Bill Clinton’s connection to those who feel left behind.
By Louisa Thomas
Helen DeWitt wrote a Great American Novel. She’s been down on her luck ever since.
By Christian Lorentzen
What I’ve learned giving advice: It’s never been harder to be young.
Goodwill and good parts (and good weed) come his way easily. But it wasn’t always so.
Why are New Yorkers so invested in the fiction that Ivanka Trump is not fully onboard with her father’s campaign?
What the Democratic Establishment will find in Philly later this month: from a wealth of good food to some stubborn dysfunction.
Paul Feig set out to make a funny movie about ghosts. He found himself knee-deep in the gender wars.
The comedian values intimacy over exposure — with only a touch of bitterness.
Maddie Ziegler steps away from work as a pop star’s dancing proxy for a new role on reality TV.
Flowers in the Attic, Peyton’s Place, Lolita, and more.
Woody Allen returns to old Hollywood in Café Society.
Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice is an uncanny look inside the improv-comedy world.
Mr. Robot’s second season goes deeper into its hero’s psyche.
Will new albums from the Avalanches and DJ Shadow revive turntablism?
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Convention outfits across the ages: buttons, bare chests, and big hats.
Readers sound off on Edward Snowden, Stoya, and more.
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
A beauty salon for preteens, party pitchers, and more new stuff in New York stores.
The model with enviable hair.
Our yearly rundown of delicious things to eat that are new and exciting and shockingly affordable.