Hallmark Endings
The Hallmark Channel has transformed Christmas into countless variations on one winning formula. Herewith, a few plot-twist suggestions to keep things interesting
The Call of the Wild
A mountaineer spent his life scaling the world’s great heights. Then he lost a friend in an avalanche, and everything—well, most everything—changed
See for Yourself
A collection of songs that will help you consider whether you are—or are at least part of—a work of art
Tye Sheridan
The 25-year-old stars opposite Ben Affleck in George Clooney’s coming-of-age film, The Tender Bar
A Merry Coronavirus Christmas
A warning from Santa Claus before he climbs onto his sleigh
Charge of the Minutemen
Before The Daily Show and Last Week Tonight, there was Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris’s “brain-changing” news-radio satire, On the Hour
Object Lesson
A new book traces India’s history and future through 100 objects
Linguine, with a Side of Sinatra
At Patsy’s, a motley crew of Frank Sinatra singers meets once a year for chicken parm and shoptalk
The Only Podcast You Need
Tune out the noise and tune in to Morning Meeting
Opera Pick of the Week
From Adolphe Adam, composer of the tragic ballet Giselle, an operatic soap bubble starring a postman with a knockout high D
Tough Luck
Revisiting Lucky Jim, which Kingsley Amis wrote in collaboration with Philip Larkin before the friends fell out, a writer uncovers equal parts humor and spite
Miami Vice
Downtown New York’s cool set and crypto bros decamped to Miami for a weekend of parties (and some art, where they could fit it in)
Song Cycle
Music that forms a world apart from this mad one, from Koko Taylor, Janis Joplin, Rod Stewart, Doug Sahm, and more
Nanny Diaries
A new book tells the story of Vivian Maier, the 20th-century nanny who led a secret life as a street photographer
Virginie Efira
The Belgian actress gives a rattling performance as a manipulative nun in Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
The Only Podcast You Need
Tune out the world and tune in to Morning Meeting
Sex on Wheels
Ahead of the premiere of And Just Like That…, A. A. Gill’s daughter remembers the Sex and the City bus tour of New York she embarked on with her dad