Inspired by a Double Bagel
How the most one-sided defeat of Carlos Alcaraz’s life paved the way for his ascent to the top of the tennis world—and his moneymaking drop shot
Star Turn
After decades of character roles, Paul Guilfoyle, a CSI alumnus, plays the lead in a bittersweet film about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
The Echo of Art Deco
The architectural style was born 100 years ago. Its influence remains undiminished
Billionaires Behaving Badly: The Summer Edition
On this week’s podcast, William D. Cohan reports from Nantucket
Force of Nature
An exhibition of still-life paintings by Rachel Ruysch goes up in Boston, honoring the Dutch artist whose fame in the 18th century rivaled that of Rembrandt
R. F. Kuang
At 29 years old, the Chinese-American author of the best-selling novel Yellowface is getting ready to publish her sixth book—and complete her fourth degree
Picture This
A new coffee-table book collects Martyn Goddard’s photographs of Blondie, capturing the pop-punk band at their peak in the hot New York summer of 1978
Blame Canada
The Toronto International Film Festival has propelled the Hollywood hype machine for the past 50 years. Here are the newest causes for excitement
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
A tartan noir for our times, and an excellent new British heist drama
The Man Behind the Alien Mask
Bolaji Badejo was a six-foot-10-inch Nigerian graphic-design student in London until a chance pub encounter made him Ridley Scott’s most elegant monster
The Queen’s Gambit
Meyerbeer’s Ozymandian masterpiece Les Huguenots
The Designer Who Set Women Free
In contrast to Dior’s waist-cinching “New Look,” Claire McCardell’s “American Look” brought comfort to women’s fashion
Helen Rice’s Guide to Charleston
The artist, shopkeeper, and co-founder of the branding agency Fuzzco shares her favorite spots in her hometown
Laufey
With her new album, A Matter of Time, the 26-year-old Icelandic-Chinese singer, known for blending jazz into pop music, leaves behind the innocent image that once defined her
Inside “the Playpen”
Booze, jet packs, “Join, or Die” flags, and the occasional severed limb: welcome to Chicago’s most controversial party spot
Chez Picasso
From the Côte d’Azur to the Rue des Grands-Augustins, a new exhibition in Dublin maps the artist’s career through the various French homes where he worked
Water Falling at Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest achievement is suffering from a bad case of nominative determinism
Fifty Shades of Heathcliff
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights—where Victorian British yearning meets Down Under B.D.S.M.—has the literary set clutching their pearls
The Sway of Peter Sellers
Woody Allen, Christopher Guest, and Geoffrey Rush recall the influence of the great comic actor, who was born 100 years ago
