Emma Seligman
In Bottoms, a comedy about a queer fight club, the young director collaborates with college friends, who happen to be rising stars in Hollywood
Picasso Unseen
Rare, intimate pictures taken by the Irish photographer Edward Quinn over the course of his 19-year friendship with Picasso capture the artist in his downtime
Low Shelf Esteem
In the last decade, “sad girl” literature, novels about well-off girls who drink, go to therapy, and are consumed by self-loathing, has taken over contemporary fiction
An Actor’s Actor
Rob Brydon, who makes a brief cameo as Sugar Daddy Ken in Barbie, discusses choosing his family over his career and the fun of projects outside of Hollywood
Bad Romance
Set in the 19th century, William Boyd’s latest novel spans the life of a fictional writer who counts Percy Shelley and Lord Byron as friends
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a memoir from the legendary producer of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, an account of life as a lighthouse keeper, and a classical composer’s search for her birth parents
Better Fish to Fry
A look inside Toyosu, Tokyo’s largest fish market, where buyers congregate before dawn to bid on pricey bluefin tuna
Making Trouble
In an interview, former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust discusses growing up in the American South, the ending of affirmative action, and her new memoir, Necessary Trouble
After Hours: The Oral History of a Cult Classic
With his career on the ropes, Martin Scorsese fought his way back to the top with a low-budget, surreal black comedy, set in New York’s gritty downtown scene
When Rome Stood Still
Pandemic-era photographs of deserted streets and empty monuments reveal a magical side to a city so often associated with the throngs of people it attracts
How a Man Called “the Cheese” Almost Subverted the 2020 Election
On this week’s podcast, Jeffrey Toobin on Trump’s Harvard-educated lawyer who concocted the plan to overturn Biden’s victory
Lunch with Gretchen Carlson
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the former Fox News anchor joins host Bruce Bozzi to discuss how she went from Miss America to Roger Ailes’s worst nightmare …
Picture’s Up
The 76th Edinburgh International Film Festival, which opens next week, will screen a selection of vintage movies and innovative international films
Little Mermaid in La La Land
From Amsterdam, a fey yet bleak revival of Dvořák’s Rusalka
Bears in Mind
While researching the last remaining bear species, a journalist homed in on studies about the animals’ impressive cognitive abilities
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a tale of losing big on a CBD scheme; a re-issued Jazz Age novel; and a comedy about a former debutante
Peer Pressure
How do lawyers pick “a jury of his peers” when the defendant is Donald Trump? Actually, the potential jury pool is pretty deep
Lessons in Controversy
During his years as publisher of The New Republic, Martin Peretz held sway over Washington. In a memoir, he attempts to make sense of the fall from grace that followed
