Deborah Berke
On the books that unite literature and architecture
A Room of Their Own
A 1920s note from Vita to Virginia is an exercise in reassuring a lover
Postcard from the Alps
With fall comes winter planning: a new cookbook features photographs of Europe’s snowy peaks, and food to match
Bong Joon-ho
Parasite, the South Korean director’s new film about class warfare, triumphed at Cannes and is generating Oscar heat
Dancing in the Air
Chic, the Temptations, Diana Ross, the Pointer Sisters, the Trammps, the Pointer Sisters again … and more
A Modernist Marie Kondo
The architect and designer Charlotte Perriand went from Le Corbusier disciple to fearless visionary
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
She goes toe to toe with Eddie Murphy in his new comedy, Dolemite Is My Name
The Magic Touch
Harry Houdini built an elaborate web of deception in his quest for immortality. Nearly a century after his death, his biographer notes, the myths have corroded but his legend lives on
André Bishop
On the first books he loved
Chronicling Harlem
A new book collects the rare work of Leo Goldstein, the little-known photographer who cast his lens on life in postwar East Harlem
Mad About the Girl
Judy Garland, Jeff Buckley, Noël Coward, and more
Joseph Altuzarra
Recommends three coming-of-age novels
