The Magic Touch
How Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike franchise morphed from a film for teenage boys into a feminist masterpiece
Fresh, Fly, Fabulous!
A new coffee-table book chronicles 50 years of hip-hop style, from Queen Latifah to Dapper Dan, Slick Rick to Run-DMC
A Film Festival About Writers
The Brooklyn Public Library’s LitFilm festival explores the work of Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, and others, through the lens of film
Lincoln Fever
When it comes to the 16th president, you can never have too many biographies
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
Nearly 175 years on, the writer’s death remains as mysterious as his literature. A new book reveals the roles of a jealous poet and a conniving doctor in keeping it so
Did Social Media Trigger the Idaho Murders?
Writer Howard Blum discusses the case—and the questions he’d like answers to
Nature Morte
A poet of transfiguration, the sculptor Berlinde De Bruyckere discusses the emotions that warm her dark work
Exit Laughing
At La Monnaie, a posthumous premiere for On Purge Bébé, a prolific Belgian’s off-color comedy
Running Target
In the 1930s, Nazis tried to kill All Quiet on the Western Front. A new screen adaptation, in theaters now, proves its longevity
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
Blue Period
Roger Rosenblatt’s latest book combines prose and illustrations to explore mystery, his late daughter, and his recent eye surgery
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
