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Teenage Wasteland

A new book of photographs by Beth Garrabrant—the artist behind Taylor Swift’s recent album covers—documents youth in the American suburbs

The High Priestess of Grind House

Stephanie Rothman was a rare female director in 1970s Hollywood. What kept her from following in the footsteps of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese?

Let Them Drink Vodka

The statewide water shortage is driving New Yorkers to desperate measures

Inside the Mysterious Murder of Sean Combs’s Father

On this week’s podcast, Legs McNeil details how the death of the rapper’s father may have influenced him

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Logistics of Terror

Paul Davis’s Sketchbook

Mekki Leeper

The Emmy-nominated Jury Duty and Sex Lives of College Girls actor stars in the new mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical

Paradise Found

Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania’s celebrated arboretum and a pioneer public garden, unveils its new, 17-acre expansion

Lunch with Amy Sedaris

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the comedian and Mandalorian actress comes clean about her tanorexia, the Girl Scout badges she didn’t get, and her obsession with high heels

The Mysteries Continue

The gift that even Scrooge can’t resist? A subscription to the best spy novels of all time, curated by the London bookseller Heywood Hill

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss the tale of Genghis Khan’s grandson, an examination of Queen Victoria’s relationships with her prime ministers, and a biography of the Brothers Grimm

The Never-Ending Allure of Heeeeathcliff!

For decades, directors have struggled to adapt Emily Brontë’s brooding magnum opus, Wuthering Heights. Saltburn’s Emerald Fennell is the latest to try her hand

Mafalda Muñoz and Gonzalo Machado’s Guide to Madrid

The design duo behind Casa Muñoz share their favorite spots in their home city

Weird Barbie Writes a Book

Saturday Night Live alumna Kate McKinnon is the latest actor to try her hand at writing a children’s book. Not surprisingly, it’s great!

Back to the Jackal

Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal transformed the thriller genre—and inspired real-life assassins. Now it gets a 21st-century makeover with Eddie Redmayne in the title role

Is Dr. Strangelove a Bomb?

Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan transport Stanley Kubrick’s blackly comic Cold War satire to the theater

Bombs Away? Can You Bring a Stanley Kubrick Film to the Stage?

This week, John Lahr discusses a theatrical adaptation of Dr. Strangelove

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Twisted Aristocrat

Sodom and Camorra

Lashana Lynch

The James Bond and Marvel actress now stars alongside Eddie Redmayne in a remake of The Day of the Jackal

Elon Musk’s Pre-Election Thoughts

The SpaceX billionaire lambastes the Dems’ crooked agenda and shares his plans to colonize Mars