LONDON — Man About Town on Monday unveiled the debut issue of its Chinese edition with famed Asian film directors Jia Zhang Ke, Bi Gan and Kitano Takeshi as the faces on different cover versions of the title. The arrival of a local edition for the biannual British men’s fashion publication via a licensing agreement … Read more
The French philosopher Simone Weil was a soul at odds with herself and with a world of affliction. The causes she espoused as a social activist and the faith she professed as a mystic were urgent to her and, as she saw it, to humanity. Little of her work was published in her lifetime, but … Read more
On a steamy afternoon in the middle of June, I met the twenty-five-year-old singer and guitarist MJ Lenderman for beers at Old Town Bar, a dim and unfussy Manhattan tavern that’s been in more or less continuous operation since 1892. Though Old Town is revered for its turn-of-the-century atmosphere—the fifty-foot mahogany bar, the rickety dumbwaiter … Read more
Write about what you know, they say. All due respect, that’s lousy advice, far too easily misinterpreted as “write about what you already know.” No doubt you find your own knowledge valuable, your own experiences compelling, the plot twists of your own past gripping; so do we all, but the storehouse of a single life … Read more
Most of the founding fathers of the Hollywood studios were Jewish, but very few of the movies they produced depicted Jewish American life. Since then, the most significant films that have done so have been independent productions, whether from decades ago (“The Plot Against Harry,” “Hester Street”) or more recently (“A Serious Man,” “Armageddon Time”). … Read more
Flaunt has a new head of fashion. The Hollywood-based magazine has named Christopher Campbell fashion director. Campbell, a New York City native currently based in Los Angeles, has contributed to the arts and culture publication for many years but will now officially join the magazine’s editorial staff. Campbell will concentrate mainly on celebrities, seasonal collections … Read more
LONDON — In a difficult publishing environment, with Condé Nast editors stepping down and British newspapers, such as The Evening Standard, undergoing endless restructuring, home and interiors magazines are thriving. Elle Decoration U.K., which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, is predicting that subscriptions will grow 22 percent this year, according to its publisher Hearst U.K. … Read more
LONDON — The first cover of Riccardo Tisci’s creative project with Boy.Brother.Friend, a magazine that explores Africa and the African diaspora through contemporary art, fashion and theory, has been unveiled. Michaela Coel, the Ghanaian British actor and filmmaker, appears on the front and back covers of the biannual print publication and digital platform, which was … Read more
SERVING UP WORDS: If watching the 2024 Wimbledon Championships isn’t enough for tennis fans, they can now read all about it in the new, limited-edition zine called Ready. British players Andy Murray and Katie Boulter have created the zine with American Express and the former i-D magazine editor, Ryan White. Ready has a print run … Read more
The Silence of the Choir, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (Europa). In this ambitious, Goncourt Prize-winning novel, seventy-two African asylum seekers arrive in a fictional town in rural Sicily after a harrowing journey, only to find themselves at the center of an ideological battle that splinters the community. Sarr moves adroitly between the viewpoints of a … Read more
