Fool’s Paradigm
Gloomy Gus, Shrinking Violet, and friends mourn the death of Good-Time Charlie
Beyond the Infinite—and Back
How 2001: A Space Odyssey’s long-lost lunar lander found its way to L.A.’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Opera Pick of the Week
Everest, Joby Talbot’s intimate epic, expands its already considerable reach as the world’s first (we think) graphic-novel opera
The Music Man
Meet Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, a proud Chicaksaw composer with a thing for Shostakovich
Short List
What to read this week, including a look back at home ec, a blow-by-blow of the Watergate scandal, and a history of Oceania
Buddy Movies
Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby were one of Hollywood’s great creative teams. Their unraveling left insiders mystified
Johnny Depp’s Never-Ending Toxic Trail
His reputation imperils a movie about how a Japanese chemical company poisoned children in the 1950s
The Duchess of York’s Bodice Ripper
On the release of Fergie’s romance novel, we share a preview of what’s to come. Or so we think …
Dan White
Hollywood’s favorite magician reappears on … Zoom?
The Techno King of Tesla
Elon Musk may dislike being C.E.O. of the car company, but he wants to remain in power
Character Study
Tourist kitsch and high fashion collide in Mike White’s addictive new series, The White Lotus
A Conversation with Stephen Fry
Plus: a look at the scandal rocking the Vatican
Burn After Listening
A discreet, ultra-cool music festival in Garbicz, Poland, could blow Burning Man out of the water
And All That Jazz
Look back at Bert Stern’s classic film, Jazz on a Summer’s Day, which next week comes out in a sparkly new restoration
The Sonic Route
Savor every second of this fast-waning summer with songs by Fred Neil, Angélique Kidjo, Patsy Cline, Paul Brady, and more
