Dave Brown
The Hollywood maverick who hosts a film festival—every single week
Not Your Ordinary Radioactive Meatball
Also: true and true-enough crime series to latch on to, set in L.A. and N.Y.
Librarian Chic
In September, Prestel will publish a new edition of German photographer Candida Höfer’s Libraries, featuring striking images from literary spaces across the world
Electric Conductor
How Carlos Kleiber’s opera rehearsals influence the director of The French Connection
Thanks, but No Thanks
Rejection letters you might have missed
Will That Be All?
An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted
He Re-Shoots, He Scores
Russian filmmakers splice sports history to play along with Putin
Brunello Cucinelli
Selects three books that ask the big questions
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
A Home Called Raffles
One hotel for the ages
Green is the New Picasso
A slew of new exhibitions add urgency to the plight of the planet
