The New Yorker

 

Culture Dept.

Director’s Commentary Julio Torres on the Rocky Relationship That Drives “Problemista” The director dissects a key scene that establishes the dynamic between his character, who is embroiled in the U.S.’s immigration systems, and Tilda Swinton’s “temperamental art-world lady,” down to the meanings of their hair styles. By The New Yorker

Photo Booth In Justine Kurland’s Photographs, a Mother and Son Hit the Road Some of the portraits in “This Train” have an Edenic quality to them, as if Kurland is asking: What if my kid and I were the only two people in the world? By Naomi Fry  The Food Scene The Return, Again, of the Power Lunch Four Twenty Five, a luxe new dining room from the mega-restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten, takes square aim at the expense-account crowd. By Helen Rosner