"As the documentary records the race to complete The New Yorker's 100th Anniversary Issue, it also delves into the magazine's unlikely evolution, from a locally focussed humor magazine to an internationally renowned publication that also produces films, podcasts, digital reporting, and more. Between vignettes that capture current writers, editors, cartoonists, and fact checkers at work-reporting from a Syrian prison or a Trump rally, or confirming the names of a few prison cats-the film revisits seminal moments in New Yorker history, both triumphant and less so."
"John Hersey's " Hiroshima" and Rachel Carson's " Silent Spring," it recounts, expanded the scope of journalism and changed public opinion; " In Cold Blood," published as a four-part series, by Truman Capote, caused a sensation, but the writer's methods also generated concern within the magazine, and ultimately inspired changes to how articles are prepared for publication. Narrated by Julianne Moore, "The New Yorker at 100" was directed by Marshall Curry, who received an Academy Award for his short film "The Neighbors' Window.""
The New Yorker prepared a centennial issue under intense final-month pressure, captured in a feature documentary to be released by Netflix on December 5. The film follows the race to finish the 100th Anniversary Issue and traces the magazine's growth from a locally focused humor publication into an internationally renowned outlet that produces films, podcasts, and digital reporting. The documentary juxtaposes vignettes of current staff reporting and fact-checking with revisits to landmark pieces like John Hersey's Hiroshima, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, showing their influence and controversies. Julianne Moore narrates; Marshall Curry directed; Judd Apatow executive-produced; celebrities offer reminiscences.
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