Death on the North Atlantic
Nathan Carman allegedly killed his grandfather for cash. When that ran out, he took his mother out to sea. Only one of them came back
Julian Schnabel’s Cutting Edge
Despite commercial success and a body of work that now spans more than five decades, the artist is just as irritable and unimpressed as ever
A First Lady on the Front Line
Alongside her husband, Volodymyr, Olena Zelenska is a key voice in Ukraine, as the couple rally international support and highlight the atrocities of the Russian invasion
The View from Here
Jeffrey Sachs, the man once described as “the most important economist in the world,” has been saying some very strange things in some very peculiar venues
Follow the Ruby Red Slippers!
The crazy tale of a career criminal’s theft of the shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz—and the madcap, decades-long fight to get them back
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
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
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
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
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
The Runaway Bride
Designer Georgina Chapman, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-wife, has managed a spirited return, alongside her Oscar-nominated boyfriend, Adrien Brody
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
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
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?
