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The Man Who Invented Movies

While Thomas Edison is widely known as “the father of motion pictures,” a Frenchman by the name of Louis Le Prince actually got there first—and then disappeared

Enter the Beaux-Arts

A new book highlights the gilded Beaux-Arts architecture of turn-of-the-last-century New York City

Hallelujah!

From the National Theatre, London, a triumphant revival of Angels in America

Staff Picks

Don’t miss an investigation into the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting; a new biography of Harry Truman; and a Broadway memoir

Bright Lights, Big City

Books and a Place to Read Them

From the director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op, an ode to the quiet magic of independent bookshops around the country

Dancing on Air

In the second season of Bridgerton, dance—specifically, the ceremonious allemande—speaks louder than any professions of love

“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

Prized Scores

Here’s to the music that makes films swing, from Philip Glass, Nino Rota, Alexandre Desplat, and others

From Glasgow, with Love and Struggle

Brainspotting

The world-renowned neurologist A. J. Lees is on a mission to humanize doctors

India Ennenga and Sebastian Clark

The duo sending pocket-size books—collaborations with artists and writers—to people around the world

Can Love Actually Explain Putin’s Behavior?

How a rom-com just might help us understand a very troubled man …

The Garbo Modigliani

Pamela Sztybel’s Sketchbook

Murder, They Wrote

Stormy weather plays a central role in this month’s best mystery novels. Plus, revisiting one of the first-ever police procedurals

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Potemkin War Room

Putin advisers tiptoe their way through the minefields in the Kremlin

The Royal Treatment

A New Gold Mine for Movie-Lovers

Fun City Editions gives fans access to long-out-of-circulation treasures

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?

A New Oxford Dictionary