Strangers in the Night
Spin Cycle, a one-act play about two people crossing paths at a laundromat, premieres in New York
The Breakfast Club Meets Shoah
Delegation, a recently released Israeli film about a group of teenagers on a class trip to the Nazi death camps, resists the “trauma roller coaster”
Tenn out of Tenn
Svenskt Tenn, the Stockholm-based design company shaped by Estrid Ericson and Josef Frank, celebrates its centennial with an archival coffee-table book
Inside the Great Canadian Gold Heist
On this week’s podcast, Harold von Kursk reports on one of the most audacious robberies ever
Christopher Briney
The actor returns to his role in Amazon Prime Video’s hit series The Summer I Turned Pretty, while making his stage debut alongside Ben Stiller’s daughter
Galt Gets Greenlit
A group of conservative tech investors is bringing Atlas Shrugged author Ayn Rand—whose devotees include Donald Trump and Peter Thiel—back to the big screen
Like & Other Drugs
Long before ChatGPT and self-driving cars, the humble Thumbs-up button took the technology community by storm—and rewired our brains forever
Pierre Yovanovitch’s Guide to Provence
The French interior designer shares his favorite spots in the region he calls home
“Probably the Best Private Art Museum on Earth”
At the newly reopened Glenstone, near Washington, D.C., a small but mighty collection featuring works by Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra is on view, free of crowds
Celestial Crisis Management
Seeking to distance himself from Trump, God is desperate for help—even from you-know-who
Stay Cool, Britannia!
Oasis’s reunion and a slew of U.K. TV hits—including Lena Dunham’s new London-set rom-com—are bringing back Brit culture like it’s the 1990s
“A Ridiculous Optimist”
In a rare interview, Quentin Blake, the inimitable children’s-book illustrator behind Roald Dahl’s Matilda, explains why he’s still drawing at 92
The Write Stuff
An inter-office memo highlighting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s inherent racism reveals Toni Morrison to have been as fierce an editor as she was a writer
Bruce Davidson Goes Way Back
From miners in Wales to construction workers on Staten Island, the Magnum photographer trawls through 60 years of never-before-published work for a new coffee-table book
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
A novel reckoning with the aftermath of a cult, and two detective shows set in the worlds of art and L.A. crime
Gwyneth Paltrow: Triumph of a Mean Girl?
On this week’s podcast, go inside the new biography of her royal Goopness
The Gwyneth Chronicles
A new, unauthorized biography of the actress and Goop founder dishes a lot of dirt and shows how Gwyneth Paltrow has left an indelible mark on popular culture
Glimpses of Sara & Co.
Priceless clips on the New York City Ballet Web site
Band of Brothers
After surviving Auschwitz, a Jewish boy was saved by a company of American soldiers barely older than himself. His daughter pieces together his unknown story