Venice: Can Iñárritu Beguile Oscar Voters Again With ‘Bardo’?
I love a great movie debate, and on only its second day, the Venice Film Festival has kicked off a robust one. As I walked out of the press …
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California Fights Its NIMBYs
By any objective measure, nothing that happens in Woodside, Calif., is going to make much difference to a state whose housing crisis is …
A Solar Firm Plans to Build Off-Grid Neighborhoods in California
For more than a century, governments have offered electric utilities a monopoly on selling power to homes and businesses so long as they agreed …
An N.F.L. Player Tries for a Rookie Year Do-Over
NASHVILLE — Caleb Farley, a Tennessee Titans cornerback, swears he is not an emotional person and rarely cries. But on a Monday night last …
School Is for Wasting Time and Money
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling. My argument in a nutshell: First, everyone leaves school eventually …
School Is for Learning to Read
The most important thing schools can do is teach children how to read. If you can read, you can learn anything. If you can’t, almost everything …
Does This Fisherman Have the Right to Be in a Billionaire’s Backyard?
Colorado’s natural beauty — groves of aspen shimmering in fall, snowcapped 14,000-foot peaks bathed in alpenglow — has much to lure outdoor …
School Year Resumes in Ukraine, but Bleak Season of War Upends Classes
BUCHA, Ukraine — The bodies that littered the school playground in April are gone. The blood on the walls has been scrubbed clean and shattered …
17 Low-Fuss Recipes for Tiny, Tricky Kitchens
A comically small, strangely arranged or poorly outfitted kitchen should not condemn you to a lifetime of fried eggs and takeout. Nor should an …
Venice: Noah Baumbach Finds the Music in ‘White Noise’
VENICE — Noah Baumbach is not a fan of Netflix’s “skip credits” feature. When he directed “Marriage Story” and “The Meyerowitz Stories,” Baumbach …