Armie Hammer Breaks His Silence: Coda Two years ago, allegations of rape destroyed the actor’s career. This week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office dropped its case against him
Academy Anxiety For 95 years, the Oscar for best picture signified excellence. What will it mean when the Academy starts enforcing its new eligibility rules?

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No. 203
Trump on the Volga
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD WHITE MEN
Armie Hammer: Coda
QUEEN OF THE AMAZON
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Biggie’s Bodega
Nestled under a candy-striped awning on Division Street is the latest arrival to New York’s Dimes Square neighborhood: Biggie’s Bodega…
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Third Girl from the Left
The benefit of hindsight has inspired scores of works about AIDS—autobiographies, social histories…
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Alain Llorca
During peak season, mere mortals will struggle to book a table at La Colombe d’Or, the movie-star watering hole (with excellent food) in the…
The Diary of Hannah Goslar In an excerpt from her memoir, Anne Frank’s closest childhood friend recalls the years leading up to their deportations, and their against-all-odds reunion
Bons Mots and Bad Turns Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style, Paul Rudnick’s comic novel, follows two gay men maneuvering New York City, Los Angeles, and beyond through the ’70s and ‘80
Back to the Beginning Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night tracks the personal histories of three men involved in a tragic murder
Modern Times
Not Even the Queen Escaped Oxford’s Wokification
Authors and Villains