7.6/1047 votesLoading...#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2016
Filmmaker Alex Gibney (Going Clear) tells how the FBI could have prevented the 9/11 attacks - if it weren't for the CIA. Le Cafe de Balzac: Paul Giamatti plays 19th-century French author Honore de Balzac, who drank 50 cups of coffee each day. Unreality Star: Patients with "The Truman Show delusion" believe their lives are being watched on TV. Cartoon by Roz Chast.
Director: Alex Gibney
Writer: Alex Gibney
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#2 - Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2016
THE SILVER THIEF: Filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country; The Battered Bastards of Baseball) profile master thief Blane Nordahl. UP AND THEN DOWN: Writer Nick Paumgarten explains why life as we know it depends on elevators. TOM OF FINLAND: The artist called Tom of Finland changed the image of gay men forever. Is his work porn, or is it art? CARTOONS by Farley Katz and Benjamin Schwartz.
Director: Jyllian Gunther, Chapman Way, Maclain Way
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#3 - Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2016
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Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2016
The Ride of Their Lives: Filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) profiles two young people in the world's most dangerous sport - bull riding. Black Bodies in Motion and in Pain: Writer Edwidge Danticat looks at racist violence in America through art. The Death and Life of Atlantic City: Writer Nick Paumgarten on the closure of the Revel casino. Cartoons by Roz Chast and Liana Finck.
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#5 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/2016
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#7 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/22/2016
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Director: Lucy Walker
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#11 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/2016
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Director: Roger Ross Williams
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The Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents
Every episode of The New Yorker Presents ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Yorker Presents!
A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Prime Video
Best Episodes Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The New Yorker Presents". It scored 7.6/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Alex Gibney and written by Alex Gibney, it aired on 2/16/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 9".