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Matthew Rhys Gets Personal

The Welsh actor discusses meeting his wife, Keri Russell, on The Americans—and his role in the new Agatha Christie adaptation, Towards Zero

Lunch with Graydon Carter

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, AIR MAIL’s Co-Editor embraces being compared to Buddy from Elf, explains how creativity could help you get into the Vanity Fair Oscar party, and more

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

“Brad Pitt’s” Kidney Transplant and the French Divorcée

On this week’s podcast, Mark Seal explains how amateur sleuths busted a multi-national cyber-scam

The Mother of Surrealism

How one woman born into a world on the brink of turmoil inspired Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, André Breton, and the love of her life, Salvador Dalí

Her Again (Historically Informed)

Bizet’s Carmen more or less as it looked and played in 1875, when the opera was new

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a history of Russian espionage, a window into the world of snakes, and a curated guide to the best of international cinema

The Beatles’ Beating Heart

Nina Yashar’s Guide to Milan

The founder of Nilufar Gallery shares her favorite spots in her home city

When Bezos Met Bridezilla

An exclusive look inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding—zero-gravity Botox, diamanté candelabras, Dom Pérignon, and all

Stephen Sondheim’s Phantom Menace

As a new Sondheim revue opens on Broadway, producer Cameron Mackintosh reflects on their friendship—and on Sondheim’s rivalry with Andrew Lloyd Webber

Fernanda Amis’s Sketchbook

Flower Power

A Dior designer’s take on floral arrangements, a visual history of the rose, and a gardening guide by Martha Stewart … Ring in spring with three new coffee-table books

To Edward R. Murrow. Love, Marlene Dietrich

He was America’s pre-eminent newsman. She was an international sex symbol. They both hated bullies

Out of Africa

One Hundred Years of Gatsby

Editions of The Great Gatsby—which achieved popularity only after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s death—abound, but the mysteries surrounding the Great American Novel endure

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Other Saturday Night Live

A famous host. A gifted cast. A stream of celebrity guests. The result? One of the worst shows in TV history

Another Reason to Hate on the Ivy League and Nepo Babies!

On this week’s podcast, Andrew Zucker looks at the Versailles-level housing being built for super-rich kids

Emma Myers

How the Orlando native went from acting in theme-park commercials to starring alongside Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, and Jack Black

Positively 4th Street

When New York was still called New Amsterdam, a former slave ran a farm on the very terrain that would become the Greenwich Village stomping ground of folk singers and Beat poets

Hollywood’s Jester

Seth Rogen, the mastermind behind Pineapple Express and Superbad, talks comedy, side hustles—from pottery to weed—and his new series, The Studio

Death Stares on the Tigris

Inside Victorian England’s most intense feud—a backstabbing, betrayal-laden rivalry to decipher the writings of ancient Babylon and Assyria

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a timely look back at McCarthyism, a novel about a couple’s tragic battle with dementia, and a history of the four compass points