Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a look inside Winston Churchill’s country sanctuary, a poetry collection all about water, and the story of the Soviet botanists trapped in the siege of Leningrad
The Blind Side
After a devastating childhood acid attack, Joshua Miele turned his pain to purpose by inventing technology for the visually impaired
Alexia Hentsch’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
The Brazilian fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Once upon a Time in Hollywood
De Niro! Prince! Madonna! From Oscar parties to parking lots, Dafydd Jones’s L.A. photos capture a bygone era
The Hackman Connection
Inside the wild, epic filming of William Friedkin’s The French Connection, which made a star of the late Gene Hackman
A Tale of Two Beans
Two years after its unveiling, at the base of a Manhattan luxury tower, Anish Kapoor’s smaller “bean” is way more controversial than its Chicago predecessor
The Short and the Long of It
Despite its controversial portrayal of dwarfism, the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant sitcom Life’s Too Short still has star Warwick Davis begging for its return a decade later
Anjelica Huston’s Class Act
The actress discusses growing up among Hollywood royalty, her enduring relationship with Jack Nicholson, and her latest role, in a new Agatha Christie adaptation
Lady and the Little Tramp
Among Charlie Chaplin’s many ill-fated trysts, perhaps his most disastrous was with Joan Barry, a woman 30 years his junior
Annie Hall Before Annie Hall
How Woody Allen and his team turned an unusable first cut into a love story for the ages—and one of the few comedies ever to win the Academy Award for best picture
How Annie Hall Went from Disaster to Masterpiece
On this week’s podcast, Alex Belth reveals how Woody Allen transformed his movie in the editing room
Remembrance of Things Proust
An exhibition in Madrid showcases the art and culture that influenced the 20th-century French writer
Delaney Buffett
The daughter of the “Margaritaville” singer honors her late father with her new film, Adult Best Friends
Carmen Goes to the Movies
On film, Grace Bumbry’s exhilarating debut in an iconic signature role
Alexandra Winkler’s Guide to Vienna
The co-owner of Hotel Sacher shares her favorite spots in her home city
By George!
Elon Musk is beginning to resemble another unelected foreigner who messed with American taxpayers’ money—and incited the Revolution
Inside the S.N.L. Audition Room
Laugh-free interviews, under-the-breath asides, and lots of popcorn … Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, and others reveal what it’s like to get hired by Lorne Michaels
The Curious Case of Curzio Malaparte
Was the celebrated Italian writer an anti-Fascist behind enemy lines, as he portrayed himself? Or just a Fascist?
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
In AIR MAIL’s latest podcast, never-before-heard interviews with the likes of Robert Evans and James Caan chronicle the making of The Godfather
