Something’s Coming
The West Side Story story is a complicated one, and the new Broadway production has a lot of history to reckon with
King of the Left Bank Lit Set
Bernard-Henri Lévy on Trump, the Kurds, and the dress code he sticks to no matter the terrain—or how low his shirt buttons go.
The North Korean Job
The author of the first English-language book on Kim Jong Un explains the dotard-trolling dictator’s mysterious rise
Achtweet!
Useful German words for these difficult modern times
Vive Maigret!
The complete adventures of Georges Simenon’s beloved inspector are now available in one stylish set
The Godfather of Comedy
After The Death of Stalin and Veep, Armando Iannucci brings a new comedy to HBO, and a new David Copperfield to the screen
Leslie Jamison
On the books worth obsessing over
All Fact-Checked on the Western Front
How much in Sam Mendes’s film 1917 is actually true?
Doctor’s Orders
Old-school remedies for winter doldrums, from (among others) Bobby Womack, Bobbie Gentry, Jean Knight, Elvis Presley, and, yes, Carol Douglas
America’s Storyteller
A national tour of Black painter Jacob Lawrence’s depictions of the country’s historical turning points lands at the Met
France’s New Victor Hugo
The country’s Oscar entry takes on class and race in the streets of Paris
Michael Kiwanuka
With his new album, he’s being compared to Stevie Wonder and Solomon Burke—and moving beyond the shadow of Big Little Lies
