The renowned journalist and war correspondent Sebastian Junger has never owned a smartphone. Instead of watching real-world events unfold from a handheld screen, he sought them out firsthand, from running toward gunfire on the battlefield in Afghanistan, a war zone he covered for more than a decade, to being held prisoner by Nigerian militants. Labeled a 21st-century Hemingway by Entertainment Weekly, the longtime Vanity Fair contributor sought to understand the complex effects of such unspeakable violence. With a Peabody and National Magazine Award to his name, Junger is embarking on his latest frontier: his Substack, Tribe, which examines current events through evolutionary patterns that innately shape human behavior, especially in the aftermath of war. “I don’t really want to get shot at anymore,” he once said with a laugh. Here, he turns to that experience to reckon why we are who we are. (sebastianjunger.substack.com) —Maggie Turner

From the director of Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot, Billy Wilder’s Love in the Afternoon is a May-December romance starring Audrey Hepburn as the ingénue Ariane and Gary Cooper as the middle-aged playboy Frank. When Ariane, the daughter of a private detective (Maurice Chevalier), learns that her father’s client plans to shoot Frank, she rushes to warn him, thus beginning what kids these days call a “situationship.” Don’t worry, Frank isn’t entirely a creep. Ariane lies to him and pretends to be an experienced dame and never reveals her real name. Her subterfuge eventually drives Frank to unknowingly hire Ariane’s own father to learn her identity. What follows is signature Wilder wit—only in Paris. (apple.com) —Eve Eismann

The Runwell is the watch that put Shinola on the map, and after more than a decade, the company has decided it’s worth bringing back. Is the timing (wink) right? In an era of disposable everything and a growing scarcity of true craftsmanship, we’d say so. Pair it with a suit or a T-shirt. The watch comes in 12 styles, but we like the design with the clean white dial and tan leather strap best. The relaunch also features a short film starring Nicholas Braun, whose increasingly frantic day makes a convincing case for slowing down. It turns out not every classic needs re-inventing. Some just need reminding. ($750, shinola.com) —Jennifer Noyes

The Melbourne quartet’s first album in 10 years comes after a much-needed break. With that time under the radar, they were able to distance themselves from their breakout debut (and, more specifically, “Sweet Disposition”), so it no longer dictated their every move. The result is still quintessential Temper Trap, with Dougy Mandagi’s soaring falsetto and churning guitar loops central (see “Giving Up Air”), all driven by a persistent sense of yearning. Mandagi spent part of their hiatus in Berlin, influencing the synthier, electro-infused moments (like “Bird on a Wire”), while drummer Toby Dundas worked on film scores, lending Sungazer a cinematic, anthemic quality. The record looks back as much as it peers forward, informed by newfound parenthood and a decade of maturation. There are vocoders, fuzz, distortion, and breakbeats. And yet, those overwhelming sounds remain, bombastic indie rock and Mandagi’s vocals (which haven’t aged a day) giving everything a nostalgic sheen through towering builds that make you feel like the world is at your fingertips. (spotify.com) —Cassidy Sollazzo

I never asked myself, “What if there was Wordle, but for art-history majors?,” but somehow I stumbled across the answer. The Daily Hue is a new online game by art-enthusiast friends and Web developers Cade Terada-Herzer and Patrick Mill which aims to bring more human-made art into everyday life (especially as A.I. works hard to accomplish the opposite). The concept is simple: guess the color. Using slider tools for hue, saturation, and value, you decode the shades of the artworks—ranging from Mary Cassatt’s Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (it’s actually Dark Moderate Sky) to Tiffany Studios’ Pond Lily Table Lamp (in Vivid Emerald). The most satisfying part of the game, besides winning, is the Explore tab, which offers a carousel of other works that utilize the same colors. (thedailyhue.com) —Gracie Wiener

Did Bridgerton do it for you? Have you an affinity for Empire waists and calling playboys “rakes”? If your answer to at least one of these questions is yes, look no further than These Old Shades, the 1926 novel that catapulted the indomitable Regency-romance writer Georgette Heyer to fame—and made her the indisputable pioneer of the genre. (You’re most welcome, Shonda Rhimes!) Set in Paris in 1755, the book has it all—love, revenge, a duke, and his budding acquaintance with a young boy who is secretly (gasp!) a girl. Sure, the novel is 100 years old, but its swoon-worthiness is evergreen. In short, if you’re not experiencing a Euro summer firsthand, this is indeed the next best thing. ($18.99, amazon.com) —Gabriella Maestri