The genius of Gene Hackman
He was the greatest character actor of the past half-century
Books and Arts
Wednesday
Thursday
How F. Scott Fitzgerald anticipated our modern age
The Great Gatsby turns 100 this month
Caroline Calloway wants to give you some advice
An unbidden collaboration between living and dead writers is as mad as you might expect
Scott Turow’s latest novel attempts to understand humanity
If Presumed Guilty seems slightly hollow, that may be because it’s all been done before so many times that it’s difficult to be original
A biography of Lorne Michaels that strays into hagiography
Susan Morrison’s book sets itself two tasks: where did its hero come from? And why is he so good at what he does?
Can a TV series capture the extraordinary story of the Mitford girls?
It remains to be seen whether Outrageous lives up to its billing
American cinema at its best
The Brutalist represents a Christopher Nolan-esque swing for the big leagues
Bella Freud’s fashion inquisition
The pool of guests on the podcast is a commendably eclectic one
Monday
The Einstein family atrocity
A shocking read about a World War Two tragedy
Bill Gates’s memoir offers an oddly revealing look into the Microsoft founder’s psyche
Source Code is really a book about perseverance in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds
Romantasy, the hot new literary genre du jour
Why are so many women reading the genre?
Inside Thomas Pynchon’s most underrated novel
The Crying of Lot 49 is often hawked as the gateway drug to the writer’s peculiar universe
David Lodge, the master of Anglo-American campus humor
For sheer entertainment value, it is the ‘campus trilogy’ of Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work that can hardly be bettered
Veteran journalist Edward Wong on his memoir of food and feud
‘Drawing the emotions out of my father was the most challenging part’
Like Bob Dylan in the movies
There is much more to the cinematic treatment of the ‘song and dance man’ than A Complete Unknown
The underground music scene reshaping Dubai’s cultural landscape
There’s growing appetite for original content centered on values and the artists who perform it
The genuine faker John Myatt
He once painted fakes to trick art galleries; now he paints them for wealthy customers
Barcelona rising
Graffiti in the old city is disappearing — in comes a host of new art treasures
This month in culture: March 2025
What to watch this March
Friday
Bill Clinton’s latest memoir sees him at his chirpiest — and most combative
As much as anything else, Citizen is a book of omissions
