Bong Joon-ho
Parasite, the South Korean director’s new film about class warfare, triumphed at Cannes and is generating Oscar heat
The Magic Touch
Harry Houdini built an elaborate web of deception in his quest for immortality. Nearly a century after his death, his biographer notes, the myths have corroded but his legend lives on
A Modernist Marie Kondo
The architect and designer Charlotte Perriand went from Le Corbusier disciple to fearless visionary
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
She goes toe to toe with Eddie Murphy in his new comedy, Dolemite Is My Name
Chronicling Harlem
A new book collects the rare work of Leo Goldstein, the little-known photographer who cast his lens on life in postwar East Harlem
André Bishop
On the first books he loved
Drop That Corn Dog
No platform is better suited for letting candidates bypass the hokey rituals of retail campaigning than the humble, motley podcast
Two-Track Mind
In the lifetime Carrie Fisher spent in the public eye, she became known for her fierce wit and unsentimentality. Three years on from her death, her biographer unveils her vulnerable, virtuous side
George Stubbs, King of the Beasts
The 18th-century British painter was the “Liverpudlian Leonardo,” revered for his portraits of racehorses and other creatures
Cynthia Talmadge
The American artist who takes inspiration from female courtroom villains—and their outfits
Mad About the Girl
Judy Garland, Jeff Buckley, Noël Coward, and more
