Staff Picks
Don’t miss a comedic cancer memoir from Delia Ephron; chronicles of a man retracing the steps of Alexander the Great; and the tale of an impostor journalist
Enter the Beaux-Arts
A new book highlights the gilded Beaux-Arts architecture of turn-of-the-last-century New York City
The Man Who Invented Movies
While Thomas Edison is widely known as “the father of motion pictures,” a Frenchman by the name of Louis Le Prince actually got there first—and then disappeared
A Dirty Business
A whistleblower from the factory of millionaire artist Damien Hirst paints a grim scene of low wages and employees knee-deep in formaldehyde
Will Prince Andrew Tank the Firm?
He’s desperately clinging to Mummy in public, and that’s not good for Charles and William
Noémie Merlant
The French actress is breaking into Hollywood the same way she stormed Paris from the provinces
Tampa vs. Albany
The startling similarities and eerie differences between Tom Brady and Andrew Cuomo
Fifth Ave. Pied-à-Terror
Correspondence reveals Vladimir Putin’s plan to annex unlisted properties on New York’s Upper East Side
Hallelujah!
From the National Theatre, London, a triumphant revival of Angels in America
Staff Picks
Don’t miss an investigation into the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting; a new biography of Harry Truman; and a Broadway memoir
Books and a Place to Read Them
From the director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op, an ode to the quiet magic of independent bookshops around the country
Dancing on Air
In the second season of Bridgerton, dance—specifically, the ceremonious allemande—speaks louder than any professions of love
Prized Scores
Here’s to the music that makes films swing, from Philip Glass, Nino Rota, Alexandre Desplat, and others
Potemkin War Room
Putin advisers tiptoe their way through the minefields in the Kremlin
