The Dark Side of Paul McCartney
He shortchanged his band and wrote some truly awful songs, but Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles life succeeded in one respect—he carved out a carefree existence with his family
Remembering Michael Silverblatt
Salman Rushdie, George Saunders, and others pay tribute to the longtime host of the Bookworm talk show, who died this week
The Artist and the Revolutionary
Hunted by his enemies and haunted by his past, living in exile in Mexico City, Leon Trotsky began an ill-begotten affair with Frida Kahlo
Vik Muniz’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
The Brazilian artist and photographer shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home
Star-Crossed Lovers
Carolyn Bessette’s biographer talks to the creator of Love Story, a new mini-series about her subject’s well-publicized marriage to J.F.K. Jr. and tragic death
Happy Volk-entine’s Day!
Stephen Miller’s new line of candy hearts are guaranteed to make pure blood run hot
When Eisie Met Loren
“She was the most captivating and the nicest and the most hardworking actress I’ve ever met”: a new coffee-table book collects the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s timeless pictures of the Italian cinema icon Sophia Loren
Lucian Freud’s Paper Trail
A new London exhibition shifts the focus from the British artist’s famous paintings to his lesser-known, lifelong relationship with drawing
The Making of Charlotte Brontë
How a controversial biography of the Jane Eyre author overcame accusations of slander from the novelist’s hellish former headmaster, her critics, and even her father to establish her enduring myth
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a new history of China’s path to Communism, a re-examination of the Bernie Goetz subway shooting, and McNally Editions’ reprint of a forgotten dark comedy
Jenner Tomaska and Katrina Bravo’s Guide to Chicago
The husband-and-wife team behind Esmé restaurant share their favorite places to eat in the city they call home
Hot and Wuther-ed
Heathcliff and Catherine go full B.D.S.M. in Emerald Fennell’s new film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s timeless gothic novel
Melania Mon Amour
Canceled filmmaker Brett Ratner’s documentary on the First Lady transcends propaganda, or even slopaganda
The Movie Brats
For the past 50 years, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg have been collaborators, competitors, critics, and, most incredibly, close friends
The Singular Power of Avedon
Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Beckett, Louise Nevelson … an exhibition in Montreal showcases the photographer’s intimate portraits of aging, honing in on our universal mortality through wrinkles, follicles, and blemishes
The Offensive Line
Inside the love-hate relationship between two of the most powerful men in the N.F.L.—Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones—and the media
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the secret history of the fund that reshaped American democracy, a memoir by Andrew Cuomo’s divorce attorney, and a chronicle of the fight to save the Siberian tiger
Sibella Court’s Guide to Sydney
The interior designer shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
