The New Yorker Interview
In-depth conversations with people of note.
Diane von Furstenberg Will See You Now
The fashion icon is still starring in the story of her life, dispensing wisdom on our age of prudishness, the “three types of women,” and why “only losers don’t feel like losers.”
By Michael Schulman
Susan Seidelman Knows What It’s Like to Be in “Movie Jail”
The groundbreaking director of “Desperately Seeking Susan” on proving people wrong, learning from Nora Ephron, and the upshot of making a movie without realizing you’re pregnant.
By Rachel Syme
Annie Baker Shifts Her Focus to the Big Screen
In the playwright’s début film, “Janet Planet,” Julianne Nicholson stars as an object of obsession for her daughter—and everyone else—over the course of a long, hot summer in western Massachusetts.
By Helen Shaw
Jonathan Groff Rolls Merrily Back
The actor reflects on his journey in reverse: from his latest Tony nomination to his arrival in New York, waiting tables and dreaming of Broadway.
By Michael Schulman
Aasif Mandvi Contains Multitudes
The actor and comedian on his “Daily Show” breakthrough, writing the roles he wanted to see, and playing a new kind of character in “Evil.”
By Inkoo Kang
A Poet’s Reckoning with What Poetry Can Do
Diane Seuss says, of writing her latest collection, “Modern Poetry,” “I really did feel that I didn’t know how to move forward without something like an answer.”
By Hanif Abdurraqib
What George Miller Has Learned in Forty-five Years of Making “Mad Max” Movies
In a series of conversations, the director of “Furiosa” explains why silent films have the best action, audiences are seldom wrong, and his wife is always right.
By Burkhard Bilger
Amy Herzog Wants You to Enter Into the Strangeness of Caregiving
The playwright on the new production of her play “Mary Jane,” which stars Rachel McAdams as the mother of a two-year-old born with serious medical conditions.
By Parul Sehgal
The Scholar of Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld on how to write jokes, the ending of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and the world-historical struggle to invent the Pop-Tart.
By David Remnick
Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone
The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course.
By David Remnick