Inside the Summer’s Most Mysterious Tragedy
This week, Sam Kashner discusses what he learned about the sinking of the doomed, multi-million-dollar yacht Bayesian
X-istential Crisis
Trump and Musk want to take the MAGA movement to Mars
Call Him by His Name
In an interview, André Aciman discusses the inspiration for Call Me by Your Name and his new memoir, about his own teenage years spent in Italy
Teenage Wasteland
At the turn of the century, Abercrombie & Fitch led a pop-culture movement hyping up consumerism. Millennials bought in—and got duped
Deadly Pleasures to Listen to, Read, and Watch
Get in the Halloween spirit with this month’s best mystery podcast, book, and movie
All About Marilyn
Eve Arnold’s newly discovered pictures of Marilyn Monroe capture the enduring friendship between Magnum’s first female photographer and an actress fighting for success in a male-dominated world
From Russia, with Lulz
Mark Eydelshteyn landed his first English-speaking role with a very unusual audition tape
Open Roads to Candy Mountain
In an interview, the actor Kevin J. O’Connor reflects on his experience shooting Robert Frank’s newly restored 1987 film
Lunch with Hannah Waddingham
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Ted Lasso actress reveals why she doesn’t want to look like herself when she appears on-screen
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a memoir from the interwar Jane Austen, the musings of a thrice Booker Prize–shortlisted author, and a biography of the humorist Will Rogers
The Dickens of Appalachia
In an interview, Barbara Kingsolver discusses her little-known first book, the inspiration behind Demon Copperhead, and what J. D. Vance gets wrong about the rural South
Bjarke Ingels’s Guide to Copenhagen
The Danish architect shares his favorite spots in his home city
Ave Maria!
She got Rudy Giuliani to fiddle with his crotch in the Borat sequel. Now Maria Bakalova steals the show as Ivana Trump in the new movie The Apprentice
The Sinner of City Hall
There was a time when New Yorkers loved a fun-loving, hard-partying, bribe-taking, crony-rewarding mayor
Moscow Hotline
Selected excerpts from the phone conversations between former president Donald J. Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin
Frank Sinatra Gets Whacked
Martin Scorsese’s gritty biopic of Frank Sinatra has been shelved. Was it the singer’s family, or Gen Z’s lack of interest, that killed it off?
A Lotta Ins, a Lotta Outs, a Lotta What-Have-Yous
The origin—and immortality—of The Big Lebowski
Does It Be Best?
Melania Trump’s book is the red Christmas tree of First Lady memoirs
The Ives Conundrum
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Ives, the masterful American composer we’re still quick to dismiss as a crank
