OLD SCHOOL

Have the liberal arts gone conservative?

INVISIBLE CITY

> After ists fell in Syria, supporters and victims alike were herded into a giant outdoor prison— and effectively given lifetime sentences.

THE TIME BEING

In my early thirties, I began to cultivate the friendship of older people—people born twenty or thirty or even fifty years before me. I read many novels in those days.

O.K., DOOMER

Some people want to build ALI. faster. Others want to pull the plug. Who will decide the fate of humanity?

TALKING WITH GOD

John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable” and Brooklyn Laundry.”

BODIES OF EVIDENCE

“Love Lies Bleeding.”

YOU TELL ME

Why Percival Everett cant say what his novels mean.

GONE WITH THE WIND

In pursuit of John Wilkes Booth.

AI STAR Is Born

How artificial intelligence is already changing filmmaking

FEAR ANDING IN RIYADH

What could a movie star and Saudi Arabia's all-powerful ruler possibly have in common? Plenty, as it turns out. Behold, the stranger-thanfiction story of how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Johnny Depp into his kingdom and his circle of trust

STEALING SUNSET

After. waking up to an intruder in the bedroom one night, writer PUNCH HUTTON no longer felt safe in her family’s dream home. When they decided to sell; the most prolific thief in Hollywood history saw a golden opportunity

THE Power & THE Glamour - A HOLLYWOOF PORTFOLIO

As the strike dust settles and America reacquaints itself with the box office (thank you, Barbenheimer), VANITY FAIR spotlights LA's most influential characters, the players keeping the town running

When the STARS ALIGN

For our 30th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD ISSUE, we tapped 11 stars making the most of a transformative era by taking chances and taking charge. Here's a peek at what happens when some of the industry's most vibrant talents let loose

Netflix Can CHILL

Two years after a stock crash that destabilized the industry and inspired endless schadenfreude, the streamer’s reputation—and finances—have bounced back

DEATH & THE MASQUE

In Hollywood in 1977, punk rock was exploding and a small band of scene-makers were flourishing in a dingy basement club. Little did they know a pair of serial killers would soon claim one of their own

PLAY MATES

Her parents didn't exactly gel with the other families at school, so she spent the first 10 years of her life going to the Playboy Mansion with her nanny. Writer-director LORRAINE NICHOLSON looks back on a childhood spent swimming in the infamous grotto with her eyes open-long before she knew what sex, let alone a sex cave, even was

DEEP STATE

IN SECRET UNDERSEA LOCATIONS, AMERICA'S FLEET OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES SILENTLY PREPARES FOR THE NEXT SUPERPOWER CONFLICT. GAINING UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THESE RARELY GLIMPSED VESSELS AND THEIR COMMANDERS, VANITY FAIR REPORTS ON THE LINCHPIN OF THE NATION'S STRATEGIC ARSENAL

SCENES FROM MY OPEN-ISH MARRIAGE

There’s a scene in Molly Roden Winter’s debut, “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage,” that should come with a warning. Winter is at her home in Brooklyn.

HIGH ANXIETY

The playwright Lucy Prebble is expert at getting inside worried people's heads.

ROLE PLAY

RuPaul, who brought drag mainstream, fears the end times.

THE BOY WHO CRIED ART

Was Keith Haring a brilliant painter or a brilliant brand?

HARLEM IS EVERYWHERE

Denise Murrell takes on the Harlem Renaissance at the Met.

HOSTEL

I’ve never told my husband this story, but I suppose I will eventually, on some sticky night in, say, February, as we lie naked in bed with the ceiling fan set at its highest speed.

THE FORTY-THREE

After a group of Mexican students disappeared, their parents fought for justice.

THE LAST CAMPAIGN

Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, President Biden voices defiant confidence.

WAR AND PIECES

Two outstanding premières at City Ballet.

HAD TO HAPPEN

Marilynne Robinson on Genesis.

SPICE ODYSSEY

\"Dune: Part Two.\"

How Cillian Murphy Cracked the Code

For nearly 30 years, Cillian Murphy has built an unimpeachable body of work as one of our most versatile actors-while somehow also staying cleverly out of sight. Now, as an Oscar frontrunner, the Oppenheimer star pulls back the curtain (just a bit).

Arrested Development

The long adolescence of Carson McCullers.