Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
Hunker down with the holiday season’s best mysteries
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
The Place to Be
For a few short years in the 1970s, New Times magazine punched way above its weight, tackling the big issues of the day while elevating a new generation of writers
AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2024
Dazzling volumes on Rosario Candela’s New York City penthouses and David Hockney’s works on paper, plus photography collections from Ernest Cole, Eve Arnold, and Ruth Orkin and a look inside an Italian home or two
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
Sebastián Faena’s Guide to Buenos Aires
The filmmaker and photographer shares his favorite spots in his home city
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
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
Rare Bird, Bass Division
Peixin Chen’s amazing journey from Inner Mongolia to the great lyric stages of the West
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
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
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
Lifting the Veil
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which dramatizes the ongoing turmoil in Iran, is itself an act of protest
Daria Kolomiec
The Ukrainian D.J. and activist is using music and storytelling as a war cry
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
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
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
