I Don’t Know How She Does It
Sally Wainwright, the creator of the hit British crime drama Happy Valley, captures the female experience like no other
The Not-So-Nice Saint
Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s savior. His private life was another story
A Summer Odyssey
Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons
Dad Jokes
The best thing on the Internet just may be Michael Keaton’s Instagram account
The Final Countdown
In an interview, the historian Evan Thomas discusses how Russian spies, Harry Truman’s denial, and an immunity to writer’s block played into his new book, on the last days of W.W. II
Addressing the Rat in the Room
It’s time the humans of New York City made a good-faith effort to understand their four-legged neighbors
Hidden Gems
For decades, Anne Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Eisenhower, collected rare and magnificent jewelry. Now it’s going up for auction at Christie’s
The War That Never Ended
Fifty years after the last American troops left, Vietnam is thriving. The U.S., meanwhile, is still dealing with the aftermath—unconsciously or not
What Went Down Inside Our Cannes Party
On this week’s podcast, the skinny on the big bash, Michael Keaton’s dad-tastic IG, and … N.Y.C. rats!
Lee Friedlander, Framed
Collaborating with the cinematic photographer, the filmmaker Joel Coen is staging shows of Friedlander’s work on both coasts
Exiled in Style
Picasso, Chaplin, Churchill, Woolf—they all came to Villa Mauresque, in Cap Ferrat, W. Somerset Maugham’s well-appointed refuge from England’s sodomy laws
Lartigue on La Côte d’Azur
In the early 30s, the photographer and playboy Jacques-Henri Lartigue took a job shooting a movie on the French Riviera. The film went nowhere—but Lartigue became a legend
The Many Lives of Alain Delon
Claudia Cardinale, Paul Schrader, Shirley MacLaine, and others reflect on the genius, charm, and enduring influence of an icon of French cinema
Beating the System
When every studio in Hollywood passed on Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola—the most successful movie director on the planet—became an independent filmmaker
Lunch with Sienna Miller
On this week’s Table for Two, the actress tells Bruce about living in the Chelsea Hotel, the time Bruce Weber shot her for a Pirelli Calendar, creeping on social media, and much more …
And God Created Brigitte
“Idiotic” is how French bombshell Brigitte Bardot describes a new six-part TV series depicting her life