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Features - Film

At Cannes, Two Tales of Queer Awakening

‘A Woman’s Life,’ by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, portrays a mid-life love affair, while Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ gets raw and weird.

Words by Jeremy Olds
Image of Mélanie Thierry and Léa Drucker in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s 'A Woman's Life.' Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival.

Features - Film

On Letterboxd, Everyone’s a Critic

As professional film criticism reels from media industry setbacks, Letterboxd’s soaring popularity is keeping the cinephile flame alive. Does it signal a changing of the guard?

Words by Elspeth Mair
Image from The Good Shepherd / Alamy

Features - Recommendations

A Cultural Guide to Paris this May

Everything to watch, visit and attend in the city this month.

Words by Caitlin Hennessy and Elspeth Mair
Barbara Lennie, left, and Victoria Luengo in “Bitter Christmas,” directed by Pedro Almodóvar. (Iglesias Mas / Sony Pictures Classics)

Features - Recommendations

The Best British Gardens to Visit this Spring

Clare Coulson, journalist and author of 'Wonderlands: British Garden Designers at Home' takes us on a tour through the U.K.’s finest gardens to enjoy this spring.

Interview by Elise Fabre
Photography by Éva Németh

Features - Art and Architecture

Pfantastic Mr Pfeiffer

Swiss artist Walter Pfeiffer was a cult figure long before the fashion world discovered his erotic, playful images. A new retrospective highlights his lifelong obsession with all things beautiful.

Words by Jeremy Olds
Photography by Walter Pfeiffer

Features - Film

Why Jonathan Glazer’s Films Feel So Unsettling

An essential guide to his films, tracing a career-long fascination with human darkness and the limits of perception.

By Nolan Kelly
Still from 'The Zone of Interest' © Bac Films

Features - Literature

A Guide to Deborah Levy’s Literary World

From ‘Hot Milk’ to ‘Swimming Home’ and beyond, a beginner's guide to the novels and memoirs that define Levy’s ever-evolving career.

Words by Barry Pierce
Image courtesy of Penguin Random House UK

Features - Art and Architecture

Between Two Minds: Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne

Over four decades, Didion and Dunne built a literary partnership, one that captured America’s unraveling while carefully preserving each other’s voice.

Words by Justine Sebbag
Photo by John Bryson/Getty Images

Features - Recommendations

A Cultural Guide to Paris this April

The films, exhibitions and openings worth knowing about this month.

Features - Art and Architecture / Interviews

Inside Art Paris, a Fair with a Purpose

Art Paris director Guillaume Piens discusses the city’s cultural resurgence, changes among art collectors and how the fair continues to stay dynamic and relevant.

Photo by Marc Domage
Interview by Jeremy Olds and Caitlin Hennessy

Features - Film / News

The Most Anticipated Films of Cannes Film Festival 2026

Auteurs take over the 79th edition, as international cinema replaces Hollywood on the Croisette.

Words by Caitlin Hennessy
Photography David Luraschi
Fashion Noor Alali

Features - Food and Travel / Recommendations

Curator Daniel Merritt’s Guide to Aspen

From hidden galleries to mountaintop vistas, the Aspen Art Museum’s chief curator shares his favorite spots in town and the ways in which the landscape inspires him.

Installation view of Nairy Baghramian, Jupon de Corps, 2023. Courtesy the Artist and Aspen Art Museum.
Photo Michel Ziegler