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Nuremberg, Two Ways

James Vanderbilt’s new film shares a title and a subject with a Russian feature from 2023. A side-by-side comparison speaks volumes

Diary of a Southern Grande Dame

Patricia Altschul—the richer-than-God, twice-divorced Charleston matriarch who inspired Parker Posey’s White Lotus character—tells all on her run-ins with royals, Trump, and America’s gilded circles

The Cowboy King of Hollywood

How Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan went from a struggling actor living in a one-bedroom apartment to the recipient of an unprecedented $1 billion television contract

Editors’ Picks

This week, don’t miss a queer reimagining of 1970s Italian filmmaking, a biography of the “zip” painter Barnett Newman, Thomas Beller’s personal essays, and a dictionary of 2,000 ways to say “rain” in Japanese

Buying Basquiat

Long before Andy Warhol, known for championing Jean-Michel Basquiat, there was Stéphane Janssen—a Belgian art collector in Beverly Hills who recognized the young artist’s genius early on

George Scott’s Guide to Seville

The founder of George Scott Riding Safaris shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home

Across the Universe

From James Baldwin to Stephen Hawking, Dublin to the Bronx, a coffee-table book collects 60 years of photographs by the social-justice advocate and artist Stephen Shames

Marty & Me

Big in Japan

An exhibition in Tokyo marks the 30th anniversary of Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion, an anime series that has gained a cult following among film enthusiasts such as Wes Anderson

¡Ay, Caramba!

Exile in Abu Dhabi hasn’t stopped Spain’s disgraced king, Juan Carlos I, from sounding off on “benevolent” dictator Francisco Franco, Princess Diana, and that infamous safari incident

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Does Anyone Still Want Their MTV?

Reports of the network’s death were greatly exaggerated. But whether it can survive the streaming era is an open question

A Family of Filmmakers

Two of Me brings Eleanor Coppola’s revelatory, 50-year diary project to a close

15 Reasons Gavin Newsom Should Be President

With Proposition 50 re-drawing California’s congressional map in favor of the Democrats, we count the reasons why the governor is a serious presidential contender

A Lone Star Is Born

From Texan cowboy to Hollywood’s hottest leading man, Glen Powell is equal parts Tom Cruise adrenaline and Matthew McConaughey charm

Daddy’s Girl

In Aix, Charpentier’s forgotten Louise returns as a shocker

Ariana Harwicz

As her debut novel inspires a new thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, the Argentinean writer unveils her fifth and darkest book, Unfit

Editor’s Pick

This week, don’t miss Walter Isaacson’s deep dive into the sentence that birthed a nation: “We hold these truths to be self-evident … ”

Tokini Peterside-Schwebig’s Guide to Lagos

The founder of the ART X Lagos fair shares her go-to spots in her hometown

Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and the $1 Billion Lawsuit

On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage discusses the fight that could put the First Lady on the stand

Eva Victor

The Billions actor and comedian is making her directorial debut with Sorry, Baby, starring Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges

There’s Something About Julie

How Walt Disney and the Sherman brothers landed on Julie Andrews for the role of Mary Poppins—without whom “A Spoonful of Sugar” would not exist

Alexander the Great

Maestro Soddy plants another flag at La Scala with this month’s Così Fan Tutte