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When the Sun Set on Billy Wilder

Despite Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and The Apartment, the director had become unbankable by the 1970s

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Gold Rush

Photographs celebrate the epic car chase in Goldfinger, set in scenic Switzerland and starring the late Sean Connery

Diana Enters the Firm

That wedding. Those rumors. The scandals. A sneak peek at the new season of The Crown

Rocket Science

Coronavirus Warning

A Mission from God

Five years in the making, a limited-edition three-volume collection zeroes in on the magic of the Sistine Chapel

Larger Than Life

The British explorer takes readers to Okavango Delta in Botswana, the majestic African elephant’s favorite watering hole

Out and About

If Trump Had Been Our World War II President

Down the rabbit hole of a retro-history nightmare

Murder, They Wrote

Life on the Nile

Social Exposures

Camilla McGrath’s photographs of Jackie Kennedy, Mick Jagger, Carrie Fisher, Truman Capote, and others depict worlds colliding

(Box) Office Flop

A lavish short film starring WeWork C.E.O. Adam Neumann’s infamous wife, Rebekah, was a harbinger of things to come

Polar Express

Noah Jupe

The star of this month’s The Undoing has six years of acting under his belt. For a 15-year-old, that’s saying a lot

Exclusive—A Pre-Election Interview with the Coronavirus

In this week’s episode, Ashley and Mike talk to Scott Z. Burns, the writer of Contagion. They also get the story behind a WeWork-related short film starring Gwyneth Paltrow’s cousin

Art House

As director of Newlands House, a quiet British-countryside gallery, the former Phillips auctioneer organizes an exhibition of works by Ron Arad

William the Heir, Harry the Spare

Don’t Murder Me

Songs are like people: some shine and some don’t. Here’s a collection of songs that definitely shine, from Benny Goodman, the Gipsy Kings, Bobby “Boris” Pickett, Eddie Noack, and more

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Prince Andrew’s Vanity on Full Display

He’s got a new Range Rover and a personalized license plate. (No, it’s not WANKR)

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Maria Bakalova

The 24-year-old whom Rudy Giuliani couldn’t keep his hands off of—and who almost stole the Borat sequel