If you could travel back in time, where would you go, and when? For readers of historical fiction, there’s no need to settle on just one place or period when journeying into the past. At their best, these literary works are deft and authentic—rigorously researched but effortlessly executed. They introduce you to figures whose concerns … Read more
In all of Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual musings, he likely never imagined the circumstance that Damian and Elizabeth Hurley created when filming the movie Strictly Confidential: a son directing his mother in a sex scene. “It’s interesting, people are getting very up in arms about this,” Damian tells Vogue, glancing over at Elizabeth. The mother-son duo … Read more
After the 2023 Tony Awards proved that an unscripted award show, while definitely unideal, can actually kind of work if the host is charismatic enough (and a professional dancer), we’re already setting our sights on the 2024 ceremony. What historic wins, joyful musical numbers, and shocking upsets will this year’s Tonys bring? We won’t know … Read more
Richard Serra, the artist who reinvented the world’s conception of large-scale sculpture, died from pneumonia at his home in Long Island, New York, on Tuesday. Much has been written about the ways in which Serra, who was 85, transformed the landscape of the art world (and, in many cases, physical landscapes, from Spain to California … Read more
People say that you’re either into musical movies, or you’re not—but perhaps those in the latter group have simply never seen the very best examples from the genre. Ever since Hollywood’s first musical film was released nearly a century ago, in 1927 (The Jazz Singer), they’ve captured the hearts of moviegoers everywhere. Ginger Rogers and … Read more
In the quest for the next culture-dominating Game of Thrones-esque series, consider Netflix’s big bet: 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of Chinese novelist Liu Cixin’s 2008 science fiction novel (the tote-around paperback for the haute-nerd set). It’s no small thing to transform Cixin’s extremely complex, time-jumping, alien-invasion story to the screen, but this is a … Read more
First, let’s travel back to 2003. That year, the Dixie Chicks (now known simply as “The Chicks”) were on top of the world. The Texan trio—Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer—had number one singles and albums under their belts, multiple Grammy Awards, and brands falling at their feet. A lawsuit with their record label, … Read more
But “You Wish” was a different story entirely. Maybe it was the attention-grabbing opener, “Hello, Christ? I’m ’bout to sin again”; the frenetic pacing of the video; the satisfying handoff from Folayan to Bobbi as the latter burst into the frame, delivering lines like, “Invested in this p*ssy, and this sh*t is paying dividends”; or … Read more
In the span of three months, Timothée Chalamet has appeared as both a velvet-clad Willy Wonka in a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel and the intergalactic aristo Paul Atreides in the second installment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise. But it’s his forthcoming outing in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic that has “Oscar frontrunner” written all over … Read more
The decision to collaborate with MJ Lenderman seems like such a natural fit. How did that happen? It was a sort of, “We have to collaborate” at first sight with him. I was at SXSW in early 2022, and Brad and Allison [Crutchfield] texted me at the same time, and they were like, “We’re going … Read more
