Profiles
What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Want?
The third-party Presidential candidate has a troubled past, a shambolic campaign, and some surprisingly good poll numbers.
Gillian Anderson’s Sex Education
She became famous playing buttoned-up Agent Scully. But in midlife her characters often have a strong erotic charge—and now she’s edited “Want,” a book of sexual fantasies.
An Artist Flowering in Her Nineties
Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her fifties. Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.
The Doctor Tom Brady and Leonardo DiCaprio Call When They Get Hurt
Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon to the stars of sport and screen, can fix anything.
A Surf Legend’s Long Ride
For Jock Sutherland, being hailed as the world’s best surfer was just one phase in an unlikely life.
Miranda July Turns the Lights On
A few years ago, July began writing a novel, “All Fours,” about how middle age changes sex, marriage, and ambition. Then the novel changed her.
Who’s Afraid of Judith Butler?
The philosopher and gender theorist has been denounced, demonized, even burned in effigy. They have a theory about that.
Padma Lakshmi Walks Into a Bar
Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy?
Park Chan-wook Gets the Picture He Wants
With “The Sympathizer,” the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” comes to American television.
Lila Neugebauer Interrogates the Ghosts of “Uncle Vanya”
A director of the modern uncanny steers the first Broadway production of Chekhov’s masterpiece in twenty years.