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Drew Friedman’s Sketchbook

Nicholas Knucklehead

Going, Going … Godard

Centered around Jean-Luc Godard’s last works, an exhibition in London honors the French New Wave filmmaker’s final years

Rock v. Wade

Singing and abortion rights converge in 1972, a new rock opera from the musician and activist Chadwick Stokes, produced by Laurie David and Sybil Gallagher

Lunch with Ted Sarandos

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Netflix co-C.E.O. tells host Bruce Bozzi how the idea for the streaming company all started with a $40 late charge for an Apollo 13 rental

Inside AIR MAIL’s 2024 Over-Under List

On this week’s podcast, Jeanne Malle tells us about the people and things that were over- (and under-) hyped this year

AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2024

Percival Everett’s twist on Huckleberry Finn; biographies of Reagan and Isherwood, Didion, and Babitz; and more holiday reading for every type

The Anti–Mitford Sisters

Sebastián Faena’s Guide to Buenos Aires

The filmmaker and photographer shares his favorite spots in his home city

King of the Costume Drama

Amid constant fights, infidelity, and financial woes, James Ivory and his partner, Ismail Merchant, created the most elegant films of the era

The Push Pin Attitude

How the scrappy, ingenious founders of New York City’s Push Pin Studios revolutionized 20th-century graphic design—and left a lasting mark on the culture

Daria Kolomiec

The Ukrainian D.J. and activist is using music and storytelling as a war cry

A Boy’s Best Friend …

At Andy Warhol’s suggestion—“she’s so-o-o interesting”—a biographer pulls back the curtain on the artist’s mother, an unsung painter in her own right

The Rare Eccentricity of Isabella Rossellini

Daughter of Ingrid Bergman, face of Lancôme, and now a farmer, the Italian actress reflects on the unexpected joys of aging and being nepo-baby royalty

Pretty Women

Concrete Jungles

From Marcel Breuer’s early modernist designs to Le Corbusier’s pocket gardens, two new books speak to the enduring allure of brutalism

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Ruthie Rogers Reveals Her Perfect Comfort Food

This week, the owner of London’s River Cafe discusses the wonders of marinara sauce, holiday entertaining, and more

Lifting the Veil

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which dramatizes the ongoing turmoil in Iran, is itself an act of protest

Rare Bird, Bass Division

Peixin Chen’s amazing journey from Inner Mongolia to the great lyric stages of the West

How to Write like Harlan Coben

The best-selling author shares the tricks he uses to craft a page-turner—from conjuring up villains to landing the big ending

Hamlet in Lockdown

How Sir Ian McKellen spent (part of) his pandemic

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a history of George Frideric Handel’s popular Christmas oratorio, an examination of old age in America, and an artist’s collection of stories and paintings

Nina Johnson’s Guide to Miami

The gallerist shares her favorite spots in her home city