Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Not a day went by without Trump showing up late to his own coronavirus press briefings. A firsthand account explains what he was up to while the world waited …
Movieland’s Most Threatening Cliff-Hanger
A pandemic has shut down the dream factory. Will it survive? As the weeks grind on, some fear it may not
The Pumping Station
Ryan Murphy’s new series is a seamy fantasy of postwar Hollywood—and the garage owner who serviced the stars
What a Wonderful World (Wide Web)
A new digital exhibition takes you inside Louis Armstrong’s living room
Found in Translation
How did a now forgotten masterpiece of American literature become so beloved by Italians?
Pool Party!
A new book captures the enduring allure of swimming pools
Triumph of the Willing
On the 75th anniversary of Hitler’s defeat, what can William Shirer’s epic history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, teach us about today?
Get Out
Take an (imaginary) trip with Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Plimsouls, the Talking Heads, and more
Beauty and the Ballet
How did The Red Shoes, a movie about classical dance, make almost every list of the greatest movies ever made?
Spring-Cleaning
“They’re saying you can’t put it into humans. Not even into Jared. But have they even tried?”: A week in the life of Lysol’s favorite spokesman*
Head in the Clouds
How Charlie Mackesy accidentally wrote a best-seller and became a social-media sensation in his 50s
Jonathan Galassi
From Dante to Natalia Ginzburg, the publisher and poet celebrates the glorious literary history of a hurting country
He Loves That You Love
“Love to Love You Baby”
As Giorgio Moroder turns 80, the Italian who produced some of the sexiest, most suggestive dance music in history finds he is hotter (and more in demand) than ever
Catch-007?
In 1965, Joseph Heller was hired to adapt Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. For sheer absurdity, his script was no match for events
