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
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 …
Sun Worshipper
“Met on Demand” viewers adore Philip Glass’s Akhnaten
Tour de Force
Charles Dickens highlighted Americans’ most unappealing habits (bad table manners) and practices (slavery). So why haven’t Republicans gone after him?
War Songs
During 1973’s Yom Kippur War, an unexpected ally joined the front lines to boost Israeli soldiers’ morale: Leonard Cohen
Clash of the Titans
In 1958, two Broadway hits, West Side Story and The Music Man, had a fateful showdown, and only one came out on top. This year, we are finally getting a rematch
That 70s Movie
Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration
Simon Rex
The former MTV V.J. went from a botched Good Will Hunting audition to a failed rap career. His new film, Red Rocket, is something of a comeback
What Really Happened Inside Hollywood’s Hottest Party
Confessions of (and dirt-dishing from) a Vanity Fair dilettante
Boeuf Neanderthal!
In an excerpt from Martin Walker’s new “Bruno” story collection, the quintessential Frenchman experiments with prehistoric food and wine
The High and Low
By day, Miriam Leslie was a titan of publishing and the perfect model of the Victorian lady. By night, she was the seductress behind a memorable ménage à trois
Collector’s Edition
In a posthumous essay and drawings, the illustrator Pierre Le-Tan reflects on the art—and sport—of collecting
L.A. Confidential
From briefing Si Newhouse to smoking with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride, a former Vanity Fair editor looks back at the Oscar parties of yore
Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd!
The inimitable, irrepressible Angela Lansbury, on the road as Mrs. Lovett
Bridging the Gap
Julia Quinn, the woman behind the novels that inspired the hit Netflix TV show Bridgerton, discusses the screen adaptation of her Regency romance
The Soros Cosmos
Edited by George Soros’s longtime publisher and friend, a new collection of essays tells the life story of the financier turned philanthropist
A “Band of Brothers” Re-unites for Ukraine
Behind the story of the photojournalism greats who came out of retirement to take on Putin
The Robin Hood of Art
How did a British taxi driver abscond with a Goya masterpiece through a National Gallery toilet window? A new film starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent has the answer
