Where Have You Gone, Bill de Blasio?
New York City’s former mayor decided not to run for governor, maybe because he had these losers behind him
Vive la Différence!
The British adaptation of the cult French show Call My Agent! will have just as many Hollywood cameos, but its protagonists are far more buttoned up
Steve Schapiro Brought the Laughs
A fixture on the Hollywood circuit, Schapiro photographed everyone from Mel Brooks to Dolly Parton with humor and class
Hall of Mirrors
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley—now showing in glorious black and white—is a throwback to Hollywood’s golden era, and a film for our times
When the Cat’s Away …
The mice run wild in Ben Jonson’s knockabout sitcom The Alchemist
The Newest Trick Is the Book
Hugo Hamilton’s latest is narrated by an unusual protagonist: a novel
France’s Enfant Terrible
Michel Houellebecq’s books have shocked and appalled readers. His latest novel proves there are insights behind the controversies
Hall of Mirrors
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley—now showing in glorious black and white—is a throwback to Hollywood’s golden age, and a film for our times
Living Large
Peek inside the magnificent English estates that star in The Crown and Bridgerton
Sophie Thatcher
At just 21, the Yellowjackets star turns to the Force with a part in The Book of Boba Fett
Chamberlain Revisited
An acclaimed novelist sets out to redeem Britain’s most reviled prime minister and negotiates a Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons along the way
Pop Royalty
Little-known paintings by Dame Vera Lynn, “the Forces’ Sweetheart,” whose songs buoyed morale during World War II, go on display in her hometown
André Leon Talley, in His Own Words … and His Friends’
This week’s podcast looks at the legacy of a true original
Lorraine Hansberry’s Other Half
A new book explores the role of Robert Nemiroff in the success of Lorraine Hansberry, the force behind A Raisin in the Sun with Sidney Poitier
