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February 15, 2021

Cover Story

Chloé Zhao’s America

How a filmmaker born in China and obsessed with the American West made a post-Recession drama that is now an Oscar favorite. By Alison Willmore

On the Cover: Chloé Zhao. Photograph by Amanda Demme for New York Magazine.

features

The Crisis Candidate

Maya Wiley thinks she can mend a city in turmoil.

By Rebecca Traister
The Gut Renovation of Ryan Serhant

The reality-TV real-estate broker is just as good at selling luxury apartments as he is at selling himself.

By Andrew Rice

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