'Empire of Dust'. On the celebrity wellness industry:
'Cheap Thrills'. A profile of the horror film producer Jason Blum:
'The Pop Prodigy Returns'. On Lorde's sophomore album:
'In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale'. An essay on stepmotherhood:
'The Mailroom'. About the Office of Presidential Correspondence:
'The French Defection'. About the political leanings of France's working class:
'Redemption'. On Martin Scorsese's new film 'Silence', about Jesuit preachers in Japan:
'Natural Magic'. About the history of optics, illusions, and virtual reality:
'The Precisionist'. A profile of the filmmaker Kelly Reichardt:
'Blow Up'. A profile of the painter Chuck Close:
'Double Deal'. About a documentary film that follows an F.B.I. informant:
'The Wreck of Amtrak 188'. About a crash in Philadelphia (a rock thrown at the windshield was an important factor):
'North Star'. About Justin Trudeau, Canada's newly elected prime minister:
