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The Dark Arts

A Forgotten Master of Pulp Fiction The only thing more noir than the work of writer Cornell Woolrich may have been his own life

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Film Classics

Sinatra in the Jungle On the 70th anniversary of Mogambo, John Ford’s 1950s adultery epic set in Africa, a behind-the-scenes look at its stars—Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, and Ava Gardner, married to Frank Sinatra at the time

Crime and Scandal

Private Quarters Brant Lake Camp was warned about pedophiles in their midst. Why did the camp not act against them?


The Hot Seat

A Very British Scandal-Maker Sam McAlister, the longtime BBC producer who persuaded Prince Andrew to do that car-crash interview, tells all

Motion Pictures

Lartigue on La Côte d’Azur In the early 30s, the photographer and playboy Jacques-Henri Lartigue took a job shooting a movie on the French Riviera. The film went nowhere—but Lartigue became a legend

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Adventures in Journalism

Going After the Gonzo When the author was sent to visit Hunter S. Thompson—five months before Thompson shot himself—he found a writer trapped inside a legend

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My Signature

Crème de la Crème The 89-year-old Instagram star and co-founder of Sisley, Isabelle d’Ornano, is ready to share her advice for living well. Step one: Stop obsessing

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Great Lives

Michel David-Weill For 25 years, the French-born investment banker directed Wall Street’s most prestigious firm with the touch of an enlightened monarch

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Literary Matters

Gary Fisketjon’s Next Act Fired from Knopf in 2019, the literary Brat Packer and editor of everyone from Cormac McCarthy to Donna Tartt picks up his green mark-up pen again

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Comeback Queen

The Runaway Bride Designer Georgina Chapman, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-wife, has managed a spirited return, alongside her Oscar-nominated boyfriend, Adrien Brody

Washington Confidential

Passion on the Potomac A new book hints at an affair between Jackie Kennedy and Robert McNamara spanning J.F.K.’s death, the Vietnam War, and several marriages


Courting Disaster

Judge Not Far from being an institutionalist, Chief Justice John Roberts has rubber-stamped Trump’s most authoritarian orders—and sided with the president against the very legal system he is supposed to protect

Comedic Relief

Soaringly Sozzled Onstage Withnail and I is one of the most beloved—and bibulous—British films of all time. But can this bucolic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas be properly adapted into a play?

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Books

What Women Want In an interview with Three Women’s Lisa Taddeo, the author discusses grief, vengeance, her new story collection, and, of course, women

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Great Lives

Françoise Gilot Picasso’s muse and lover who left him after 10 abusive years continued a successful career as an artist and memoirist in her own right

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Great Lives

Françoise Gilot Picasso’s muse and lover who left him after 10 abusive years continued a successful career as an artist and memoirist in her own right

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Annals of Delusion

Rudy Then and Rudy Now Rudy Giuliani’s fall from respected New York mayor to Trump consigliere is well documented. But the cracks in his moral makeup were there from the outset

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Beyond the Fringe

Legal Weasel Nerdy Harvard lawyer Ken Chesebro (Co-Conspirator 5) was a liberal until he got rich on Bitcoin and veered right, so much so that he advised Trump to use false electors to derail the 2020 election

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Mystery Man

Don’t Call Richard Osman Cozy The author discusses the Helen Mirren–led adaptation of his best-selling book The Thursday Murder Club, his podcast, The Rest Is Entertainment, and why he considers “cozy crime” a reductive label

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Elements of Style

The Morty the Merrier New York’s finest bespoke tailor didn’t just craft suits—he stitched together a whole community

Fifty Shades of Antiquity

A Cavalcade of Depravity Shakespearean actors, Penthouse Pets, 3,000 Roman costumes, 450 gallons of fake blood, and Gore Vidal. Was Caligula the most ambitious porno ever made—or the raunchiest historical epic?


once more, with feeling

How Frank Capra Got His Wings The horrors of World War II shook the director’s faith in humanity. Making It’s a Wonderful Life restored it. An exclusive excerpt from Frank Capra

In Search of Lost Time

Candidly Speaking As Richard Avedon takes center stage in a new book, exhibition, and documentary this fall, two longtime aficionados discuss why his images still loom so large

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