Longform Best of 2017

The reclusive director comes out of his shell at 73.

“The real question is this: can I love the art but hate the artist? Can you? When I say we, I mean I. I mean you.”

A profile of The Rock, the best friend you didn’t know you had.

“I intend the reader to hear it.”

A day in the life of Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum, in the wake of the sudden death of his wife when their daughter was four months old.