How the World Entered Its Predator Era
In his latest book, The Wizard of the Kremlin author Giuliano da Empoli sets his sights on the beastly forces dominating our time, from Javier Milei to Vladimir Putin
Surreal Estate
A new coffee-table book chronicles the revival of Château Léoube, a 14th-century Provence estate transformed over the last decade by British billionaire Anthony Bamford and his wife, Daylesford Organic founder Carole Bamford
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
Heroes and victims on the autism spectrum add a layer of complexity and cleverness to this month’s best mystery books and TV shows
The Man Behind the Monster
The little-known story of the Harvard professor whose sadistic experiments may have helped transform Ted Kaczynski into the Unabomber
Stand-up Guy
Will Arnett plays a recently divorced comic in a bittersweet film directed by Bradley Cooper and co-starring Laura Dern
A Portrait of the Id as an Old Man
The relationship between Kate Moss and Lucian Freud was filled with a charged intimacy—but a new film on the two lacks spark
Vincent Lo Brutto and Pablo Stahl
With their Parisian gallery and its unconventional outpost at Basel’s private airport terminal, the French gallerist duo is moving beyond the bounds of traditional curation
What? This Old Thing?
A hand-me-down Rosenkavalier from Los Angeles opens a new era at the Zurich Opera with a bang
Green Gold
A new book traces the history of the avocado, from a humble dooryard tree in Mexico to a global superfood phenomenon
Alice Waters’s Guide to Berkeley
The American chef behind Chez Panisse shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
Mad About the Girl
A new coffee-table book collects the photographer Sam Shaw’s never-before-seen pictures of his longtime friend and muse, Marilyn Monroe
What’s with Woody?
An open letter
Secret Italy: The Hidden Villages Lost in Time
On this week’s podcast, Elena Clavarino reveals a part of Italy that needs to be seen to be believed
The World According to Cecil Beaton
In London, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the British photographer features candids of Elizabeth Taylor, costumes for My Fair Lady, and portraits of Queen Elizabeth
Harmonia Rosales
Known for re-creating Renaissance paintings with Black characters, the artist is now making her authorial debut to preserve African myths for future generations
Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be
A new biopic about the love affair between Simone Signoret and Yves Montand has the actors’ families declaring it a woke travesty
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and John Candy
A new biography pulls back the curtain on the Canadian comedian who died at just 43—and the role he turned down in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction
Stump Trump
Pam Bondi v. Pam Non-Stick Spray
The Curious Case of Thomas Pynchon
With the release of Shadow Ticket, his first novel in 12 years, and the Vineland-inspired One Battle After Another in theaters, only one thing is for sure: the author won’t be in evidence
