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The Irishman and the Empty Man: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part One
In the first installment of a quarterly series, Brendan Boyle and Adam Nayman use two films as a lens on the Biden years.
Brendan Boyle, Adam NaymanFeb 15
- Film
- Politics
Deborah Treisman’s “A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Deborah Treisman to discuss The New Yorker’s new anthology of short stories, “A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker, 1925-2025.”
LARB Radio HourFeb 14
Cinema and the Screen of the Self
Philip Sorenson reviews Laura Henriksen’s “Laura’s Desires.”
Philip SorensonFeb 14
- Poetry
- Film
The False Promises of Indian Community
Romy Rajan considers Payal Kapadia’s new film “All We Imagine as Light.”
Romy RajanFeb 14
- Film
Who Shall and Shall Not Have a Place in the World?
In the seventh essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Lily Hu asks whether the racialist and eugenicist roots of statistics can be cordoned off from “proper” science.
Lily HuFeb 13
I Was … But You Were …
On the 10th anniversary of its release, Vrinda Jagota revisits Rupi Kaur’s “milk and honey.”
Vrinda JagotaFeb 12
- Poetry
My Date at the Holocaust Ballet
Dorie Chevlen attends “Memoryhouse,” an abstract, cinematic performance that still managed to dance around comparisons to contemporary injustices.
Dorie ChevlenFeb 12
The Power of the Moving Image
Peter B. Kaufman argues that video has become our dominant cultural medium, yet we lack reliable archives for the audiovisual record.
Peter B. KaufmanFeb 11
“Here” and Now: Hollywood’s Dubious AI Wager
Joshua Glick explores how Robert Zemeckis’s unsatisfying dependence on AI in “Here” reflects the state of our culture.
Joshua GlickFeb 11
- Film
Vital Congruities
Rose Higham-Stainton reviews the reissue of Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Fish out of Water.”
Rose Higham-StaintonFeb 10
- Art & Architecture
- Fiction
Crashes on the Information Highway
Kendra Sullivan reviews Chris Campanioni’s “Windows 85.”
Kendra SullivanFeb 10
- Poetry
- Science & Technology
Points of Entry
Mary Turfah writes on Lebanon and broken glass in an online release from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Mary TurfahFeb 9
You Are Having Fun
Will Gottsegen considers what is lost in Spotify’s era of pandering recommendation.
Will GottsegenFeb 9
- Music
Dino Buzzati’s Fantastic Universe
Valentina Polcini reviews Dino Buzzati’s “The Bewitched Bourgeois: Fifty Stories.”
Valentina PolciniFeb 8
- Fiction
Yet the Weapons Flow
As Sudanese civilians endure the world’s biggest displacement and humanitarian crises, uprooted political analyst Dallia Abdelmoniem unpacks the genocidal war in her country.
Elle Kurancid, Dallia AbdelmoniemFeb 8
- Politics
- Law
Colette Shade’s “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything”
Eric Newman speaks with Colette Shade about her book “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”
LARB Radio HourFeb 7