Xi’s Millennial Problem
Decades into China’s economic boom, the country’s young artists are suddenly reckoning with a government that’s switched gears
On Topics
The millennial novelist Miranda Popkey has more to say about #MeToo than you can fit in a hashtag
L.A. Confidential
When it comes to Los Angeles in the 60s and 70s, Andee Nathanson was to photography what Eve Babitz was to literature, recording the exploding scene from within. A new book of her photographs illustrates that golden age
Smokin’!
Coming off A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper will portray Leonard Bernstein in a Spielberg-and-Scorsese-backed production
Elle Accuse!
Protesters vow to disrupt France’s Oscars after Polanski is nominated for his Dreyfus film
Claire Tomalin
Recommends four books spanning three centuries
Super Tracks for Superheroes
What do Ennio Morricone, the Meters, Nina Simone, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and Rage Against the Machine have in common? Just listen
Sex (Time) Machine
A new history of sex reveals tales of Clarice Clatterbollocks, testicle thefts, and women keeping live fish in their knickers
Films for Discerning Audiences
The best movies never get made. Time to put a stop to that
Due West
Sixty-three years since its 1957 premiere, a new production of West Side Story, directed by Ivo van Hove, is a testament to the musical’s enduring allure.
The Naked Edge
Ahead of a BBC series on the female nude in Western Art, its creator traces contemporary debates back to Renaissance anxieties over David’s willy
This Town
A new book of photographs chronicles the evolution of New York City’s downtown over a century, from Radio Row to a post-9/11 World Trade Center
Olivia Chantecaille
Start them young: on the best children’s books for budding activists
Mayhem for the Ears
Hunted, a fast-paced mystery podcast by the mastermind behind Law & Order, stars Parker Posey
