Floral Tribute
A dazzling new coffee-table book explores the flower in contemporary photography
Crimes of the Mind
How a journalist turned screenwriter stumbled onto the unbelievable but true story that became Rogue Agent
Child’s Play
For the past 25 years, South Park has been an equal-opportunity offender. One writer can’t get enough
A Big Show for a Big Week
Welcome to our 100th episode
Second-Guessing Puccini
Live from Salzburg 2022, Asmik Grigorian takes on the trifecta Il Trittico
Murder, They Wrote
This month, trade your beach reads for something more challenging—and satisfying—in the way of mystery novels
A Different Sort of Café Society
A Parisian waiter details the less glamorous side of French dining
Vivienne Acheampong
With The Sandman, a Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic book, the actress has entered the DC universe
It’s the Summer of Frump
Sun’s out—but buns are not out. You can blame the boom in “granny style”
In Her Glory
Norway’s Lise Davidsen triumphs as Richard Strauss’s Grecian princess Ariadne
