The Postmodernist and the Drowning Man
For Janet Malcolm, there was no ultimate truth—only endless interpretation. Except when her own credibility was on the line
Lukas Dhont
In an interview, the young director discusses his film Close, Belgium’s submission to the Academy Awards, which has earned comparisons to François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows
Murder, They Wrote
This month, mystery books ranging from the combustible to the slow burn offer something for every type
Bach Re-Boxed
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist in excelsis, premieres an immense new collage that incorporates, in their entirety, the master’s six suites for her instrument
The World According to Hockney
At 85, the acclaimed English artist is on trend, launching an immersive exhibition in London that uses virtual reality to show new, rarely seen, and much-lauded works
What a Piece of Work
Sure, I can write you a tell-all full of objective facts
Irresistible Force, Immoveable Object
From Glyndebourne, Mozart’s Orientalist fantasy The Abduction from the Seraglio
Notes from Underground
James Fox, ghostwriter to Keith Richards and David Bailey, reveals the tricks of his trade—and why J. R. Moehringer shouldn’t be blamed for Harry’s memoir
People Who Don’t Need People
A growing number of transhumanists and radical environmentalists believe our days as a species are numbered. And they feel fine
Family Fiction
The Super 8 Years brings the Nobel Prize–winning French novelist Annie Ernaux’s high literary style to the screen
A Cri de Coeur for the Moment
Alice Diop discusses Saint Omer, a drama of race and motherhood that marks the filmmaker’s first fiction feature, selected as France’s entry in the upcoming Academy Awards
Frida Gustavsson
The star of Netflix’s Vikings first emerged on the scene as one of the fashion industry’s top models
Happy Endings
When Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along first appeared, it was a disaster. Forty years on, it’s a triumph
The Re-invention of John Stonehouse
Succession star Matthew Macfadyen leads a raucous new drama about the stranger-than-fiction story of a British politician who faked his own death in 1974
The Accidental Collector
Judy Glickman Lauder didn’t set out to become a collector. Yet she ended up amassing some of the most important images in photography, shot by everyone from Berenice Abbott to William Klein, to Weegee
Lucian Freud, Lady Caroline Blackwood—and Me
My mother’s marriage to the painter was brief, and the hours she spent sitting for him were long. But the resulting portraits are forever
