“I think we must all agree,” the British photographer Yevonde declared in 1921 to the Professional Photographer’s Association in London, “photography without women would be a sorry business.”With a focus on female...
Read moreMichael Oher was a young man with a promising football career when Michael Lewis captured his story in “The Blind Side,” a best-selling book that was made into an Oscar-winning movie starring...
Read morePublic. Art. Monument.Combine those three terms, and you often end up in a glorious muddle.Whether a sculpture or fountain or obelisk, a piece might succeed as a monument, but fail as fine...
Read moreConsider classical music a late bloomer. In New York, as the city emerges from its winter hibernation — the snow on tree branches replaced by dreamily pastel cherry blossoms, the short, sleepy...
Read moreLily Allen didn’t know why she agreed to be interviewed for this article.On a recent morning, sitting outside a London cafe, the British singer said she had paused earlier for a moment...
Read more“What did he just say?”Those are some of the most commonly uttered words in my home. No matter how much my wife and I crank up the TV volume, the actors in...
Read moreHere’s what Warner Bros. and DC think we need: another superhero movie about an earnest young man suddenly forced to shoulder responsibility and fight for justice.Here’s what we actually need: A superhero...
Read moreThe morning after he uploaded his new movie “Froning: The Fittest Man in History” to the iTunes store, in early October 2015, the director Heber Cannon received a phone call from somebody...
Read moreIt is one of those ironies rarely discussed in the fashion industry — a world focused, largely, on catering to (or exploiting, depending on how you look at it) the dreams and...
Read moreText by Johanna LemolaPhotographs and Video by Saara MansikkamakiReporting from Harakka Island, FinlandJust a hundred yards off the shores of Helsinki, beyond its embassies and marina, its cafes and upscale homes, lies...
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