The Inescapable Thingness
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Andy Warhol obsessively documented his life, but he also lied constantly, almost recreationally.
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Roz Chast has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 1978. She published the book “I Must Be Dreaming” in October, 2023.
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Books
1982 and the Fate of Filmgoing
A new book claims that a few big summer movies heralded an epochal shift in the motion-picture industry, but is that really how cultural history works?
By Anthony Lane
Culture Desk
Céline Dion Goes On
Viewers of the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion” know just how hard-won the pop superstar’s rumored comeback at the Olympics would be.
By Lauren Collins
On Television
Julio Torres’s “Fantasmas” Finds Truth in Fantasy
In the comedian and writer’s new HBO show, guest stars and surreal distractions provide witty symbolic keys to serious themes.
By Vinson Cunningham
Daily Comment
Joe Biden Leaves the Stage
The Shakespearean end to a distinguished reign.
By Adam Gopnik