Lili Anolik, who’s unearthed Eve Babitz and exposed Donna Tartt, now strips the sentiment which has gathered around one of ...

R.J. Cutler's splendid documentary takes us through her rise and fall and rise, a transfixing saga rooted in a meditation on The Meaning of Martha.

Martha Stewart is, in other words, exactly as much of a hardass as you always thought she was. She is exactly the mean ...

Coming soon to Netflix is American Factory ... and will stream on the platform later this year. Fans of the Joan Didion documentary The Center Will Not Hold will find much to love in Marianne ...

A new Netflix documentary by R.J. Cutler homes in on the highs and lows of the world’s first self-made woman billionaire.

Bill Buckley called Joan Didion one of the “apostates.” His sister Priscilla, who was Didion’s managing editor at National Review, was more specific, calling her “a conservative” staffer ...

With so many documentaries on Netflix, there are almost too many options. It would make the documentary section a lot easier if true crime and celebrity bios had their own place rather than being ...

Babitz’s prose stood in stark contrast to that of her friend and contemporary Joan Didion. Didion’s is cool and analytical, like the image she carefully cultivated, turning a skeptic’s gaze ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. In one of the most famous photographs of Joan Didion, she leans against a Corvette Stingray, one arm crossed over her torso ...

Below, find out once and for all if you’re a Joan Didion or an Eve Babitz. Which historical period or event has most informed your worldview? A. The Donner Party. B. Old Hollywood. So you want ...

You’ve done all your gift shopping for this season already, right? What?? You haven’t?? Don’t panic. Books make great gift ...