Addressing the Rat in the Room
It’s time the humans of New York City made a good-faith effort to understand their four-legged neighbors
Lee Friedlander, Framed
Collaborating with the cinematic photographer, the filmmaker Joel Coen is staging shows of Friedlander’s work on both coasts
Hidden Gems
For decades, Anne Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Eisenhower, collected rare and magnificent jewelry. Now it’s going up for auction at Christie’s
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s drink-fueled behavior became notorious during their summers on the Riviera, where they were joined by Ernest Hemingway, the Marx Brothers, and Dorothy Parker
The Many Lives of Alain Delon
Claudia Cardinale, Paul Schrader, Shirley MacLaine, and others reflect on the genius, charm, and enduring influence of an icon of French cinema
Lartigue on La Côte d’Azur
In the early 30s, the photographer and playboy Jacques-Henri Lartigue took a job shooting a movie on the French Riviera. The film went nowhere—but Lartigue became a legend
Exiled in Style
Picasso, Chaplin, Churchill, Woolf—they all came to Villa Mauresque, in Cap Ferrat, W. Somerset Maugham’s well-appointed refuge from England’s sodomy laws
Beating the System
When every studio in Hollywood passed on Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola—the most successful movie director on the planet—became an independent filmmaker
A Cavalcade of Depravity
Shakespearean actors, Penthouse Pets, 3,000 Roman costumes, 450 gallons of fake blood, and Gore Vidal. Was Caligula the most ambitious porno ever made—or the raunchiest historical epic?
Graydon Carter takes us inside the Cannes Film Festival
On this week’s podcast, our Co-Editor discusses the festival’s allure and AIR MAIL’s big party at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc
Nick Pinkerton
A fixture of New York’s downtown film scene discusses writing the script for The Sweet East, starring Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi, which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
Lunch with Sienna Miller
On this week’s Table for Two, the actress tells Bruce about living in the Chelsea Hotel, the time Bruce Weber shot her for a Pirelli Calendar, creeping on social media, and much more …
And God Created Brigitte
“Idiotic” is how French bombshell Brigitte Bardot describes a new six-part TV series depicting her life
In Search of Lost Homes
A road trip around France, with stops at the houses of literary stars Colette, George Sand, Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, and Victor Hugo along the way
The French Twist
The key to mastering French style: look like you don’t care, even when you do
Go Figure
The Belgian figurative artist Luc Tuymans, who has a new show at David Zwirner, recalls the moment he decided to start painting again—and why he works so fast
Romantic Baroque, Baroque Romance
Seong-Jin Cho’s Handel Project
