New York Magazine: October 6, 2014 Issue

October 6, 2014

Cover Story

Drones and Everything After

Drones are for fun, espionage, and package delivery. They fire missiles and drop first aid. And they could just be the next smartphone. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

On the Cover: Illustration by Zohar Lazar for New York Magazine.

Features

“I Did Something to Piss God Off a Long Time Ago”

Jeff Zucker has endured cancer, Hollywood, and the perennial expectations that come with having been TV’s wunderkind. So why not take on CNN?

By Gabriel Sherman
The Real Comeback of Fake Michael Keaton

Birdman, a movie so odd and challenging that Batman had no choice but to say yes.

By Lane Brown
Football Was the Most Exciting Thing That Ever Happened to Me

The game can kill boys—and save them. But liberals tend to misunderstand its relation to male aggression.

By Jonathan Chait

Intelligencer

Culture

Viola Davis, Finally

This is her moment, and she knows she deserves it.
Booklandia

What editors, students, and Waldos toted along to the Brooklyn Book Festival.
Small in America

X Japan is one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Just not in this hemisphere yet.
In Blondie’s Closet

The well-worn T-shirts from Debbie Harry’s collection.
The Movie Review

Miles Teller pounds the skins, and takes a beating, in Whiplash.
The Movie Review

Birdman is the very definition of a tour de force.
The Theater Review

Onstage, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a different animal.
The Theater Review

The Country House needs a total renovation.
The TV Review

In its own sweet way, ABC’s black-ish is a landmark show.
The TV Review

The Affair makes skillful use of smartly cast actors.
To Do: October 8–22, 2014

Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

The Cut

Fashion on Display

Museum exhibitions bring high fashion to a whole new set of eyes.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

October 6, 2014

Drones and Everything After

Features

“I Did Something to Piss God Off a Long Time Ago”

The Real Comeback of Fake Michael Keaton

Football Was the Most Exciting Thing That Ever Happened to Me

Intelligencer

Getting It Both Ways

Tribes: The DogPound

262 Minutes With

Newspapers Aren’t Dead

The Rule of Mammon

Culture

Viola Davis, Finally

Booklandia

Small in America

In Blondie’s Closet

The Movie Review

The Movie Review

The Theater Review

The Theater Review

The TV Review

The TV Review

To Do: October 8–22, 2014

The Cut

Fashion on Display

Departments

Comments: Week of October 6, 2014

The Vulture Crossword Contest

Competition: Fall-TV Haiku

The Approval Matrix: Week of October 6, 2014

Strategist

Best Bets: Week of October 6, 2014

The Look Book

The Restaurant Review

The Dish

Global Design: The Tulip Trade

Global Design: Wedged In

Global Design: Brownstone With Concrete Stairs

Global Design: Limited Conversion

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