Rachel Riederer
A Veterinarian’s Soothing Compassion, in “The Passing”
The documentary short by Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas follows Michael Mullen on his rounds attending to pets and their owners.
A New Book About Plant Intelligence Highlights the Messiness of Scientific Change
In “The Light Eaters,” by Zoë Schlanger, the field of botany itself functions as a character—one in the process of undergoing a potentially radical transformation.
The Year of the Orca
A group of killer whales ramming boats in the Strait of Gibraltar this summer launched a tidal wave of cheeky projection from would-be marine biologists.
A Story of Black Joy and Family Names in “Parker”
Sharon Liese and Catherine Hoffman’s short film follows three close-knit generations through the process of changing their last name and unravelling some family history.
A Heat Shield for the Most Important Ice on Earth
Engineers might be able to protect Arctic ice by coating it with tiny glass bubbles. Should they?
An Emmy-Winning Year in New Yorker Video
In more than eighty short projects, filmmakers explored the personal and the political, subverting tropes and expectations.
An Evocative Year in New Yorker Illustrations
A collection of some of the most striking images of 2022.
When Polar Bears Come to Town
“Nuisance Bear,” Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s portrait of a Manitoba town known for its polar-bear tourism, turns the nature documentary on its head.
What Happens to a Family “When Glaciers Go”
Corey Robinson’s short documentary follows a Nepali family grappling with the personal side of climate change.
An Early Requiem for Oil
In the documentary short “Black Gold,” Sydney Bowie Linden offers a portrait of a California oil town and the anxieties of some of its residents who see an unwelcome transition on the horizon.
International Coöperation in a Bakery, in “Refuge”
Two filmmakers who set out to make a film about refugees put aside the harrowing in favor of a slice of life.
Searching for Treasure and Purpose in the Rockies
The film “Finding Fenn’s Gold,” directed by Sara Joe Wolansky, follows members of a vast community who’ve spent years following cryptic clues to locate a hidden chest of treasure.
When a Cruise Ship Is as Big as Its Port
With “View,” the filmmaker Odveig Klyve offers a sensory look at the ill effects of cruise tourism on a Norwegian port city.
The Year in New Yorker Video
A diverse collection of documentary and narrative shorts, including six short-listed for Academy Awards, reflected important changes in the film industry.
The Year in New Yorker Illustrations
The art adorning the magazine in 2021 changed alongside news about COVID-19, but there remained room for playfulness, too.
The Amateur Miners Who Dig Through More Than Dirt
The documentary short “The Diamond” shows everything that comes to the surface at the world’s only public diamond-bearing field.
The Masculinity Lessons of “Father and Gun”
A documentary short explores the lessons being passed from fathers to sons at a California shooting range.
Life After Lynching in “Ashes to Ashes”
The artist Winfred Rembert and the activist and physician Shirley Jackson Whitaker reckon with the living legacy of racist violence in America.
New Yorker Photography in a Year of Crisis
Photographers for the magazine in 2020 located surprising forms of artistry within the pandemic’s constraints.
A Veterinarian’s Soothing Compassion, in “The Passing”
The documentary short by Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas follows Michael Mullen on his rounds attending to pets and their owners.
A New Book About Plant Intelligence Highlights the Messiness of Scientific Change
In “The Light Eaters,” by Zoë Schlanger, the field of botany itself functions as a character—one in the process of undergoing a potentially radical transformation.
The Year of the Orca
A group of killer whales ramming boats in the Strait of Gibraltar this summer launched a tidal wave of cheeky projection from would-be marine biologists.
A Story of Black Joy and Family Names in “Parker”
Sharon Liese and Catherine Hoffman’s short film follows three close-knit generations through the process of changing their last name and unravelling some family history.
A Heat Shield for the Most Important Ice on Earth
Engineers might be able to protect Arctic ice by coating it with tiny glass bubbles. Should they?
An Emmy-Winning Year in New Yorker Video
In more than eighty short projects, filmmakers explored the personal and the political, subverting tropes and expectations.
An Evocative Year in New Yorker Illustrations
A collection of some of the most striking images of 2022.
When Polar Bears Come to Town
“Nuisance Bear,” Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s portrait of a Manitoba town known for its polar-bear tourism, turns the nature documentary on its head.
What Happens to a Family “When Glaciers Go”
Corey Robinson’s short documentary follows a Nepali family grappling with the personal side of climate change.
An Early Requiem for Oil
In the documentary short “Black Gold,” Sydney Bowie Linden offers a portrait of a California oil town and the anxieties of some of its residents who see an unwelcome transition on the horizon.
International Coöperation in a Bakery, in “Refuge”
Two filmmakers who set out to make a film about refugees put aside the harrowing in favor of a slice of life.
Searching for Treasure and Purpose in the Rockies
The film “Finding Fenn’s Gold,” directed by Sara Joe Wolansky, follows members of a vast community who’ve spent years following cryptic clues to locate a hidden chest of treasure.
When a Cruise Ship Is as Big as Its Port
With “View,” the filmmaker Odveig Klyve offers a sensory look at the ill effects of cruise tourism on a Norwegian port city.
The Year in New Yorker Video
A diverse collection of documentary and narrative shorts, including six short-listed for Academy Awards, reflected important changes in the film industry.
The Year in New Yorker Illustrations
The art adorning the magazine in 2021 changed alongside news about COVID-19, but there remained room for playfulness, too.
The Amateur Miners Who Dig Through More Than Dirt
The documentary short “The Diamond” shows everything that comes to the surface at the world’s only public diamond-bearing field.
The Masculinity Lessons of “Father and Gun”
A documentary short explores the lessons being passed from fathers to sons at a California shooting range.
Life After Lynching in “Ashes to Ashes”
The artist Winfred Rembert and the activist and physician Shirley Jackson Whitaker reckon with the living legacy of racist violence in America.
New Yorker Photography in a Year of Crisis
Photographers for the magazine in 2020 located surprising forms of artistry within the pandemic’s constraints.