Half Myth, Half Man
The author of a new biography of Bo Jackson, an elusive star of both the N.F.L. and M.L.B., didn’t obtain his subject’s participation, but he got the next best thing: 720 original interviews
Danse Macabre
A wicked Rigoletto on the floating stage of Bregenz, Austria
One for the Booker
An interview with Shehan Karunatilaka, the Sri Lankan writer who won the Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida last week
Keeping Score
Inside the fierce competition, and subtle similarities, between soccer’s greatest rivals: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
Staff Picks
Don’t miss the story of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, one woman’s chronicle of world violence, and a glimpse inside Barack Obama’s White House
Sleeping Beauty, Re-awakened
The Vienna State Ballet’s new production of the fairy tale adds substance to the gossamer world
The Art of the Everyday
Edward Hopper was born in 1882, but as a new documentary about the artist attests, his sensitive paintings of empty storefronts and dimly lit motels have lost none of their poignancy
Notes from New York’s Independent-Film Scene
The director Michael Almereyda discusses working with Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard, and David Lynch
The Woke Mob
Because intersectional justice is a dish best served cold
Hugh Bonneville Spills the Beans
Who knew Paddington Bear had a substance-abuse problem?
Along Came Marilyn
A newly discovered letter by Arthur Miller about his young bride, Marilyn Monroe, reveals the playwright’s rookie mistake: marrying a bombshell blonde he barely knew
Kerry Condon
After two decades focused on her craft, the actress has suddenly become the talk of Hollywood with her role in Martin McDonagh’s latest film
This Sam Adams Is for You
Eight questions with Stacy Schiff, biographer of everyone from Cleopatra to Nabokov’s wife, Véra, about her latest subject: Samuel Adams
Poster Boy
The illustrator Paul Davis’s subtly Surrealist posters for theaters, movies, and museums get their own show in Italy
Getting It Right
For the British playwright Alan Bennett, other people’s lives are just the dress rehearsal
The Home Front
After fighting overseas in World War II, Black soldiers came home to racism and violence in America
From the Front Lines
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s new documentary gives an unflinching look at the brutality of Russia’s war on Ukraine
