The Art of the Everyday
Edward Hopper was born in 1882, but as a new documentary about the artist attests, his sensitive paintings of empty storefronts and dimly lit motels have lost none of their poignancy
Along Came Marilyn
A newly discovered letter by Arthur Miller about his young bride, Marilyn Monroe, reveals the playwright’s rookie mistake: marrying a bombshell blonde he barely knew
Sleeping Beauty, Re-awakened
The Vienna State Ballet’s new production of the fairy tale adds substance to the gossamer world
Notes from New York’s Independent-Film Scene
The director Michael Almereyda discusses working with Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard, and David Lynch
This Sam Adams Is for You
Eight questions with Stacy Schiff, biographer of everyone from Cleopatra to Nabokov’s wife, Véra, about her latest subject: Samuel Adams
The Woke Mob
Because intersectional justice is a dish best served cold
Getting It Right
For the British playwright Alan Bennett, other people’s lives are just the dress rehearsal
The Home Front
After fighting overseas in World War II, Black soldiers came home to racism and violence in America
From the Front Lines
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s new documentary gives an unflinching look at the brutality of Russia’s war on Ukraine
How TikTok Turned a Disease Into a Hot Brand
Inside the AIR MAIL story on Gen Z’s latest ailment. Plus, more on the new Trump tell-all books
Ice Ice Baby
A salacious new memoir by John le Carré’s longtime mistress leaves his once thrilling spy stories looking rather dull
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point
Early on, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA was just lonely. His path to the radical right reflects a larger trend among America’s youth
The Book of Life
The stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s best-selling novel A Little Life heads to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its New York premiere
Grace Gummer
The actress, a member of a great acting family, is pivoting from theater to television
