The New Yorker Presents

Filmmaker Alex Gibney tells how the FBI could have prevented the 9/11 attacks; Paul Giamatti plays 19th-century French author Honore de Balzac; patients with "The Truman Show" delusion believe their lives are being watched on TV.

Filmmaker Steve James profiles two young bull riders; writer Edwidge Danticat looks at racist violence in America through art; writer Nick Paumgarten on the closure of the Revel casino in Atlantic City; cartoons by Roz Chast and Liana Finck.

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme profiles biologist Tyrone Hayes; writer Ariel Levy interviews artist Marina Abramovic; a sketch from Simon Rich and Alan Cumming; a poem written by Matthew Dickman; cartoons by Emily Flake.

Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams profiles Cassandro, the flamboyant gay star of Mexican wrestling; Michael Seidenberg operated a secret bookstore in a Manhattan apartment before getting an eviction notice.

Filmmaker Lucy Walker profiles renegade chef Craig Thornton; chef Charles Gabriel is an uptown institution; director Janicza Bravo gives us the recipe for a dinner gone wrong.

An ordinary woman meets a movie star during an airplane flight; the unique light of Los Angeles; the epidemic of mass incarceration in the United States.

Filmmaker Dawn Porter follows a dedicated nurse working with some of the poorest families in America; acclaimed singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has a photography show at a Manhattan gallery.

Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman profile apostate preacher Rob Bell; puppeteer Basil Twist; profile of Bill Murray; Charles Grodin and John Turturro play a therapist and a patient who wants to end therapy.

Filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way profile master thief Blane Nordahl; writer Nick Paumgarten explains why life as we know it depends on elevators; the artist called Tom of Finland changed the image of gay men forever.

Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki explores Cuba; members of the Society of Professional Investigator gather for a monthly dinner; Pulitzer-winning composer John Luther Adams.

Filmmaker Jesse Moss' documentary on the police department in Albuquerque, where 28 civilians have been killed by cops since 2010; Kenny R. Burck, the father of the Naked Cowboy; preserving the culture and language of the Inupiat tribe.