New York Magazine - USA (2019-11-11)

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122 New York Crossword,
by Matt Gaffney
124 The Approval Matrix

the culture pages

93

Ocean of Longing

French-Senegalese

director Mati Diop’s

Cannes-winning

migrant-ghost story

By Maya Binyam

96

Read Likethe Wind

Quicksand isreal, sex-

ghouls, and roving eyes

By Molly Young

98

‘KnivesOut’ Will

Kill You

How Rian Johnson

made an unlikely

whodunit

By Adam Sternbergh

102

Post-Ironic

Diablo Cody

A conversation

with the Oscar winner

and librettist of

Jagged Little Pill

By Genevieve Smith

106

Critics

pop by

Craig Jenkins

Let Kanye’s faith,

and his ego,

be unbroken

movies by

David Edelstein

Fordv Ferrari

shifts gears on the

formula

art & architecture

by Jerry Saltz and

Justin Davidson

Two critics get lost in

the new MoMA

116

To Do

Twenty-five picks for

the next two weeks

strategist

75

Best Bets
Kindercore, a new
crayon-colored design
movement

77
Look Book
The scene at Aperture
Foundation

80
The One-Page Guide
Buying a toy

82
Design Hunting
A holdout in the
Chelsea Hotel
By Wendy Goodman

86
Food
Platt on Hutong;
Greek home cooking at
MoMA PS1; chili and
noodles in Boerum Hill

november 11–24, 2019

10 new york | nymag.com

on the cover: Illustration by
Robert Beatty for New York
Magazine. this page: Edvin
Thompson, fashion designer
(see “Look Book,” p.77).
Photograph by Kyle Dorosz for
New York Magazine.