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Giving Up the Ghost

The Root of All Evil Did a bizarre experiment using modern medical technology to reveal the secrets of demonic possession unleash a deadly curse on its participants?

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Fact Is Fiction In an interview, Colson Whitehead discusses his new novel, Crook Manifesto, cancel culture, and why he avoids reading contemporary fiction

Landing Gear

Shake, Rattle, and Roll The finest point-and-shoot Leica available gets an upgrade! A Bang & Olufsen speaker that will move you to your core! See through the earbud marketing gimmicks—grab yourself a transparent pair! And more …


Cinéma Vérité

Pasolini’s Inferno A fellow persecuted Italian intellectual revisits the little-remembered trials and tribulations that the writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini withstood in the name of his art—up until the end

Adventures in Journalism

Assignment: Sinatra
Part IV
Talese turns in “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”—one of the most memorable profiles in magazine history—and worries about the reaction from editor and subject

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Television

Love in the Time of Colanders On air for 11 seasons, Frasier made David Hyde Pierce a household name, and now he’s back on TV as chef Julia Child’s adoring husband

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Film

A Man Out of Time How Robert Altman and a down-on-his-luck Elliott Gould re-invented the detective movie

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Pay to Play

Welcome to Fantasyland With a ski slope, amusement park, and more than 350 shops, American Dream is the second-largest mall in America. It’s a little bit of a nightmare—and the key to understanding who we are now

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Risky Business

The Man Who Bought the World The Japanese tech visionary Masayoshi Son might have made and lost more money than anyone in history. His former right-hand man recalls how hubris brought him low

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Inconvenient Truths

Roanoke’s Requiem: Part II Last May, we investigated a mysterious cancer surge at Roanoke College. Amid new revelations of toxic chemicals and more cancer, the search for answers continues

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Campus Follies

A Blood Sport with Blow-Dries On social media, college girls are treating sorority rush like reality TV—and earning millions in the process

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L.A. Confidential

True Confessions? Did Joan Didion’s husband have the hots for Eve Babitz—or was he moving in another direction?

Past is Prologue

The Billionaire and the Rabble Army Sir James Goldsmith’s short-lived Referendum Party spent lavishly but won few votes. Three decades later, his neo-populist politics—and enthusiasm for tariffs—are roiling the Western world


Close-up

Vicky Krieps The Phantom Thread actress stars as Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria, a role previously inhabited by Romy Schneider and that hints at Princess Diana’s struggles, in Corsage, out next week

The Not-so-Dolce Vita

Famiglia Feud Gianni Agnelli’s grandson John Elkann turned a failing family business into a $40 billion global empire. Now he’s doing community service to avoid a legal dispute with his own mother

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Modern Times

Drop the Diet … … and pick up the needle. The latest trend in weight loss among the .01-percenters is pricey but highly effective injectables

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But First …

The View from Here Here’s why Putin thinks basketball superstar Brittney Griner is a fair trade for ex-K.G.B. arms dealer Viktor Bout

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The Far-Right Stuff

Welcome to Trumpomuskovia! Timothy Snyder, the author of the best-selling On Tyranny, discusses the new era of American oligarchs and explains why Trump is little, while Musk is big

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Posh and Spicy

Dirty Rotten Scandal A “headless” man, a woman in pearls, louche aristocrats, a vast estate, early revenge porn, and one of the most shocking trials of postwar London. Now it’s a new mini-series starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany

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But First …

The Attention Whore of the Year Awards Elon? Tucker? Joe? Whom did you choose as the biggest braggart and blowhard of 2024?

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Film Classics

On Targets In 1968, Peter Bogdanovich directed his first film, about what was then an uncommon event: a mass shooting. It haunted him to the end

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The Word Doctor A program to bring your old Word documents back to life! Finally, a smartphone you can repair yourself! A grip to help you take professional iPhone pictures! And more …


Film Classics

In Search of Misspent Youth Hormones, horsepower, and hamburgers: the making of American Graffiti

Before the Fringe

The Riling Class Before the British Invasion, there was the satire boom. Its ground zero was a grotty strip joint turned nightclub in Soho that Peter Cook re-christened “the Establishment”

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