Lane Brown — Writer & Editor at New York Magazine

The Feed Is Fake (New York magazine)

What if every viral song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama you’ve scrolled by recently was the result of a stealth marketing campaign?

The ultrarich divulge how money bent their reality (and whether they even noticed).

Did Stanley Kubrick warn us about Jeffrey Epstein?

It’s not just screens or COVID or too-strong weed. Maybe the culprit of our cognitive decline is unfettered access to each other.

Decades of science have not found a way to regrow lost hair. Until, maybe, now.

For years, studios found it cheaper to shoot elsewhere. And now that the industry has collapsed, elsewhere is the only place they’ll shoot.

They’re consistent, convenient, tasty — and at a time of recalls and outbreaks, one of the riskiest things you could eat.

How a former nightclub impresario and reptile enthusiast became one of the most successful doc filmmakers of our time.

The most overrated metric in movies is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.

TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.

Multiplexes are failing at their most basic function: delivering a bright, sharp image.

Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.

And used AI to make Revolver better than ever.

The actor thinks audiences just want to be surprised. He’d do (almost) anything to oblige.

A true-crime podcast series about the mysterious death of bitcoin baron Gerald Cotten and the $250 million that disappeared with him.

How the Vietnam War epic Da 5 Bloods became one of the most ambitious films of his career.

David Robert Mitchell on his ambitious, divisive, long-awaited new movie, Under the Silver Lake.

Diamond Dave on tattoo skin care and the future of Van Halen.

An unusual visit to our offices.

The director discusses the country’s legacy of white supremacy, Obama, and why he doesn’t worry about a Transformers future.

With an album so good even Noel Gallagher likes it.

And how much money he’d need to reunite with Oasis.

The producer on 40 years of Saturday Night Live.