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The Real Babylon Berlin

Grace Van Patten

The star of Tell Me Lies reveals her hesitance about joining Hollywood and how she handles filming her dark Hulu series

Depraved New World

In the 1930s, two German families and a baroness moved to Floreana, a barely populated island in the Galápagos. Ron Howard’s new film, Eden, revisits the dramatic deaths that ensued

Unlucky Lindy

Something Wild

A new book collects the provocative and experimental advertisements Guy Bourdin photographed for the shoe brand Charles Jourdan from 1967 to 1983

Air Mail’s Guide to Milan

Air Mail’s Guide to Rome

Air Mail’s Guide to Venice

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a chronicle of rebuilding the World Trade Center, an ode to the Bronx, a look at Venice’s foremost geographer, and a Tchaikovsky biography

False Front

During World War II, Colonel Dudley Clarke reinvented military deception by hoodwinking the Nazis with nonexistent troops

From Italy With Love takes over Bloomingdale’s

Wong Kar-wai’s Guide to Hong Kong

The film director and screenwriter shares his favorite spots in his home city

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”

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

Jen Silverman

The playwright makes their Broadway debut with The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone

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

Massacre at the Polls

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

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

All Wisconsin’s a Stage

While often overlooked, the Midwestern state is home to some of America’s finest theater

Good Taste, Bad Marriage

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

Fernanda Amis’s Sketchbook

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