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GOINGS ON • What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.

THE NEW YORKER • COMMENT MAKING WAVES

THE MISFIT ARTIST • Lee Chang-dong’s cinema of social necessity.

A.I. II

THE FIRST SOCIAL NETWORK • In rural Argentina, isolated residents exchange messages over AM radio.

THE ROAD TO ALEPPO • An aspiring reporter's education on the border of the Syrian war.

ROBOT, TAKE THE WHEEL • Waymos are coming. Will we hand over the keys?

Chuck Murphy's Last Run

ON THE RUN • In Anna Seghers’s tautly suspenseful novels, fugitives stay one step ahead of the Nazis.

GIVING THEM THE FINGER • The yakuza fancied themselves men of honor. That made them dangerous.

FRAMED • Deana Lawson’s subjects of surveillance.

BOYS DON'T CRY • The funny, pervy, and provocative new play “Degenerates.”

HE SAID, SHE SAID • "You Can See Everything."

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST • Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit a caption, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Caption submissions for this week's cartoon, by Tom Chitty, must be received by Sunday, October 18th. The finalists in the October 5th contest appear below. We will announce the winner, and the finalists in this week's contest, in the November 2nd issue. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To do so, and to read the complete rules, visit contest.newyorker.com.