Not Your Ordinary Radioactive Meatball
Also: true and true-enough crime series to latch on to, set in L.A. and N.Y.
Beauvoir Revisited
A new book offers a second take on The Second Sex
Gurinder Chadha
On the memoirs that altered her worldview
Dave Brown
The Hollywood maverick who hosts a film festival—every single week
Librarian Chic
In September, Prestel will publish a new edition of German photographer Candida Höfer’s Libraries, featuring striking images from literary spaces across the world
Brunello Cucinelli
Selects three books that ask the big questions
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
Will That Be All?
An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted
He Re-Shoots, He Scores
Russian filmmakers splice sports history to play along with Putin
Thanks, but No Thanks
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