Displaying all articles tagged:

Reread

  1. from the archives
    One Brief, Scuzzy MomentRecalling the East Village art scene and the (infinitely cooler) neighborhood that it eclipsed.
  2. from the archives
    BEVERLY HILLS COP 3, Eddie Murphy, 1994
    From the Archives: David Denby on Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)“The original idea of the Axel Foley character … has been completely lost.”
  3. from the archives
    BEVERLY HILLS COP II, Eddie Murphy, 1987, (c)Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection
    From the Archives: David Denby on Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)“… The excruciatingly pragmatic Tony Scott, the director of Beverly Hills Cop II, is interested only in whipped-up excitement …”
  4. from the archives
    Bewitched, Bored, and Bewildered: ‘Notes on Beverly Hills Cop II’From 1985: David Denby on the bad lessons Hollywood is learning from the success of Beverly Hills Cop II.
  5. from the archives
    From the Archives: David Denby on Beverly Hills Cop (1984)“Murphy overwhelms everyone, even himself, with his gift of gab. He wants the world to be a faster place…”
  6. from the archives
    From the Archives: Eddie Murphy LiveThe razor-edged king of late-night comedy, profiled in 1982.
  7. from the archives
    The Couple That Has Everything. Is Everything Enough?From 1973: Egon and Diane von und zu Fürstenberg are a contemporary version of the American Dream.
  8. from the archives
    O.J. and the Untouchables: Getting Away With ItWhite or Black, if you’ve got the bucks, you can duck the heat. Notes on a modern-day rite of passage.
  9. from the archives
    Waiting for the Big OneMaybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But many scientists agree: A quake is coming. And New York isn’t ready for it.
  10. from the archives
    Ho Chi Minh in New YorkGloria Steinem digs into the rumors of the Vietnamese leader’s Manhattan past.
  11. reread
    New York Magazine Party
    Happy 90th Birthday, Gloria Steinem!To celebrate, we’re republishing 15 pieces of her writing for New York.
  12. from the archives
    The City on the Eve of DestructionGloria Steinem and Lloyd Weaver report from New York City on the night of Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder.
  13. from the archives
    The Souls of (Lower-Middle-Class) White FolkGloria Steinem on the emerging coalition of affluent Republicans and blue-collar whites.
  14. from the archives
    Vietnam in QueensFrom 1969, Gloria Steinem on the antiwar views of returning wounded soldiers.
  15. from the archives
    That Woman in City HallIt was no surprise when Ronnie Eldridge was named special assistant to the mayor. Some even think she should be mayor.
  16. from the archives
    “Hi There, I’m Ed Koch”Gloria Steinem profiles the charming, ambitious congressman who, less than a decade later, was elected mayor.
  17. from the archives
    Laboratory for Love StylesGloria Steinem on the rapidly evolving relationship dynamics of the early 1970s.
  18. from the archives
    The Politics of Sex and FashionRepressed fashion, wrote Gloria Steinem in 1970, often pairs with societal oppression.
  19. from the archives
    The War Against NixonGloria Steinem on the backlash in the days after the Kent State shootings.
  20. from the archives
    More Hot-Weather SpecialsGloria Steinem introduces a new abbreviation, neither Mrs. nor Miss, in this 1970 column. “How do you pronounce ‘Ms.’?”
  21. from the archives
    Getting Rich Off WelfareIn this story from the January 18, 1971, issue of New York, Gloria Steinem writes about the grim state of welfare services in New York City.
  22. from the archives
    Sisterhood“These deep and personal connections of women often ignore barriers … all the barriers that, in male or mixed society, seem so difficult to cross.”
  23. from the archives
    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.
  24. from the archives
    Truman Capote Bites the Hands That Fed HimWhy the jet set was outraged by their favorite author in 1976.
  25. from the archives
    You and Your Big Mouth: Tom Wolfe on the New York AccentHow the Honks and Wonks reveal the phonetic truth about status.
  26. from the archives
    Freaking Out in Los AngelesAll the major madness of the world walks the streets of Los Angeles, Tom Wolfe discovers.
  27. from the archives
    Advertising’s Secret MessagesDo advertisers really know what they’re saying?
  28. from the archives
    The New Life Out There: Electro-graphic ArchitectureTom Wolfe on the all-American vernacular art of the neon sign.
  29. from the archives
    Tom Wolfe on Streetfight EtiquetteNew Yorkers are softer than they sound.
  30. reread
    Tom Wolfe’s Worldview Came Into Focus In New YorkThe new documentary “Radical Wolfe” captures a singular writer whose story is bound up with our own—as you can read in his freshly-digitized archive.
  31. from the archives
    The Ultimate Power: Seeing ’Em JumpThe exercise of power brings rewards beyond merely controlling policy or money. To many, the ultimate reward is that of getting people to jump.
  32. from the archives
    Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’sIt’s a tricky business, integrating new politics with tried and true social motifs.
  33. from the archives
    The Birth of ‘The New Journalism’; Eyewitness Report by Tom WolfeParticipant reveals main factors leading to demise of the novel, rise of new style covering events.
  34. from the archives
    The “Me” Decade and the Third Great AwakeningThe new alchemical dream is: changing one’s personality—remaking, remodeling, elevating, and polishing one’s very self.
  35. from the archives
    From the Archives: When Soho Was Imperiled“Artists came to Soho because it was ignored and cheap. Now it is no longer ignored, and soon it will not be cheap.”
  36. from the archives
    From the Archives: We Renovated Our Own Brownstone — It Was a Million Laughs“When someone asks was it worth it, I say yes, because while my arm didn’t heal properly, the ceiling job is beautiful.”
  37. from the archives
    From the Archives: When Williamsburg Became the New BohemiaA portrait of an artists’ colony in Brooklyn, circa 1992.
  38. from the archives
    From the Archives: When Gentrification Hit the Lower East SideThere goes the neighborhood.
  39. announcements
    Introducing Reread: Real Estate Mania, a New Newsletter MiniseriesClassic stories of the next hot neighborhood, the renovation that seemingly never ends, and the living situation that’s really too good to be true.
  40. reread
    Penn Station’s Train Hall Opens Next Week. We’ve Been Covering It for 27 Years.The new Moynihan Train Hall in the old Farley Post Office opens this week after three decades of rerouting and delays.
  41. reread
    In 2002, Our Singles-Issue Cover Model Was the Future First LadyMelania and the firefighter.
  42. from the archives
    How New York Caricatured Richard Nixon Through the YearsTalking to the magazine’s original graphic-design team about capturing the crooked president, who appeared on our cover ten times from 1968 to 1974.
  43. reread
    New York’s 1977 Blackout Issue: Reagan, Abzug, and the Mayor of Paris Weigh InWhat the powerful had to say after the lights came back on.
  44. from the archives
    How New York Has Covered LGBT Life in the Years Since StonewallIn 1969, we missed the rebellion. But in the five decades since, we’ve covered the changing community.
  45. from the archives
    Revisiting Some of the Most Memorable Homes Wendy Goodman Ever ScoutedOn the occasion of her memoir, our design editor recalls a few of her greatest hits.
  46. from the archives
    The Making of Tom Wolfe’s ‘Radical Chic’Remembering the story that helped put New York on the map.
  47. from the archives
    The Subway Crisis We’ve Been Writing About for 48 YearsThe intensity of the subway’s troubles is new, but the problems themselves are not.
  48. from the archives
    Revisiting New York Magazine’s First IssueFeaturing Rita Moreno’s ropa vieja recipe, Tom Wolfe on New York accents, Gloria Steinem on Ho Chi Minh, and more.
  49. reread
    Remembering New York’s Great Illustrator Robert GrossmanA celebration of one of our early contributors.
  50. Kissing Cynthia Heimel Good-byeRemembering the humorous writer.
Load More