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Animal Attraction

Joachim Schmeisser’s African-wildlife photographs pay homage to the magical creatures of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park

Double Act

A Busy Week of Bad Behavior

From Andrew Cuomo to British grifters to sexcapades at country estates, we cover it all in this week’s podcast

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

Backside Bash

Ride the wave to high summer with tunes from Allah-Las, Tortoise, Brant Bjork, and more

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Life on the Orient Express

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

Buddy Movies

Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby were one of Hollywood’s great creative teams. Their unraveling left insiders mystified

Catch Him if You Can

Between Hitler and Madness

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

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 …

Grant Shaffer’s Sketchbook

An Étoile Is Born

Johnny Depp’s Never-Ending Toxic Trail

His reputation imperils a movie about how a Japanese chemical company poisoned children in the 1950s

The Sonic Route

Savor every second of this fast-waning summer with songs by Fred Neil, Angélique Kidjo, Patsy Cline, Paul Brady, and more

Chicks Ahoy!

When in Rome …

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

Character Study

Tourist kitsch and high fashion collide in Mike White’s addictive new series, The White Lotus

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