Signed, Sealed, Delivered
A new book of Edward Gorey’s letters offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind of one of America’s greatest illustrators
Who Killed James Bond?
The last movie in the series, released three years ago, promised the beloved agent would return—but fans are still waiting
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Pope
How John Paul II revealed himself as a master of espionage in the Vatican’s secret fight against Communism
La Duce Vita
A new TV series on the Fascist dictator asks: Why do Italians still defend Benito Mussolini?
Quintessa Swindell
The 27-year-old actor stars in Ridley Scott’s new thriller, Prime Target, while simultaneously making their directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival
Chekhov In Flashes
From London, Andrew Scott’s Off Broadway-bound Vanya
A Real-Life Mrs. Maisel
A meticulously kept scrapbook sheds light on the little-remembered life of Jean Carroll, America’s first Jewish woman stand-up comedian
Rolf Sachs’s Guide to Saint-Moritz
The artist and designer shares his favorite spots in the mountain town
Good-Bye, Noughties!
Gone are the fun, messy, and fast times at work—perhaps for the better, says the cast of Bridget Jones
The Grand Illusionist
From debutantes to lumberjacks, pop artists to stockbrokers, matinee idols to praying mantises, a new coffee-table book surveys Larry Fink’s wide-ranging, unconventional black-and-white photographs
Art Nouveau
In Paris, the Louvre presents its inaugural fashion exhibition, placing designers from Azzedine Alaïa to Yohji Yamamoto in dialogue with decorative arts from Byzantium to the Second Empire
Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer
Why Audrey Hepburn’s granddaughter forewent a career in the spotlight to pursue painting
Doctor Who?
Meet the Boston brain doctor who lives a double life writing incredibly successful thrillers under the pen name Freida McFadden
Making Sense of Luigi Mangione
On this week’s podcast, Bethany McLean looks at the potential roots of the alleged killer’s rage
Hot Takes
A handy digest of recent media coverage concerning the L.A. wildfires
Remembering Twin Peaks
The cast of David Lynch’s rich and strange television masterpiece recall the late director’s sheer unusualness
Setsuko Klossowska de Rola’s Guide to Paris
The Japanese painter and widow of the 20th-century painter Balthus shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Here’s Stanley!
A new, two-volume compendium offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Shining
The “Preppy Killer” She Knew
A new novel revisits 1980s Manhattan—and the murder that defined an era
Leave the Cannoli, Take the Oval Office
From F.D.R. to J.F.K., Trump to Biden, a look behind the mythology of the Mob and the presidency
Cinema Inferno
Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, and Anita Ekberg all feature in a newly translated memoir of Italian cinema that’s oozing with sex, sleaze, and scandal
