Shelter from the Storm
Climate control from John Lee Hooker, Lucinda Williams, Joe Henry, and more
Mr. StarCraft
Elon Musk’s love for video games has informed his career, from PayPal to Tesla, more than perhaps anything else
An Unblessed Arrangement
Inside the turbulent life and times of Consuelo Vanderbilt, the last heiress to be able to blame her unhappy marriage on someone other than herself
The Devil’s in the Data
Walter Murch reveals how Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation clicked together—and anticipated surveillance capitalism
Francis Ford Coppola’s Overlooked Masterpiece
A conversation about The Conversation—the movie that predicted our surveillance-saturated world
Where Have You Gone, Bill de Blasio?
New York City’s former mayor decided not to run for governor, maybe because he had these losers behind him
Steve Schapiro Brought the Laughs
A fixture on the Hollywood circuit, Schapiro photographed everyone from Mel Brooks to Dolly Parton with humor and class
Guilt by Orientation
In JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone continues his three-decade slander of an innocent man—one who, not coincidentally, happened to be gay
When the Cat’s Away …
The mice run wild in Ben Jonson’s knockabout sitcom The Alchemist
The Newest Trick Is the Book
Hugo Hamilton’s latest is narrated by an unusual protagonist: a novel
France’s Enfant Terrible
Michel Houellebecq’s books have shocked and appalled readers. His latest novel proves there are insights behind the controversies
Hall of Mirrors
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley—now showing in glorious black and white—is a throwback to Hollywood’s golden age, and a film for our times
Gossiping with Ghosts
Find comfort in conversations with the spirits you’ve been avoiding all these years, and in songs from Them, John Doe, Etta James, the Carpenters, and more
Living Large
Peek inside the magnificent English estates that star in The Crown and Bridgerton
Sophie Thatcher
At just 21, the Yellowjackets star turns to the Force with a part in The Book of Boba Fett
