Confessions of a Literalist
I don’t do simile. Metaphor is out of the question
You’ll Never Power-Lunch in This Town Again
On this week’s podcast, Dana Brown discusses what has happened to this Manhattan ritual
From Hussar to Bazaar
An exhibition in Philadelphia honors the graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch, who went from serving in a Russian hussar regiment to being art director at Harper’s Bazaar, where he mentored photographers such as Irving Penn
Liar’s Poker, London–Style
How I went from the mean streets of East London to becoming the most profitable trader in the world
Paapa Essiedu
The Ghanaian-British actor is bringing his role in the critically acclaimed revival of The Effect from London to New York City
Playing God
On the eve of the Oscars, reiterations of Frankenstein are taking over Hollywood. Why now?
(Mid-)20th-Century Women
Ruth Orkin’s postwar photographs, collected in a new book, offer a snapshot of the modern woman navigating life in the big city
His Name Is “Dr. Zee”
Mark Zuckerberg: from entitled nerd in flip-flops to … Bond villain?
Sister Act
How the McLaughlin twins broke the glass ceiling of the male-dominated photography industry during the golden age of magazines
Drumming Up Sympathy
A new biography of rock legend Jim Gordon reveals how the music scene ignored his mental health struggles, then abandoned him when he snapped
Talking to the Hand
Fifteen years after Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth’s new play is a rich and masterful portrait of a divided family of women
Hollywood Lights
A new exhibition in Washington, D.C., displays photographs by George Hurrell, who captured everyone from Marlene Dietrich to Greta Garbo to Clark Gable
Lucas Zelnick
After a brief stint as a corporate strategist, the young comedian started a stand-up club in Manhattan
A Long Day’s Journey into Night
The Italian filmmaker behind Gomorrah and Pinocchio adapts immigrants’ real-life horror stories for the screen in his Oscar-nominated new film
The Wellness Madness
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is sick of wellness. What he wants is more badness, malice, and depravity
Around the World and Back Again
From tenement life to royal weddings to war’s front lines, Bert Hardy captured it all. A new exhibition in London collects the British photojournalist’s best work
Romantasy Addicts
It’s unadulterated escapism. It’s junk food for the mind. Suddenly, sales of fiction classed as both fantasy and romance are booming
