Sixty-two of the Best Documentaries of All Time

Plus: how the media talks about global warming, the great economic divide amid the pandemic, and a video about the undecided voter Ken Bone. View in browser | Update your preferences The New Yorker Festival: On-demand viewing of most events—including talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Margaret Atwood, Steve Martin, and more—has been extended until October 19th. Click here for tickets. The Front Row Sixty-two Films That Shaped the Art of Documentary Filmmaking The idea of what a documentary is has shifted according to what has—and hasn’t—been possible during the past hundred years. But the artistic preoccupations of their creators have not changed radically in that time. By Richard Brody Personal History A Pilot’s Son Takes Flight Three journeys from the past century—a rogue adventurer’s, my father’s, and mine—converged in the air. By Ed Caesar Culture Desk How Should the Media Talk About Climate Change? Genevieve Guenther, a former Renaissance scholar, studies how we discuss global warming—and how we don’t. By Lizzie Widdicombe Our Columnists The Coronavirus Divide: Wall Street Profits Surge as Poverty Rises The pandemic has highlighted glaring economic problems that have been building up for decades. By John Cassidy PAID POST New York Times Bestselling Author Tana French Returns From the “most important crime novelist” (The Washington Post) comes a new spellbinding tale of suspense that asks what we sacrifice in search of truth and justice, and what we risk if we don’t. Start reading “The Searcher” now. The New Yorker Documentary Ken Bone and the Legend of the Undecided Voter A new documentary paints a fuller picture of the power-plant worker in the red sweater whose image went viral during the 2016 Presidential campaign. By Naomi Fry Culture and More Fiction “Life Without Children” “What was he? A sixty-two-year-old bachelor. With a wife.” By Roddy Doyle Books Philosophy in the Shadow of Nazism After the First World War, the members of the Vienna Circle tried to put European thought on a rigorously logical footing. Then the times caught up with them. By Adam Kirsch Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Four Years of Firsts Raising a child in America through the Trump years. By Tom Toro Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Snack often made around a fire: five letters. By Wyna Liu This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.