Oedipus Complex
Inside the mind of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the Upper East Side golden boy who killed his own father
Donald Trump, Wedding Crasher
We can only imagine how brides react to seeing him at Mar-a-Lago
I Want My MTV!
On the 40th anniversary of the music-television channel, one of its co-founders remembers the songs that started it all
Billy Howle
Alongside The Crown’s Josh O’Connor and Normal People’s Paul Mescal, the actor leads a new generation of self-made stars
Gold Standards
Yachts, mansions, Qianlong-dynasty vases … Does anyone live quite as lavishly as these Hong Kong actresses?
Designing Woman
Julia Haart, the star of My Unorthodox Life, discusses how she rebuilt her life starting at age 43
Opera Pick of the Week
Streaming one night only, a new production of Tristan und Isolde from Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper with dream cast Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros
It’s Complicated
The revolutionary filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl won the hearts of everyone from Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger to Joseph Goebbels and Roger Ailes
Short List
What to read in the coming weeks, from memoirs exploring masculinity and the cutthroat world of ballet to a look at the history and future of motion
WASP’s Nest
Terrified by the distinctly WASP-ish hell of lacking a life’s purpose, Cold War columnist Joe Alsop created a setting for his self-protective, civic-humanist fantasy
The Kids Were Alright
A new documentary explores the gritty intersection of skateboarding and hip-hop in 90s New York
What If …
WeWork’s flamed-out founder, Adam Neumann, were made head of the World Bank?
Gen Z and the Great WFH Revolt of 2021
What happens when offices reopen and no one shows up?
