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
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
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
Payal Kapadia
The first female Indian director to win Cannes’s Grand Prix discusses her childhood in Mumbai and her film All We Imagine as Light
Notes from Underground
Keinemusik’s catchy brand of house music has attracted everyone from bankers to groupies. But is the German D.J. trio anything more than a status symbol?
Giant Girls Don’t Cry
Edna Ferber’s great-niece pulls back the curtain on the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer’s personal life—and the sacrifices she made for her craft
The Towering Bobby Short
For 36 years there was no more quintessential New York experience than seeing Bobby Short perform at the Café Carlyle
The Diva’s Tragedy
Maria Callas’s life was marked by poverty, drugs, cheating billionaires, and tabloid uproar. Can Angelina Jolie, who plays the opera singer in a new biopic, find the humanity amid the chaos?
America’s Sweethearts
A new coffee-table book presents a visual history of the United States from the 1940s to today, courtesy of Magnum photographers
Monochrome Mystique
In Lyon, three paintings of Saint Francis by the 17th-century Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán are shown together for the first time, alongside historic and contemporary works
Lunch with Isabella Rossellini
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Conclave actress discusses thinness and adjusting her definition of elegance as she gets older
The Highs and Heartbreaks of Living in New York City
On this week’s podcast, we look at Bobby Short at 100 and the end of En Japanese Brasserie
The Decline and Fall of the Campus Novel
Kingsley Amis, Evelyn Waugh, and Tom Sharpe used universities as their preferred vehicle for satire. But are modern colleges too ridiculous to parody?
Dominique Ansel’s Guide to New York
The French pastry chef shares his favorite specialty food stores in his adopted city
The Ayatollah and the de Kooning
The Argo-like story of the top-secret, high-stakes trade of a priceless illustrated manuscript for a modern masterwork
How Marlon Brando Almost Torpedoed One of His Greatest Roles
On this week’s podcast, Stephen Rebello goes inside On the Waterfront