Teenage Wasteland
A new book of photographs by Beth Garrabrant—the artist behind Taylor Swift’s recent album covers—documents youth in the American suburbs
High Noonan
The Pulitzer Prize–winning political columnist Peggy Noonan discusses her note from Trump, the surprising reason why he is not a Neanderthal, and writing in Edmund Burke for president
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
Distract yourself from real-life nightmares with this month’s best mystery book and TV series
Inside the Mysterious Murder of Sean Combs’s Father
On this week’s podcast, Legs McNeil details how the death of the rapper’s father may have influenced him
Lunch with Amy Sedaris
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the comedian and Mandalorian actress comes clean about her tanorexia, the Girl Scout badges she didn’t get, and her obsession with high heels
The Never-Ending Allure of Heeeeathcliff!
For decades, directors have struggled to adapt Emily Brontë’s brooding magnum opus, Wuthering Heights. Saltburn’s Emerald Fennell is the latest to try her hand
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the tale of Genghis Khan’s grandson, an examination of Queen Victoria’s relationships with her prime ministers, and a biography of the Brothers Grimm
Mafalda Muñoz and Gonzalo Machado’s Guide to Madrid
The design duo behind Casa Muñoz share their favorite spots in their home city
Bombs Away? Can You Bring a Stanley Kubrick Film to the Stage?
This week, John Lahr discusses a theatrical adaptation of Dr. Strangelove
Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
With Catastrophe, Divorce, and now Bad Sisters, Sharon Horgan is the queen of depicting women in frantic disarray
It Takes Two
On what would have been Robert Frank’s 100th birthday, a window into his friendship with fellow photographer—and protégé—Edward Keating
Weird Barbie Writes a Book
Saturday Night Live alumna Kate McKinnon is the latest actor to try her hand at writing a children’s book. Not surprisingly, it’s great!
The Master and the Mirror
The little-known friendship between Henri Matisse and Joan Miró was based on mutual admiration, and an urge to reach greater artistic heights
In Defense of Cruising
William Friedkin saw the film, which starred Al Pacino, as a breakthrough for gay representation in Hollywood. Gay activists disagreed
Elon Musk’s Pre-Election Thoughts
The SpaceX billionaire lambastes the Dems’ crooked agenda and shares his plans to colonize Mars
Lashana Lynch
The James Bond and Marvel actress now stars alongside Eddie Redmayne in a remake of The Day of the Jackal
Rebel with a Cause
MoMA pays homage to one of its founders, Lillie Plummer Bliss, a canny collector and early champion of modernism
Is Dr. Strangelove a Bomb?
Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan transport Stanley Kubrick’s blackly comic Cold War satire to the theater
2024: A Space Odyssey
Stars, black holes, meteorites … An exhibition in New York pays tribute to the late Pop artists, friends, and cosmos enthusiasts Alain Jacquet and James Rosenquist, presenting their work together for the first time
