year in review

2025 Was David Lynch
December 12, 2025
In the summer, the actress Natasha Lyonne relayed an anecdote about the late director David Lynch, in which he told her that A.I. in the creative arts would soon...
Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2025
Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons in 2025
December 10, 2025
What’s in a like? That which we call a heart by any other name would be a retweet. (I am so sorry, mostly to my college Shakespeare professor, but...
The Best TV Shows of 2025
December 8, 2025
Fourteen years ago, Emily Nussbaum, one of my esteemed predecessors in the TV-critic chair, notoriously titled her Top Ten list “I Hate Top Ten Lists.” I’ve seldom felt the...
The Best Jokes of 2025
November 28, 2025
One of my favorite jokes requires a little setup. It’s from the first “Naked Gun” movie, from 1988, starring Leslie Nielsen as the bumbling Los Angeles police detective Frank...
The Best Beauty Products of 2025, According to Vogue’s Beauty Team
June 17, 2025
Sometimes I feel bad asking my colleagues to name the best new beauty products. Choosing one can often feel like picking a favorite child: impossible and largely unfair, but...