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Welcome to the Preschool Plague Years
Last September, my newly three-year-old daughter strode into preschool for the first time, sporting a ladybug shirt, red pants, and the particular high-wattage, full-dimple grin she usually reserves for...
An Ingénue’s Intimate Snapshots of the New Hollywood
Candy Clark came to Hollywood at the dawn of the seventies, a spunky twentysomething who’d fled her conservative Texas home town and taken up modelling in New York. Though...
Predictive Analytics: See Your Future Profits
Predictive analytics is a game-changer for businesses looking to boost their profits. By using data to forecast future trends and customer behaviors, companies can make smarter decisions that directly...
When Marvel Meets “Much Ado About Nothing”
Every age, we kid ourselves, gets the Shakespeare it deserves—or, with any luck, the Shakespeare it badly needs. Take a famous example: to read about the Federal Theatre Project’s...
Richard Brody’s New Directors/New Films Picks
Beguiling blends of fiction and nonfiction are the highlights of this year’s edition of the New Directors/New Films series, at Film at Lincoln Center and MOMA, April 2-13. “Fiume...
An Overpriced “Othello” Goes Splat on Broadway
There’s a sense of occasion to the new “Othello” now at the Barrymore, on Broadway—Denzel Washington, one of our last true movie legends, is playing the titular role, and...
Barry Blitt’s “Left to Their Own Devices”
For the cover of the April 7, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Barry Blitt borrows the visual imagery of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to...
Performance Pay: Motivation or Manipulation?
Performance based pay is a hot topic in many workplaces today. Some believe it boosts motivation, while others argue it can lead to manipulation. This article explores the ins...
LLC Benefits: Why Everyone’s Talking About Them
If you’re thinking about starting a business, you’ve probably heard a lot about LLCs, or limited liability companies. They’re becoming a hot topic, and for good reason. An LLC...
The Cinematic Glories of Manoel de Oliveira’s Endless Youth
The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who died in 2015, at the age of a hundred and six, is the Benjamin Button of filmmaking, precocious in reverse. He made...
