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Tanu Vasu’s Sketchbook

Henry Alford’s “This or That”

A pop quiz of cultural phenomena

Black Sun

Gritty and glamorous, Chinatown combined the best of Old and New Hollywood

After Auschwitz

Revisiting the posthumous 2010 stage premiere of Mieczysław Weinberg’s fierce masterpiece The Passenger

Cooked in the Books

When it comes to literary hit jobs, no public figures—from the Beckhams all the way to Mother Teresa—are safe from merciless biographers

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a modern twist on King Arthur’s court, a look at the women who shaped the ancient world, and a history of World War I’s Eastern Front

Jasper Conran’s Guide to Tangier

The British designer and hotelier shares his favorite spots in the Moroccan coastal city

Klaus Kremmerz’s Sketchbook

La Ville Lumière, According to Honoré de Balzac

Hollywood Diaries

Better by Design

From postwar European churches to post-revolution Cuba, two new books chart the rise of midcentury modernism

Ozempic Meets Its Match

From Emmeline Clein’s Dead Weight to Emma Specter’s More, Please, fat-phobia and eating disorders are getting the literary treatment in this year’s Zeitgeisty nonfiction releases

It’s Complicated

A former PBS producer who was sexually harassed by her then boss, Charlie Rose, reflects on what #MeToo got wrong about women in the workplace

Who’s to Blame for the Biden Mess?

On this week’s podcast, Todd S. Purdum discusses how we got here—and what’s next

FAMM Fatales

Europe’s first private museum dedicated solely to art made by women opens in Mougins, France, featuring works by Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, and Marina Abramović

Thomas Doherty

After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion

Lunch with David Duchovny

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the X-Files star shows host Bruce Bozzi his literary side and talks about getting into the podcast game

Trumping for Britain

Nigel Farage, the English far-right populist and friend of Trump, pauses from celebrating his recent election to Parliament to rail against the woke elite’s hold on … mathematics

You’re Only as Old as You Look

A new Tom Hanks film uses groundbreaking A.I. technology to transform the actor into his fresh-faced, 1980s self

Frida’s Missing Masterpiece

Frida Kahlo’s painting The Wounded Table vanished in 1955. The hunt for it continues

The Troubles of Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The author of the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble has money issues, religious worries, and anxiety about her next novel. It’s not easy being “the female Philip Roth”

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Milwaukee’s Finest Boor

How can Republicans gathered in Wisconsin formally nominate Donald Trump with a straight face? Just watch them

Chain Gang

Trump adds a condition for aspiring vice-presidential candidates