Dad Jokes
The best thing on the Internet just may be Michael Keaton’s Instagram account
A Summer Odyssey
Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons
The Final Countdown
In an interview, the historian Evan Thomas discusses how Russian spies, Harry Truman’s denial, and an immunity to writer’s block played into his new book, on the last days of W.W. II
I Don’t Know How She Does It
Sally Wainwright, the creator of the hit British crime drama Happy Valley, captures the female experience like no other
The Not-So-Nice Saint
Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s savior. His private life was another story
The War That Never Ended
Fifty years after the last American troops left, Vietnam is thriving. The U.S., meanwhile, is still dealing with the aftermath—unconsciously or not
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
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 …
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
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
And God Created Brigitte
“Idiotic” is how French bombshell Brigitte Bardot describes a new six-part TV series depicting her life
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
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 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
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
