Chic Korea
Squid Game, Parasite, BTS—there’s a “K-” revolution afoot, and for once that prefix isn’t followed by “ardashian”
Opera Pick of the Week
If you liked The Bride of Frankenstein, you’ll love Charles Gounod’s Gothic thriller La Nonne Sanglante
Petty Clash
The left-leaning Paul Samuelson and right-leaning Milton Friedman went to their graves disagreeing with each other over economics
Amor Towles
The A Gentleman in Moscow author shares the American classics he read while preparing to write his latest novel, The Lincoln Highway
Cosmic Yuri
A new biography details the life of Yuri Soloviev, the best ballet dancer you’ve never heard of
No Time to Di
The filmed Broadway show Diana: The Musical is now streaming on Netflix and it’s so bad … it’s worse than Cats
Country Comfort
Country songs for aficionados and newcomers alike, from Gary Stewart, Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church, Glen Campbell, and more
We’ll Always Have Paris
Photographs highlight the city’s boutiques, studios, and ateliers that have withstood the test of time
A Day in the Life
As the 1970 classic Beatles film, Let It Be, gets recut by The Lord of the Rings’ Peter Jackson, its filmmaker tells how it all came to be
A Walk on the Wild Side
Eight questions with Susan Orlean, the writer portrayed by Meryl Streep in Adaptation, whose new book explores our interactions with animals
Survival Instinct
The creator of the dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game explains the origins of the most streamed show on Netflix
Honor Titus
Rather than go to art school, the musician turned painter apprenticed with his idols. Now he’s Frieze’s brightest star
A Classicist at Heart
Whatever it might mean for him to “play the race card,” the tenor Russell Thomas isn’t having any
Welcome to “The Grifted Age”!
From Elizabeth Holmes to Adam Neumann to the Dopesick Sacklers, we’re all getting royally fleeced
La Dolce Marina
A documentary on the Italian film producer Marina Cicogna, who worked with everyone from Sergio Leone to Franco Zeffirelli, premieres in Rome
Swans Along Fifth Avenue
A new book feeds our continuing fascination with Truman Capote—and the society beauties he loved and hated
Opera Pick of the Week
From San Francisco Opera, a bold new reading of Beethoven’s soul-stirring political thriller Fidelio
Bourdain Confidential
The longtime Parts Unknown producer remembers his off-screen moments with Anthony Bourdain
David Sedaris’s Diary
America’s comedian in England reveals more than 10 years’ worth of his inner thoughts
