The First Slam Dunk
How the powerful—and at times illegal—basketball shot made its way from the streetball games of New York City and the plains of West Texas to the N.B.A.
Look Again
The vice-chairman of 20th- and 21st-century art at Christie’s New York recommends the 10 must-see paintings in the Met’s newly reopened European-art galleries
The Palace We Call Home
Le Palais Stoclet is one of the world’s most spectacular private homes. A new law might force it to open its doors to the public
Fit to Print
A printer that simply gets the job done! The best app for amateur bird-watchers! A vacuum that gives Dyson a run for its money! And more …
Rule of Three
Have the Bidens ruined aviator sunglasses for the rest of us? How to avoid looking like a rent boy on the runway! And more, in our column on how to live …
“A Castro or Worse”
Patrice Lumumba won the Congo independence in 1960, but his suspected Soviet sympathies led to his overthrow. A new book reveals the man behind the myth—and the C.I.A.’s role in his murder
A Bro Is Born
How Cory Michael Smith went from growing up in blue-collar Ohio to playing a tech billionaire in Mountainhead, the new movie from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong
Stanley Kubrick’s Waterloo
Having just tackled the end of the world and the mysteries of the universe, the obsessive director set his sights on Napoleon. Tens of thousands of index cards later, he waved the white flag
The Hits Keep Coming
After the success of Unorthodox, its co-creator Anna Winger returns to Netflix with Transatlantic, a black comedy about World War II–era refugees
