John Saward
Scenes from Ted Cruz's Waning Political Revival
The Texas senator's fans aren't discouraged by his third-place finish in South Carolina on Saturday. And as Cruz is ready to remind them, he's the only candidate who's beaten Trump so far.
The Kardashians Are My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' Is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Love and Loneliness in Charlie Kaufman's 'Anomalisa'
The new animated film from director Charlie Kaufman tackles existential dread, loneliness in a world filled with people, and the sameness of human beings.
Here Lies the Hipster
2015 was the year that the hipster (at least the hard-defined, Look At This Fucking variety) died.
We'll Always Have 'Paris, Texas'
A look back at Wim Wenders's masterful film about solitude, wandering, searching, and America.
John at the Bar
I worked at a bar for five years. It was one of those bars that are there to preserve a moment, a state of being, nothing ever changing; crypts with golden sarcophagi, men who can exist as royalty for all eternity.
The New York Juice Crawl Will Make You Forget That We Are All Ugly and Alone
And that after life there is only darkness.
Inside the Boardy Barn: Hampton Bays' Most Notorious Day Drinking Establishment
Going to the Boardy Bar in Hampton Bays is like venturing inside an ant farm made of bicep and stale pizza crust.
‘I'm Really Rich': Donald Trump and the Art of Having No Shame
Fraud, huckster, Nacho Cheese Dorito–dusted goiter wrapped in a full Windsor knot—Donald Trump is many indefensible things. But the motherfucker can make an entrance.
Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather, and Surrendering to the Con
A story about a city of money in the middle of the desert where everyone is playing some version of make-believe.
There is No Romance in the Build-Up to Mayweather-Pacquiao
VICE reports from Las Vegas as the "Fight of the Century" draws near.
Never Forget: Rudy Giuliani and Hanging on Too Long
Giuliani is the human manifestation of the 9/11 Enya montage: a flaming disaster, hollow sentimentality, men saluting with a ribbon pinned to their lapel.