All Quiet in the Forager’s Wood
A new book of photographs takes you mushroom hunting with the great American composer John Cage
Laura Wade
The young British playwright with an Olivier under her belt is just getting started
The Gold Standard
Is 1962 secretly the greatest year ever for movies?
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 …
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?
Found in Translation
How did a now forgotten masterpiece of American literature become so beloved by Italians?
What a Wonderful World (Wide Web)
A new digital exhibition takes you inside Louis Armstrong’s living room
The Pumping Station
Ryan Murphy’s new series is a seamy fantasy of postwar Hollywood—and the garage owner who serviced the stars
Pool Party!
A new book captures the enduring allure of swimming pools
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
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*
