Suzanne Vega Is Watching You
The singer-songwriter performs her folk-pop hits at City Winery in Greenwich Village
Fetch Me Her Slippers
From Frankfurt, Rimsky-Korsakov’s shaggy-dog Christmas Eve, a tranche of tsarist holiday cheer that resembles Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker not at all
Borodino or Bust
Sergei Bondarchuk’s monumental 60s film series, War and Peace, is as relevant than ever
Out for Blood
A century after Nosferatu’s release, Berlin’s National Gallery explores the enduring influence of F. W. Murnau’s vampire film
Ancient Britain from Up High
A new coffee-table book collects stunning photographs of Great Britain’s ancient sites, from Stonehenge to Cadbury Castle
Nothing Is Beatle-Proof
How a wild night out with the McCartneys influenced one of the most revered albums in the history of popular music
A Night Celebrating Sam Wasson and Jeanine Basinger
Jeff Zucker, Waris Ahluwalia, Luke and Linda Janklow, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate a new oral history of Hollywood
When Royal Cosplay Goes Bad
On this week’s podcast, thoughts on the Harry and Meghan drama-mentary, and much more
The Next Step
Published just before the pandemic, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse captured the world with its message of kindness and went on to become the all-time best-selling U.K. hardback. Now the illustrated tale is headed to the big screen on Christmas Day
Beatrice Grannò
The Italian actress discusses her American-TV debut: The White Lotus, Season Two
Picture Imperfect
Damien Chazelle calls his new film, Babylon, “a hate letter to Hollywood and a love letter to movies”
And the Award Goes to…
At the 2022 International Opera Awards, Kris Defoort’s The Time of Our Singing wins for best World Premiere
AIR MAIL’s Eight Best Mystery Books of 2022
Janice Hallett, Robert Galbraith, Don Winslow, and more …
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2022
Michael K. Williams’s memoir, a history of G.E., a biography of F.D.R., Elena Ferrante’s essay collection: holiday reading for every type
The Duke and Duchess of Drama
Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix documentary ignores reality for the higher purpose of demonizing the royal family—and elevating themselves
A Night Celebrating Jim McMullan
Louise Grunwald, Ed Sorel, and André Bishop gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate the illustrator’s new book
It’s Complicated
A new film re-examines Tolstoy’s marriage—a subject that has inspired more than a century of commentary, from dueling novellas to literary mock trials
