Blue Period
Roger Rosenblatt’s latest book combines prose and illustrations to explore mystery, his late daughter, and his recent eye surgery
Staff Picks
Don’t miss an actor’s debut novel, a look at forgotten heroes of the Holocaust, and a travelogue of a family’s trip along Route 66
Ada “Bricktop” Smith
The forgotten queen of Jazz Age Montmartre
To Catch a Klimt
Two long-hidden, hugely expensive, and very rare paintings by Gustav Klimt have suddenly popped up in Asia. Who’s the elusive art adviser behind them?
The Story Behind the Armie Hammer Story
Author James Kirchick takes listeners inside his reporting, and what it was like to speak with the actor
Sick or Genius?
Directors can’t stop making movies about tortured artists
Heart of Gold
Richard Cœur de Lion returns to the Royal Opera House at Versailles for the first time since the French Revolution
Blonde Ambition
In an interview, Pamela Anderson discusses Hugh Hefner, the sex tape with Tommy Lee, and her five failed marriages
Will the Idaho-Killings Suspect Walk Free?
Howard Blum takes us inside the investigation, and why a conviction of Bryan Kohberger is not a slam dunk
Lunch with Octavia Spencer
The actress joins host Bruce Bozzi to talk about how she made it in Hollywood, whether The Help could be released today, and much more in our podcast Table for Two
Marriage Stories
Works about marital strife made by artist duo Ed and Nancy Kienholz go on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
A Life Less Ordinary
One Fine Morning stars Léa Seydoux as a woman seeking to balance her everyday obligations with a passionate affair. Its director, Mia Hansen-Løve, tells how the film came to be
Dirty Latin
If you want to know how Romans actually talked, then look at their obscene graffiti
Samuel D. Hunter
Darren Aronofsky adapted Hunter’s play The Whale for the screen. The playwright’s latest project, A Bright New Boise, premieres Off-Broadway next week
