A New Gold Mine for Movie-Lovers
Fun City Editions gives fans access to long-out-of-circulation treasures
Can Love Actually Explain Putin’s Behavior?
How a rom-com just might help us understand a very troubled man …
India Ennenga and Sebastian Clark
The duo sending pocket-size books—collaborations with artists and writers—to people around the world
“Hold It Right There … ”
With a devoted following among the fashion crowd—and a girlfriend in Kate Moss—Nikolai von Bismarck is London’s photographer of the moment
Brainspotting
The world-renowned neurologist A. J. Lees is on a mission to humanize doctors
Sun Worshipper
“Met on Demand” viewers adore Philip Glass’s Akhnaten
War Songs
During 1973’s Yom Kippur War, an unexpected ally joined the front lines to boost Israeli soldiers’ morale: Leonard Cohen
Tour de Force
Charles Dickens highlighted Americans’ most unappealing habits (bad table manners) and practices (slavery). So why haven’t Republicans gone after him?
Collector’s Edition
In a posthumous essay and drawings, the illustrator Pierre Le-Tan reflects on the art—and sport—of collecting
That 70s Movie
Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration
What Really Happened Inside Hollywood’s Hottest Party
Confessions of (and dirt-dishing from) a Vanity Fair dilettante
Simon Rex
The former MTV V.J. went from a botched Good Will Hunting audition to a failed rap career. His new film, Red Rocket, is something of a comeback
L.A. Confidential
From briefing Si Newhouse to smoking with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride, a former Vanity Fair editor looks back at the Oscar parties of yore
The High and Low
By day, Miriam Leslie was a titan of publishing and the perfect model of the Victorian lady. By night, she was the seductress behind a memorable ménage à trois
Boeuf Neanderthal!
In an excerpt from Martin Walker’s new “Bruno” story collection, the quintessential Frenchman experiments with prehistoric food and wine
Clash of the Titans
In 1958, two Broadway hits, West Side Story and The Music Man, had a fateful showdown, and only one came out on top. This year, we are finally getting a rematch
Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd!
The inimitable, irrepressible Angela Lansbury, on the road as Mrs. Lovett
