Woman of Mystery
Marilyn Monroe continues to fascinate us a century on, because we’re still trying to figure her out
The Eternal Child
A new documentary sheds fresh light on Louis Malle, the nouvelle vague contemporary whose films tackled complicated subjects with innocence and curiosity
The Unstoppable Jasper Johns
A retrospective in Bilbao, Spain, collects decades of work by the last great living survivor of the postwar generation
The Royal Treatment
From The Crown to Love Story, Hollywood’s enduring fascination with the Windsors and the Kennedys has cemented their mythos for the next generation—but at what cost?
In Contempt of Court
A.I. models incorrectly predict that most Supreme Court cases will be decided along party lines. The real culprit isn’t the algorithm—it’s us
Nikki Hill and Claire Wadsworth’s Guide to Joshua Tree
The life and business partners behind the restaurant La Copine share their go-to spots in the High Desert
Murder, They Wrote
This month in mysteries: James Comey’s new espionage thriller and the latest installment in Anthony Horowitz’s meta-mystery series
Requiem for a Dreamscape
A retrospective in Germany honors Verner Panton, the Danish designer who transformed the spirit of American counterculture into psychedelic interiors blending color, sensuality, and fun
The Duke Hunter
Andrew Lownie’s biography of the Yorks helped bring down the former Prince Andrew. With new allegations in the forthcoming U.S. paperback, the scourge of the royals is still in hot pursuit
Fire Island Time
A new coffee-table book looks beyond the island’s reputation as a queer summer utopia, revealing it, for the first time, as a creative hub that influenced artists from Richard Avedon to Wolfgang Tillmans
Hail, Caesar!
Roddy McDowall came to fame with How Green Was My Valley and starred alongside Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, but The Planet of the Apes is what cemented his legacy
The Spammer Becomes the Spammee
After receiving one too many fake-book-club scams, I clicked reply
Bob Colacello’s Guide to Long Island
The writer and art-world fixture shares his go-to spots around Southampton
Bella Maclean
The 28-year-old star of Rivals was shocked to land the lead role in the Jilly Cooper adaptation—but she’s still along for the (very sexy) ride in the show’s second season
Mayday!
Cambridge’s most infamous party girl tips her hat to Dafydd Jones, the society photographer whose latest book captures more than 40 years of the school’s hedonistic May Balls
Winston Churchill’s Alter Ego
An exhibition in London re-introduces Churchill as a painter—a hobby he took up in the summer of 1915, amidst the depressive slump that followed his ousting from the Admiralty
Steve Jobs’s Lost Decade
After being forced out of Apple in 1985, its founder spent 12 years running a floundering start-up. A new book claims this exile set the stage for Silicon Valley’s greatest comeback story