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Will You Be Seeing Emancipation?

Less than a year after his infamous slap and weak apologies, Will Smith is back in a new Oscar contender. The star hasn't earned his way to redemption. But the movie tells a story that America urgently needs.

Sex, Love & Marriage Behind Bars

Studies support their therapeutic value. Families, reformers, and even some wardens have endorsed them. Yet conjugal visits have been banished from most U.S. Prisons. John J. Lennon takes esquire inside one of the last bastions of prisoner intimacy in America: the trailers of New York.

Can Joe Biden Save America's Soul?

The president has made historic strides in the face of Republican intransigence, but the real test may be how he grapples with the nation's inner demons

The Strokes – A Nostalgia Tour That Never Ends

The new documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom, about the rise of The Strokes and the early 2000s New York rock scene, amps up music's backward-looking momentum

Winston Duke – Super Hero

Just a handful of scenes in 2018's Black Panther made Winston Duke an overnight celebrity. Now he's back with a bigger role in the muchhyped sequel, Wakanda Forever, and unlocking new powers as an artist. But as the cerebral star prepares for a new level of fame, he's mourning the loss of his closest confidante his mother, Mama Coco and searching for deeper meaning in every aspect of his life.

Pile it on

Vest, sweater, pants, and hat by DSquared2; Mission to Pluto watch ($260) by Omega x Swatch.

What I've learned - Rob Delaney

THEY TALK ABOUT HOW WE MISS PEOPLE

Murder & Loathing in Las Vegas

The employees of the deeply dysfunctional Clark County public administrator's office were at odds over their ambitious boss, Robert Telles. Then Vegas's biggest newspaper published an exposé on his chaotic leadership, the investigative reporter behind the story turned up dead-and Telles was charged with his murder. Now his staff is left wondering: How did it come to this?

This T-Shirt Is a Time Machine

Stylist Bill Mullen travels back to '70s New York to hang with Warhol and Blondie, all thanks to a tee he found in L.A. in the '90s

Italian Charm

Jewelry designer Emanuele Bicocchi serves up universally wearable pieces from his Tuscany workshop

CAN KICK IT?

Hublot’s latest soccer-friendly Big Bang connected watch is just in time for the World Cup

Seeing the Tie with Fresh Eyes

When knotting up in the morning is the exception, not the norm, your neckwear can be the difference between bland and badass

Right Angles

Appearing like an eight-bit fever dream out of nowhere, the all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 has a refreshingly retro-futuristic design that will make you wonder why all everyman cars can't be this cool

Mr.Bubbles

It's time to make Champagne a bigger part of your drinking life

Farewell, 2022, You Were Annoying

Highlights from the year in which righteous anger gave way to Meta Rage

Mike Conner Vs. the Pain

In 2013, a fire-sprinkler engineer fell five stories from the rafters of a California church, shattered 108 bones, and almost died. Then began his battle to walk and live again.

Meet Mike Krzyzewski, Retiree

Even without his whistle, it turns out that the greatest hoops coach of all time still likes to let you know who's in charge

Trippie Redd Hits All the Notes

The Ohio MC helped bring SoundCloud rap to the top of the charts. Now he's back with the final and most chaotic installment of his Love Letter mixtape series.

Coming Home

The Uvalde tragedy set me down a path from my west Texas hometown to the hallowed halls of Washington, D.C., from political outsidercynic to inside broker on gun reform that changed me forever.

Boss Tweed

This fall, Ralph Lauren finds inspiration across the Atlantic for the new Polo Originals

Stories That Singe

Our world is stranger than fiction but not George Saunders's fiction. In Liberation Day, his first collection of short stories in nearly a decade, the Booker Prize winning author of 11 previous books tees up nine genrebending tales of hell-themed amusement parks and brainwashed protesters for hire. In a world getting weirder every day, these stories are the medicine we need. Saunders sat down with Esquire to take us inside his creative process.

Am I a Superhero to My Sons?

Raising kids in my hometown means that my past and present are always colliding especially at the movies. I'd like to think my own story will have a heroic ending.

John Grisham – What I've Learned

John Grisham Writer, 67, Charlottesville, Virginia

Aldis Hodge Was Built for This

The actor, producer, and, incredibly, watchmaker has been carefully constructing his career for years. Now he's ready for his superhero moment, playing Hawkman opposite the Rock in DC's upcoming Black Adam. Soon you won't be able to look up without seeing him, whether he's wearing Hawkman's wings or the season's coolest coats.

It's Not a Watch. It's a Reminder.

Yes, it tells the time, but it's really a way to keep hold of the good times

MY NEW PERFECT SUIT

Our editor at large went hunting for a suit that's a step up (or two) from what's already in his closet. He got more than he expected.

Boots Built for Battle

The burly Desmond lace-up is steeped in functional style and its fair share of military history

Remaking a Revolutionary

The fifth-generation Range Rover, the original prestige SUV, doubles down on the art of subtle luxury

The Last Great Insult

There is one four-letter word you can still hurl at someone that will sting. Deploy it frequently and ruthlessly.

watches rock

Nobody needs a wristwatch. But it's the things we don't need that we covet most and watches certainly fit the bill. They can be talismans of success, conversation pieces, expressions of taste, or simply good investments. In 2022, a banner year for top-notch releases, these twelve new watches were all of the above. That they also happen to tell us the time without reminding us of all our unread emails is really a bonus.