Francis Ford Coppola’s Overlooked Masterpiece
A conversation about The Conversation—the movie that predicted our surveillance-saturated world
The Devil’s in the Data
Walter Murch reveals how Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation clicked together—and anticipated surveillance capitalism
An Unblessed Arrangement
Inside the turbulent life and times of Consuelo Vanderbilt, the last heiress to be able to blame her unhappy marriage on someone other than herself
Mr. StarCraft
Elon Musk’s love for video games has informed his career, from PayPal to Tesla, more than perhaps anything else
When the Cat’s Away …
The mice run wild in Ben Jonson’s knockabout sitcom The Alchemist
The Newest Trick Is the Book
Hugo Hamilton’s latest is narrated by an unusual protagonist: a novel
France’s Enfant Terrible
Michel Houellebecq’s books have shocked and appalled readers. His latest novel proves there are insights behind the controversies
Hall of Mirrors
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley—now showing in glorious black and white—is a throwback to Hollywood’s golden age, and a film for our times
André Leon Talley, in His Own Words … and His Friends’
This week’s podcast looks at the legacy of a true original
Chamberlain Revisited
An acclaimed novelist sets out to redeem Britain’s most reviled prime minister and negotiates a Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons along the way
Sophie Thatcher
At just 21, the Yellowjackets star turns to the Force with a part in The Book of Boba Fett
Living Large
Peek inside the magnificent English estates that star in The Crown and Bridgerton
Gossiping with Ghosts
Find comfort in conversations with the spirits you’ve been avoiding all these years, and in songs from Them, John Doe, Etta James, the Carpenters, and more
Pop Royalty
Little-known paintings by Dame Vera Lynn, “the Forces’ Sweetheart,” whose songs buoyed morale during World War II, go on display in her hometown
