Wong Kar-wai’s Guide to Hong Kong
The film director and screenwriter shares his favorite spots in his home city
Jen Silverman
The playwright makes their Broadway debut with The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone
In the Field with Robert Capa
A new book collects the photojournalist’s images of major 20th-century events, from the D-day landings, in France, to the arrival of immigrants in the newly established Israel
All Wisconsin’s a Stage
While often overlooked, the Midwestern state is home to some of America’s finest theater
New Twists in the Idaho Student-Murders Case
On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals how the F.B.I. may have compromised evidence
The Ingmar Bergman of Porn
Gerard Damiano Sr. made the most popular porn film of all time—Deep Throat—but he always longed to be taken seriously as an auteur
Home Sweet Stockholm
A tour of the artistic homes dotting Sweden’s capital, from the Pippi Longstocking author’s apartment to sculptor Carl Milles’s sprawling complex
Face Value
At the turn of the 20th century, American women wouldn’t touch blush or lipstick. Then, with her Upper East Side salon, Elizabeth Arden made makeup fashionable
Taylor-Made Bump
Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams, and Paramore have all seen their profiles—and sales—rocket after being support acts on Swift’s record-breaking “Eras Tour”
Life Lessons from My So-Called Life
The groundbreaking 90s drama ran for only one season 30 years ago—but made stars of Claire Danes and Jared Leto and continues to delight
You Didn’t Have to be There
What luck that the mic was live for Keith Jarrett’s catastrophic gig in Cologne a half century ago
In the Wings
After funding was cut for the Federal Theatre Project, hundreds of scripts, props, and costumes went missing. Three decades later, two professors and a government worker saved them
Viola and Vera Arrivabene’s Guide to Venice
The Italian sisters and co-founders of ViBi Venezia share their favorite spots in their home city
The Bad Habits of Eve Babitz
The razor-sharp essayist and chess partner of Marcel Duchamp, who dated Jim Morrison, Harrison Ford, and Steve Martin, relentlessly explored the power of beauty
30 Years of Friends
From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode
Let There Be Light
The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, exhibits the photographs of 26 avant-garde artists who made light their subject, such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Thomas Wilfred, and Mary Ellen Bute
Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read
This month’s best mystery books and TV shows
