Aatish Taseer’s Guide to Istanbul
The travel writer shares his go-to spots in one of his favorite cities
Cinephilia, Italian-Style
How a film festival showing nothing but old movies became an international hit
Breaking Bad
An exhibition in Berlin showcases the radical, experimental paintings and photographs of the 20th-century German artist Marta Astfalck-Vietz
Superman’s Homecoming
Will a divided America embrace the return of a kind superhero long known for championing peace and standing with immigrants?
Charlotte Cardin
With her fame on the rise, the 30-year-old singer is staying true to her Quebecois roots
Exit, Pursued by Applause
The hit-making artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater—André Bishop—steps down after 33 years
The Grift of His Friendship
On this week’s podcast, Jane Boon reveals the man she thought she knew … but didn’t
Eastwood Bound
Clint Eastwood has dominated Hollywood for longer than most anyone else—all while containing countless contradictions
A Grand Scale
Paris’s Grand Palais has undergone a $546 million renovation that could well turn it into an attraction to rival the Eiffel Tower
A Hungarian in Paris
A new coffee-table book collects Brassaï’s photographs of the City of Light, his adopted home and muse for more than 50 years
Elonophobia
That’s it. I’ve had it
Up Close and Personal
Heartbeat Opera posts its acclaimed Salome on YouTube
Moving Mountains
The first American woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen explains how she did it—and why
Lisa’s Mystery Picks
This week, don’t miss a whodunit set on Catalina Island, an Audrey Hepburn–meets–Agatha Christie murder mystery, and a new Tom Thorne police procedural
Down to Earth
Emily Kam Kngwarray’s first major European exhibition, in London, showcases the late Aboriginal painter’s deep connection to her native Australia
Treasure Trove
Confiscated by the Nazis during the Second World War, works by everyone from Cézanne to Picasso collected by a Jewish Holocaust survivor go on show in Australia
The Making of A View to a Kill
Forty years ago, a less than sprightly Roger Moore made his final appearance as 007, alongside Christopher Walken and Grace Jones
Elliott Erwitt’s Last Hurrah
A new coffee-table book celebrates the photographer’s eye for life’s absurdities
Beyond the Paley
The life and times of the model, actress, and muse Natalie Paley are the subject of a new exhibition
The Miracle at the Truck Stop
At the height of his fame, Burt Reynolds had a dream: to open a dinner theater in the middle of nowhere
