New York Magazine: August 25, 2014 Issue

The Fall Entertainment Generator

331 things to watch, hear and do.

Movies

Highlights from the fall release schedule.

Reese Witherspoon

“Oh my gosh,” she finally gets to play an unsympathetic role.

Jessica Chastain

She’ll be everywhere, again.

Tyler Perry

Gone Girl’s defense attorney, food fighter, and sing-along leader.

Television

Thirty-three TV shows premiering this fall.

How Did Your Favorite Returning Shows End Last Season?

Caution: Spoilers ahead.

Gaby Hoffmann

America’s favorite pantsless bohemian returns in Amazon’s Transparent.

Dominic West

The Wire star plays a sober adulterer (for once) in The Affair.

Pop Music

A preview of album releases this fall.

Robert Plant

The rock legend on looking for ghosts.

Art

Twenty-seven new exhibitions to see this fall.

Theater

A look at this season’s musicals, revivals, and more.

Hugh Jackman

Fly-fishing his way back from action-movie land.

Books

57 picks for the upcoming season, including new titles from Lena Dunham, Margaret Atwood, and Denis Johnson.

Ben Lerner

The novelist-as-poet-as-self on his second hall-of-mirrors semi-memoir.

Classical Music & Dance

In defense of Klinghoffer, a new spin on Alice in Wonderland, and more.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

August 25, 2014

Obsession With an Obsession

Features

This Place Is Also That Place

The Matter of Time

American Derby

Intelligencer

Kickoff

174 Minutes With Zephyr Teachout

Life in Pictures: Bob and Mike Bryan

The Plan to Kill Amazon

Culture

The Fall Entertainment Generator

Movies

Reese Witherspoon

Jessica Chastain

Tyler Perry

Television

How Did Your Favorite Returning Shows End Last Season?

Gaby Hoffmann

Dominic West

Pop Music

Robert Plant

Art

Theater

Hugh Jackman

Books

Ben Lerner

Classical Music & Dance

The Cut

Six Great Things

Departments

Comments: Week of August 25, 2014

The Vulture Crossword Contest

Competition: Ancient Seinfeld

The Approval Matrix: Week of August 25, 2014

Strategist

Food

Two Cooks, One Kitchen

Tacos Without Trappings

Cosme-politan

The Corn Connection

Other Mexican Restaurant News

(Virtually) Meatless in the Meatpacking District

The New Pairing

Joshua Smookler’s Unlikely Road to Ramen

Kentucky Fried Tanner

Stores

Nightlife

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