Cinema Paraíso
With its glory days as Brazil’s Hollywood long behind it, the northern city of Recife is having a film renaissance, powering productions such as the Oscar–nominated The Secret Agent
The Making of Ai Weiwei
A new coffee-table book traces the artist’s humble beginnings in China, the exiles and travel bans he endured, and the radical works he created along the way
To Florence, with Love
Organized by his son, Christopher, an exhibition at Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi traces Mark Rothko’s career—and his enduring ties to the Italian city—with more than 70 paintings
Timothée Chalamet Is Missing the Pointe
In an interview, the Oscar-nominated—and LaGuardia-educated!—actor dismissed ballet and opera as art forms “no one cares about.” How could he forget where he came from?
Writing a Screenplay with 007
It’s 1977. You’re a Hollywood screenwriter working on a script with Sean Connery. Are you going to tell him his ideas are dumb?
The Reich Stuff
How former Nazi collaborators became France’s top culinary taste-makers
When Uptown Met Downtown
Fred Brathwaite—better known as Fab 5 Freddy—bridged the worlds of punk and hip-hop, graffiti and high art
Mickalene Thomas’s Guide to Brooklyn
The American artist shares her go-to spots in the neighborhood she calls home
The Wicked Witch Is Dead!
Dogs everywhere, rejoice! Kristi Noem, U.S. secretary of homeland security and confessed puppy murderer, has been given the boot. Here, we take one last look at her career
The Nine Lives of Lillian Bassman
Colleague to Alexey Brodovitch, friend to Richard Avedon and Irving Penn … an exhibition in New York celebrates the postwar fashion photographer and art director
Lily Allen’s Revenge Era
The star who redefined confessional pop—and aired the wreckage of her marriage on West End Girl—is now taking her show on the road
Acting Up
From Keith Haring posters to anti–Reagan advertisements, an exhibition collects the works of graphic design that shaped New York’s grassroots response to the AIDS epidemic
Charly Clive
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival sensation is starring in a new series alongside Steve Carell and Connie Britton
The Monty Python Diaries
In an interview, Eric Idle looks back on the heyday of the British comedy group, from working with Lorne Michaels to partying with Ringo Starr and Keith Moon
Carolina Irving and Daughters’ Guide to Melides
The trio behind the eponymous homeware brand share their go-to spots in the Portuguese coastal village
Chris Fleming
With fans from Conan O’Brien and Alec Baldwin to Nikki Glaser and Robby Hoffman, comedy’s favorite comedian is breaking into the mainstream with a debut HBO special
