On October 24, 2025, actor and director Christopher Guest took the stage for a discussion with New Yorker Staff Writer Ariel Levy, composed of New Yorker The 26th annual festival features a weekend of talks, screenings, performances and more. The festival, which became the hallmark of the magazine, was held in New York and brought together leading representatives of literature, cinema, comedy, television, politics and medicine.
Christopher Guest director, actor and musician. His films include The Big Picture, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, For Your Consideration and Mascots. He also appeared in the films This Is Spinal Injury, The Long Riders, The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men and Night at the Museum 2. He won an Emmy Award for his work with Lily Tomlin and a Grammy Award for the song “A Mighty Wind” from the film of the same name.
Ariel Levy joined New Yorker as a staff writer in 2008. Her magazine topics included a South African runner. Caster Semenya; artist Lisa Yuskavage; Edith Windsorplaintiff in the Supreme Court case that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act; And ayahuasca drug. Levy won a National Magazine Award in 2014 for her essay “Thanksgiving in Mongolia” She is also a New York Times bestselling author.”Rules don't apply”, and host and co-creator of the podcast “The Just Enough Family”.
