Kids Those Days
During W.W. II, Albert Camus befriended an unlikely Resistance network: a group of children. Their plight helped inspire his masterpiece
All Hail the King
A new book looks back at the singular life and illustrious career of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole
Into the Blue
Feeling internally defoliated, beset with bleakness, and sorrowful to a Scandinavian degree? It’s just fall. Herewith, tracks to set the tone
The Trumper’s Dilemma
What’s a Trump aide to do after a lost election? A new book reveals the roads taken by Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani—and their disastrous effects
Matthias Schweighöfer
The German actor, who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, discovered Western cinema when the Berlin Wall fell
See No Evil
When Hollywood optioned Albert Speer’s self-serving memoir, the Nazi architect found willing collaborators
The Podcast Everyone’s Talking About
Smart takes, a new issue, and the inside story on the making of the U.S. version of The Office. Morning Meeting has it all
Not Your Classic Hollywood Ending
The Game of Thrones finale is as controversial today as it was the night it first aired, in 2019. Now we know why
Welcome to Dunder Mifflin
Ricky Gervais, Greg Daniels, Jenna Fischer, Steve Carell, John Krasinski, and others tell the unlikely story of how the U.S. Office came to be
Opera Pick of the Week
With the recital album Baritenor, the singer-scholar Michael Spyres mines music history for sheer delight
The Lost Boys of Fiction
Oh where, oh where have the young male novelists gone?
Blurred Lines
Kurt Vonnegut’s notes and early drafts provide the missing link between his fictional characters and his own personal life
Highsmith Confidential
Newly released diaries reveal Patricia Highsmith’s affair with a married woman—and an uncharacteristically tender side to the infamous author
The Podcast You Need
Smart takes, a new issue, and the skinny on Squid Game. Morning Meeting has it all
Mann, Uninterrupted
Aimee Mann, who provided the songs for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia and was one of the Big Lebowski nihilists, has a new album
