka
  16. scenes
    PinkPantheress Fans OnlyEveryone’s a main character at the anonymous singer’s live New York debut.
    By Rebecca Jennings
  17. little ukraine
    The Underground Rock History of the Ukrainian National HomeNew Order’s big night, Gogol Bordello’s wild sets, and performance art with Soviet phones.
    By Devon Ivie and Camille Sweeney
  18. art review
    The Whitney Biennial Falters OnThe 2022 show has just enough high points to get you through it — including three stunning Charles Ray sculptures.
    By Jerry Saltz
  19. only in new york
    Watch Bill Murray Give a Surprise Concert in Washington Square ParkFeaturing a rendition of “I Feel Pretty.”
    By Bethy Squires
  20. profile
    Sean Thor Conroe, ProtégéBefore the writer could publish his first novel, Fuccboi, he lost his fiercest advocate. Now he’s facing the hype alone.
    By Molly Osberg
  21. book review
    Edith Schloss, 20th-Century WomanIn her book The Loft Generation, a fixture of the midcentury New York art scene gets a long-overdue introduction.
    By Jamie Hood
  22. trailer mix
    Vanessa Kirby Forgets Who She Is in the Italian Studies Trailer“I think you’re very obviously special ‘cause you came with me and nobody would.”
    By Natalie Lin
  23. the best of the lot
    New Yorkers Live Side-by-Side and Worlds ApartPerhaps no film shows the pain and the poetry of the assimilative process quite like The Namesake.
    By Mallika Rao
  24. drive me back to my shack
    New York’s Underworld Is World ClassLooking back at Samuel Fuller’s 1953 film Pickup on South Street, which has the best NYC-centric opening sequence in film history.
    By Mark Jacobson
  25. no such things as a mistake
    If You Live in Larchmont, Hot Sex Is a Metro-North Ride AwayAdrian Lyne perfected the life-affirming affair film trope in the 2002 erotic thriller Unfaithful, starring Diane Lane.
    By Allison P. Davis
  26. amusing people
    New York Is the Natural Habitat of the Gay SophisticateThe king, if you will, of them all is the gay best friend played by Rupert Everett in My Best Friend’s Wedding.
    By Choire Sicha
  27. this isn’t a dream
    New Yorkers Will Endure Any Apartment Nightmare to Live HereRosemary’s Baby, Dark Water, and more films in the distinct subgenre of New York Apartment Horror.
    By Bridget Read
  28. strong streak of good
    The ’70s Wasn’t All BadCynicism, paranoia, mayhem was the dominant mode of New York cinema in the 1970s. But there was a countermovement.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  29. reasons to love new york
    Not All Disaster Movies Contain ExplosionsCiao! Manhattan set out to capture Andy Warhol’s New York underground and instead became a symbol of its demise.
    By Heidi Julavits
  30. from a barstool in manhattan
    In New York’s Great Newspaper Movies, Breaking a Story Can Be the StoryThe chase is everything, even if it wrecks everything else.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  31. happy birthday welcome home
    There’s No Better Place to Be a SociopathJoseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve dares you to make it in New York.
    By Mark Harris
  32. reasons to love new york
    New York Makes the Movies and the Movies Make New YorkFor the 17th annual “Reasons to Love New York” issue, New York Magazine celebrates the city’s peerless connection to movies.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  33. stephen sondheim
    Tonight’s Performance of Company Became a Tribute to Stephen SondheimHours after the composer’s unexpected death, cast and audience shared grief and affection.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  34. climate crisis
    Busy Philipps Has an Easy Tutorial for DIY Flooding BarricadesUsing regular household items, no less!
    By Bethy Squires
  35. civic engagement
    New York Is Almost Like the Fifth Character in This Star-Studded Music VideoSomewhere in the city, Lin-Manuel Miranda is biting his lip and wondering why he wasn’t in this.
    By Rebecca Alter
  36. the office
    How Hollywood Depicted the New York OfficeIt was where our dreams and anxieties unfolded.
    By Jen Chaney
  37. memorials
    Inside DMX’s Funeral: Rap Icons, Mourning Fans, and a Casket in a Monster TruckKanye West, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and more were in attendance to pay tribute to the rap legend.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  38. the group portrait
    Photo: A Rooftop Artists’ Salon in SohoFigure drawing alfresco.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  39. the festival circuit
    Tribeca Festival Announces Plans for Outdoor, In-Person Screenings This JuneThe 20th-anniversary edition will take place with outdoor HD screenings.
    By Rebecca Alter
  40. the coronavirus
    Smaller New York Performance Spaces Allowed to Open at Limited CapacityVenues would max out at 100 people indoors or 200 outdoors.
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. movie review
    How Not to Make a Tom and Jerry MovieA cluttered, awkward, pandering mess.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  42. tributes
    Corky Lee ‘Was Chinatown to Me’The photographer, who died on January 27, captured the hard work of Asian American community-building.
    By Ming Lin and Alexandra Tatarsky
  43. obits
    Ricky Powell, the ‘Fourth Beastie Boy,’ Dead at 59“Homeboy, throw in the towel.”
    By Justin Curto
  44. stand-up
    COVID Didn’t Kill Live Comedy — It Drove It UndergroundAfter Governor Cuomo classified live comedy as not “essential,” some NYC club owners decided to roll the dice.
    By Dan Reilly
  45. the law
    Flamethrower-on-a-Bus Guy Is Actually a Brooklyn RapperAnd he’s facing a reckless endangerment charge.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  46. covid-19
    New York Comedy Institution The Creek & The Cave Shuts Down PermanentlyIt’s unlikely to be the last cultural venue the city loses this year.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  47. book excerpt
    Why New York City Is the Ideal Cinematic Setting for Finding RomanceAn excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. book excerpt
    How the Sitcom Mirrored, and Shaped, Your Idea of New York CityAn excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  49. covid-19
    NYC Comedy Club Dangerfield’s Closes After 50 Years Due to COVID-19The club plans to reopen at a new location post-pandemic.
    By Megh Wright
  50. wide awakes
    Joy As ResistanceArtist and activist collective the Wide Awakes takes the city this weekend. Why we’re marching.
    By Rujeko Hockley
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