MAGA Mike’s Last Dance
Here’s a sequel guaranteed to bomb, coming up short in more ways than one!
The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Ahead of her show at the Queens Museum, the South African multimedia artist Tracey Rose discusses apartheid, psychedelics, and the inspiration behind some of her most radical works
Full Blume
In an interview, Judy Blume discusses everything from J. K. Rowling to the upcoming adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss a veteran magazine editor’s homage to his mother, a survey of how germs have shaped history, and the story of a Bavarian village that embraced Nazism
Between Rome and Byzantium
A 40-year-old Milan Kundera essay holds the key to understanding the war in Ukraine
And the Oscar Goes
to …
In Good Night, Oscar, pianist and actor Oscar Levant’s startling appearance on Jack Paar’s Tonight show plays out onstage
No News Is Bad News
Can political documentaries effect change? Benjamin Netanyahu seems to think so
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s best mystery books are throwbacks to different periods in American history, from the 20s to the 90s
Mise-en-Scène
A new two-part French adaptation of The Three Musketeers, with Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Romain Duris, François Civil, and Vicky Krieps, brings the classic tale to a fresh audience
Le Sirenuse’s Siren Call
Seventy years after John Steinbeck visited the spectacular Amalfi Coast hotel, Le Sirenuse maintains its literary roots in the form of a springtime writers’ retreat
Sean Connery Knew How to Beat Putin
On this week’s episode, Alessandra Stanley discusses how The Untouchables holds the key to deterring Vlad
Goodnight Vienna
An updated version of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, a comic opera about a Viennese love triangle, finishes its run at the Metropolitan Opera
Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss the case for slow societal change, a look at the murder of Nelson Mandela’s heir apparent, and the story of how the I.R.A. nearly assassinated Margaret Thatcher
Dinner with Rob Lowe
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the West Wing actor and podcaster explains why he hated the “Brat Pack” label, reveals Francis Ford Coppola’s bizarre directing methods, and much more
Articles of War
How an author discovered W. E. B. Du Bois’s definitive history of Black participation in W.W. I, and why it remained unfinished—and largely forgotten
Slam Dunk
Ben Affleck directs a career-making film with an unlikely star: a Nike sneaker
The Felicity Factor
With an army of star authors under her wing, Felicity Blunt, a London literary agent and the wife of the actor Stanley Tucci, is having her moment
