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End of the Line

A Streetcar Named Desire rolls into the 21st century, starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster

Staff Picks

Don’t miss a detailed account of Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall; the inside story of the U.S.’s war against the Islamic State; and a history of Fire Island

Second Act

At 46 years old, Joanna Quinn finally published the novel she’s been wanting to write for decades. Now it’s shaping up to be the book of the summer (and fall)

Kuwait from on High

The Summer of Discontent for the .1 Percent

Their fancy private jets can’t land; they’re angry at an Eleven Madison Park co-founder … Life is very, very hard

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Going Seoul-O

Boy band BTS has generated billions for the South Korean economy, but after nine nonstop years, its members are “exhausted” and ready to pursue separate careers

Spin the Bottle

Music is like wine: the more there is to go around, the better. Herewith, songs from long-playing records for long-lasting summer days, from Gene McDaniels, the O’Jays, Prince, and more

The Monroe Doctrine

A new film about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas follows the release of two documentaries (and Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala wardrobe malfunction), confirming our 60-year obsession with the star

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook II

Stephen Kroninger’s Sketchboook

The Dior Allure

A new book tells the history of the couture house through its storied Paris headquarters

Rebel with a Cause

Callil Confidential

For many years, Carmen Callil dominated London’s literary and feminist scenes. In a memoir, the outspoken Melbourne native travels back in time

The Noblest Roman of Them All

Ben Whishaw’s bespectacled Brutus dominates a Julius Caesar for our time

Notes from Underground

Plot Twist

In his forthcoming novel, The Twist of a Knife, Anthony Horowitz has taken a metaphysical approach to revenge by killing the Sunday Times theater critic

Pete Doherty’s Wasteland

Hard drugs, a spell in prison, and matching tattoos with Kate Moss—the Libertines singer’s new confessional memoir doesn’t miss a beat

“Defense Debbies” and the Rise of Gun-Loving Mothers

Thanks to Instagram, “arms and the woman” is a style statement

From Dame to Musk*

Scooby Dooby Do …

Why go to Elvis chapels in Vegas when Frank Sinatra can perform the ring-a-ding-ding for you?

Duncan Hannah’s Sketchbook

Faith Restored

Winning Formula

Just like Tom Cruise hurling through the sky with more than twice the g-forces some astronauts endure during rocket launches, it will be real races and real cars for Brad Pitt in the Top Gun: Maverick director’s next film