Skip to Content

The Twisted Aristocrat

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

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

It Takes Two

On what would have been Robert Frank’s 100th birthday, a window into his friendship with fellow photographer—and protégé—Edward Keating

In Defense of Cruising

William Friedkin saw the film, which starred Al Pacino, as a breakthrough for gay representation in Hollywood. Gay activists disagreed

Elon Musk’s Pre-Election Thoughts

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

Rebel with a Cause

MoMA pays homage to one of its founders, Lillie Plummer Bliss, a canny collector and early champion of modernism

Klaus Kremmerz’s Sketchbook

Lashana Lynch

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

Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

With Catastrophe, Divorce, and now Bad Sisters, Sharon Horgan is the queen of depicting women in frantic disarray

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

2024: A Space Odyssey

Stars, black holes, meteorites … An exhibition in New York pays tribute to the late Pop artists, friends, and cosmos enthusiasts Alain Jacquet and James Rosenquist, presenting their work together for the first time

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Stop and Paint the Flowers

Rory McEwen’s plant portraits go on show in Wellesley, Massachusetts

Elsinore Informal

A look back at Richard Burton’s Hamlet, which broke Broadway records

The Year of Magical Eating

In an interview, Stanley Tucci lays bare his relationship with grief, his battle with oral cancer, and his new memoir chronicling a year of meals

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables

Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang’s Guide to Shanghai

The Chinese fashion designers behind Shushu/Tong share their favorite spots in the adopted city

AIR MAIL’s Co-Editors Discuss Donald Trump

On this week’s podcast, Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley look at the election

Lunch with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Jesse Tyler Ferguson recalls being sent the first Modern Family script and reading it on his first-generation iPhone in a coffee shop

Battle of Battles

In the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance—Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael—were embroiled in rivalry. Now a London exhibition retraces their intersecting paths

Christopher Cawley

Meet the antiques dealer sharing Chinatown’s hottest address with James Veloria and Eckhaus Latta

The Melania Diaries

The former First Lady recalls the moments—and, more importantly, the “unforgettable ensembles”—that will stay with her forever

Hang It in the Louvre

The comics-loving French have turned World Without End, a graphic novel about climate change, into a surprise best-seller

Rivals Laid Bare

The jodhpur-ripping, high-camp romp was as much fun to film as it is to watch