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Forget Halloween and Christmas: Thanksgiving Is the King of Holiday Movie Season

From Planes, Trains and Automobiles to The Ice Storm, the holiday sums up the joy, anxiety and complexity of America, and great filmmakers understand that. → Read More

Why the Martini Never Goes Out of Style

At the start of the pandemic — back when we thought we’d be house-ridden for a week or two, rather than an amorphous, indefinite era — I made a simple promise to myself that I would learn to make what I considered a “perfect” Martini. I’ve had a lot of Martinis in my life, enough […] → Read More

Was There a More Human Side to the Work of Slim Aarons?

Behind the saturated visions of American wealth was a humble man from the Lower East Side with an unrivaled eye for detail. → Read More

We’re Living in the Golden Age of the NYC-in-the-’80s Memoir

At its best, New York City represents everything good about humanity. It’s got entirely too many people occupying entirely too little space, and yet everything somehow balances out and not only works, but thrives. At its worst — beyond the noise, high rents, sidewalk garbage, tourist traps and guy in your subway car who may […] → Read More

Why News Reporters Write the Best Crime Novels

Every reader goes through phases with their selection habits. Last year, for example, I wanted as little to do with the modern world as possible, for reasons I’m sure you can understand. I didn’t want to read anything set in the last decade and I certainly didn’t feel like reading any dystopian novels written to […] → Read More

How the Stoner Noir Went Mainstream

For decades, alcohol was the crutch of fictional PIs. But times are changing, maaaaan. → Read More

David Coggins Wrote a Book About Fishing, Which Means He Wrote a Book About Life

I was trying to describe David Coggins to a friend recently and ended up arriving at the theory that Coggins deals in the evolution of wisdom. That is, he → Read More

Jonathan Ames Has Gone Noir, And He’s Not Turning Back

There are two parts to the career of Jonathan Ames. Actually, no. There are like 10 parts. He’s been a journalist, essayist, actor (including a dalliance with full-frontal nudity), amateur boxer and a few things I’m probably leaving out. He’s also written a handful of novels. But when I talk about the two parts, I’m […] → Read More

Gay Talese’s 40-Year-Old Treatise on Sex in America Is Still Just as Scandalous as Ever

40 years after its publciation, “Thy Neighbor’s Wife” remains a controversial inquiry into the sexual fringes of America, and a prescient commentary on this country's repressive approach to sexualty. → Read More

Robert Maxwell, Not Rupert Murdoch, Was the Real-Life Logan Roy

When Bruce Springsteen sang “Rich man wanna be king / And a king ain’t satisfied ’til he rules everything” in 1978, he could have been singing about Robert Maxwell. By that point in his life, the man born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch in Czechoslovakia to Jewish parents who were killed during the Holocaust had […] → Read More

There Has Never Been a Better Time to Eat a Club Sandwich

There's an art to making a great club sandwich. But what does it take to make a great one in the midst of quarantine? One writer found out. → Read More

In Praise of the Single-Night, Close-to-Home Camping Trip

What's it like to spend a single night camping? Our article makes the case that it can be a lot more satisfying than one might think. → Read More

Inside L.L. Bean and Todd Snyder’s Collaboration, The Coziest of 2020

Iconic Maine brand L.L. Bean teamed up with Todd Snyder for a fall/winter 2020 collection, the first team up in the company's history. → Read More

Levi’s Latest Vintage Collection Is an Ode to the Underground of Reagan’s America

Everything in fashion has its moment. Sometimes, like in the case of Marc Jacobs's infamous 1992 grunge-inspired collection for Perry Ellis, the moment → Read More

How, Exactly, Do You Get the Stink Out of a Waxed Jacket?

Taking care of a Barbour or any other waxed jacket is a tough, ongoing process, but Matt Hranek has a very simple solution to get smells out. → Read More

What Makes a Perfect End-of-Summer Book?

From Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited to Colson Whitehead's Sag Harbor, the last book you read before Labor Day needs to be a memorable but slow one. → Read More

Charlie Parker’s Version of “Summertime” Is the Ultimate Late-Summer Anthem

This story is part of our Dog Days Survival Guide, a collection of essays, recommendations and how-tos to help you get through the hottest days of the year. Since its debut on a stage in Boston in 1935, George Gershwin’s “Summertime” has taken its place as one of the defining songs in the Great American Songbook, […] → Read More

Charcoal, Leather and Gasoline: Why "Harsh" Scents Smell Great in Summer

The Apotheke charcoal candle, Ralph Lauren Polo's Supreme Leather cologne and other "harsh" scents are perfect for summertime. → Read More

Why the Grey New Balance Transcends Its Status as the Archetypal “Dad Shoe”

A couple of months back I got to thinking: when I was a kid and every dad in my neighborhood was either a dedicated jogger or a wannabe who ran to the → Read More

It's Time to Have a Conversation About Smarter Meat Eating

"The end of meat" is not near — but the era of less meat can be. It starts with education, personal responsbility and making ethical food more affordable. → Read More