Josh O’Connor
Between seasons of The Crown, on which he plays Charles, the actor stars in Emma, in theaters now
The Picture of Greed
Michael Winterbottom’s new film is an unsparing portrait of a ruthless fast-fashion billionaire
Famous Last Words
Death doesn’t stop narrators in songs from expressing themselves, as tracks from Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue, the Rolling Stones, the Shangri-Las, and others prove
The Leaning Towers of Deutsche
The author of a new book exposes the widespread, historic corruption fueling the German bank’s downfall
La Dolce Vitae
Federico Fellini began recording his dreams around the time he was working on La Dolce Vita. On the centenary of his birth, diary sketches illustrate the filmmaker at his most personal
Lost Worlds Retrieved
Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard’s new (and perhaps last) play, is an act of historical excavation and personal reparation
Play It Again, Alex
Air Mail, MatchesFashion, and Lehmann Maupin kick off Frieze Los Angeles with supper and a screening of the latest short film by Alex Prager
Bob Balaban
“I pretend for a living. But in real life, I’m a reality junkie”: the actor recommends his favorite nonfiction books
Flipping the Hitchcock Script
The author of a new book on Joan Harrison re-writes the filmmaker’s prolific history to highlight the woman driving his success
Valentine’s Day After
So, how’d it go? Really? Well, maybe Nick Cave, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, Millie Jackson, Todd Rundgren, and the National can help
