The I Want Your Sex director talks about Gen Z prudence, casting Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde as the two sides of a generation-gap BDSM relationship, and why he never misses shooting the movie.
PeopleImages/Shutterstock So you grew up on bicycles, and loved the freedom it gave you as a teen. Now you have kids of your own, and they’re clamoring for a two-wheeler of their own – but with the prevalence of e-bikes, you might be wondering if your kid
I work in the art department at HarperCollins, where I get a front row seat to the conversations that shape how books appear in the world. What kind of cover art reads as “literary” versus “commercial”, what signals a “book club book”, what feels “serious” versus “friendly”, and, increasingly, how to make a cover socially
I used to only love Miatas, now I like Miatas and sick wagons. Suggested by Russell Garcia Miatas are great, but sick wagons are even better. I went from wanting a restomod 68′ Camaro SS to anything that would get good mileage and not require shooting up parts every year. I want my mechanic to
Maya C. Popa is the poetry review editor at Publishers Weekly and author of If You Love That Woman: Poems, A collection of poems inspired by nineteenth-century courtship letters is published this week from WW Norton. Below, she discusses the appeal of courtship letters in the age of instant communication. (Photo credit: Diana Solis) I
christopher nolan’s odyssey It’s shaping up to be the biggest movie of the summer, but there aren’t many hopes for it being a menswear movie. Fair enough. Nothing against gladiator sandals, leather skirts and Marvin the Martian helmets, but their usefulness in a contemporary wardrobe is minimal. Despite this (or maybe because of it), the
TeaHere’s a scene from Annie Lord’s novel that will be instantly familiar to any young person who has spent time in a pub or nightclub recently. Daisy and Maya, two best friends in their mid-20s, lament the poor state of the dating market. “It’s just shit out there,” says Daisy. “Every time we go out,
In: character, podcast, self-improvement Brett and Kate McKay • 7 July 2026 Many of us grow up believing that midlife is the time when things start going downhill. Your body is breaking down, your best work is behind you, and you may be in a full-on existential crisis. But much of what we think about
If I were 26 years old, full of urine and vinegar, and had a first poetry collection, I would consider myself a modern troublemaker. I’ll be out of my car, which will probably be a beat-up Volvo station wagon with a COEXIST bumper sticker on the rear windshield. I would push my poems to both
The growth in global manufacturing has had a huge impact on the auto industry. For one, it makes it easier for companies to chase cheap labor around the world in an effort to maximize profits. But there have been a lot of protests, especially recently. For example, nowadays the