Fire Island Time
A new coffee-table book looks beyond the island’s reputation as a queer summer utopia, revealing it, for the first time, as a creative hub that influenced artists from Richard Avedon to Wolfgang Tillmans
A Lighter Shade of Darren Aronofsky
His movies—Black Swan, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream—are notoriously heavy. But the director’s latest, Caught Stealing, is a romp around the East Village of the 1990s
A Night Celebrating Ashe Leandro
Seth Meyers, Amy Schumer, and others gathered at the AIR MAIL Newsstand last Thursday to toast the publication of the design duo’s new book, Ashe Leandro: Architecture + Interiors
En Everlasting
As New York says good-bye to En Japanese Brasserie, its owner looks back on 20 years spent serving—and partying late into the night with—everyone from Yoko Ono to Q-Tip, Lou Reed, and Martha Stewart
Walking in Manolo Blahnik’s Shoes
From London and Paris to Milan and New York, the legendary designer shares his go-to spots in the cities he loves most
The Great (Culture) War
In 2023, while some cities celebrated femininity with Taylor Swift and Barbie, others pivoted toward angry country music. Do universal pop-culture trends even exist anymore?
There’s Something About Mara
After stepping away from fashion, Mara Hoffman refuses to be boxed in, embracing photography and a host of new creative pursuits
Animal Instinct
A new film by the Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski offers a prescient look at mankind today, through the eyes of a sympathetic, non-human protagonist
Pod Save the King!
King Charles III’s recent visit to the United States brought a new ritual to high-society gatherings and, with it, a fresh status anxiety
