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What to do this week, in New York City and beyond.

In Na Hong-jin's monster movie, violent small-town comedy and big-budget Hollywood imperialism collide.

A coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President's passion project--renovating D.C. in his own image.

Twenty-odd shows from Edinburgh's annual avant-garde rumspringa.

Our critic's picks for going back to school. Plus: an Edith Wharton novella for a last gasp of the season.

Today's theme: Coverups.

Funny drawings from this week's magazine.

Since the nineteen-forties, smokejumpers have been parachuting into remote parts of the U.S. to contain dangerous blazes.

Marlon James's new novel follows a group of gay men who seek love, connection, and restitution after a bloody homophobic attack.

When the rapper Fenix Flexin débuted a new accent on his single "Rubberz," he stumbled into a century-old fight over musical fraudulence.