Pirates of the Peking Express
The extraordinary, little-known story of the bandits who hijacked a Chinese sleeper train full of Westerners, including a Rockefeller heiress, on its way to Beijing
Fake It Till You Make It
He can mimic both Caravaggio and Rembrandt, and his art has been displayed in national galleries and royal households. But are Tony Tetro’s crimes also the sign of a more innocent age?
Zoe Lister-Jones
In her new TV series, Slip, the actress, writer, and director plays a woman whose orgasms send her traveling through time
Where Stage and Screen Collide
Benjamin Millepied, a former ballet principal and the choreographer for Black Swan, turns Georges Bizet’s classic opera, Carmen, on its head in his film debut, starring Paul Mescal
Pushing the Envelope
Boston Baroque stages Iphigénie en Tauride, Gluck’s ultimate “reform opera”
MAGA Mike’s Last Dance
Here’s a sequel guaranteed to bomb, coming up short in more ways than one!
Letters to Trump: the Outtakes
Signed, Bernie Madoff … Jeffrey Epstein … Harvey Weinstein … and more!
Dying to Get In!
A sneak preview of the Ultimate Memorial Service! It’s going to be amazing! People are already fighting for tickets!
Own the Libs—with Style!
Want to stand out in a crowded House? Dress as your favorite Biden-Harris-Soros catastrophe!
The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Ahead of her show at the Queens Museum, the South African multimedia artist Tracey Rose discusses apartheid, psychedelics, and the inspiration behind some of her most radical works
Full Blume
In an interview, Judy Blume discusses everything from J. K. Rowling to the upcoming adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss a veteran magazine editor’s homage to his mother, a survey of how germs have shaped history, and the story of a Bavarian village that embraced Nazism
And the Oscar Goes
to …
In Good Night, Oscar, pianist and actor Oscar Levant’s startling appearance on Jack Paar’s Tonight show plays out onstage
Between Rome and Byzantium
A 40-year-old Milan Kundera essay holds the key to understanding the war in Ukraine
Mise-en-Scène
A new two-part French adaptation of The Three Musketeers, with Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Romain Duris, François Civil, and Vicky Krieps, brings the classic tale to a fresh audience
Sean Connery Knew How to Beat Putin
On this week’s episode, Alessandra Stanley discusses how The Untouchables holds the key to deterring Vlad
