As its name would suggest, the New York Review of Architecture reviews architecture in New York. But this big, clever, funny magazine does much more too, delivering smart and gloriously overblown criticism on everything from movies, to rubbish collection, to cafes in banks.

 
In this issue:

• New York’s timeless obsession with banishing its rat population
• The politics at play in preserving New York landmarks
• Sneakers as signifiers of national identity
• The battles over New York’s congestion pricing
• And a duet of reviews of architectural movies – The Brutalist and Megalopolis