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Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart and Margaret Qualley as Elizabeth Weiland in Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon”

The Broadway Allure of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon

The new movie about Lorenz Hart evokes a hallowed showbiz past.

An illustration of a happy face with a skull revealed underneath

Jacob Bacharach

How Much Worse Could the Internet Get?

Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification is premised on the idea that we created a technological marvel and then corporate greed ruined it. But what if that is not the case?

What Happened to Effective Altruism?

Philosopher Peter Singer inspired the effective altruism movement

What Happened to Effective Altruism?

Books & the Arts

Tim Robinson in a scene from “The Chair Company"

The Chair Company Is a Horror Show About the Workplace

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s new show is distinctly more surreal and uncanny than Severance.

Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning in a scene from Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value

Sentimental Value Is an Upper-Middle-Brow Crowd Pleaser

Joachim Trier’s skillful, literate movies tick a lot of boxes.