New York
Food and Wine
A Mitzvah on Division Street Alison Roman, Andy Baraghani, and Sascha Seinfeld gathered at Sunn’s restaurant, in New York’s Chinatown, for a Korean-style Passover Seder
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Bigger, Better, Starrier Twelve years after its brief run on Broadway, Sting brings The Last Ship, his autobiographical passion project, to the Metropolitan Opera House
But First …
The View from Here A cheerleader’s call to President Biden: How about less pomp and more pom-poms?
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A Cri de Coeur for the Moment Alice Diop discusses Saint Omer, a drama of race and motherhood that marks the filmmaker’s first fiction feature, selected as France’s entry in the upcoming Academy Awards
T.G.I.S.
The Attention-Whore Index Trump, Musk, Carlson—the names trip off the tongue like a list of medical complaints, but which one will get your vote? Plus, all the latest cat-killing and baby-frightening news from around the world
T.G.I.S.
The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump gets down, Kristi Noem sucks up, and Elon Musk fibs widely
Film
Written in the Stars The seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Wes Anderson has made the funniest, most heartfelt, and most poignant film of his career
Lit Split
J. K. Rowling’s Goblet of a Firestorm Even when she’s defending Salman Rushdie’s rights, some in the literary world want to see her silenced. Or worse
Books
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2025 The story of the man who created Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; a bio of William F. Buckley Jr.; a revealing look inside Facebook; a slice of New York history that laid the groundwork for Zohran Mamdani; and more holiday nonfiction reading for every taste!
