IMMINENT COLLAPSE
The acclaimed Sundance spy drama returns Thursday, and sheds uncanny light on what its creators call “emotional parallels” between late-stage communism and today.
Molly Hannon is a freelance journalist based in Berlin. She has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, VICE, among many others. She holds an M.A. in arts and culture reporting from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a member of Associated Reporters Abroad (ARA), a Berlin-based news organization. You can find more of her work here.
MOSCOW MEMOIR
Michael Idov recounts his time at the helm of one of Russia's most prestigious lifestyle magazines in a riotous new memoir.
RISE ABOVE
A record number of female nominees earned nods from the most prestigious comic book awards this year. But the industry still has a long way to go on the road to equality.
SECRET
American food culture is obsessed with all things celebrity chefs, so let's take a peek in their personal fridges.
GRAPHIC CONTENT
Benjamin Dix’s comic series on the Syrian refugee experience premiered the same day of the horrific Paris attacks. He hopes his art can quell the tide of immigrant hostilities.
Healing Fiction
This month, the prestigious Goncourt Prize was awarded to Mathias Énard for La Boussole, a novel that extols the rich and subtle culture of the Muslim world.
MISSING
Her essay on quitting a top Obama post to care for her son killed the ideal of ‘having it all.’ In her new book, Anne-Marie Slaughter says no one can balance a thing in our work culture.
MAKING SENSE
Christine Sun Kim’s work is an expression of the spaces between sound and silence—the many dimensions that are overlooked simply because no one can hear them.
Past Present
Hitler planned Prora to be the largest beach resort ever created, but plans to revive it have stirred controversy, with some saying the buildings should be left to rot.
Uncertain
Even though Kate Bolick makes a solid case for older women on their own, the tropes and mindsets of the past are hard to overturn.