Watch These Eight Films to Prepare For ‘One Battle After Another’

Watch These Eight Films to Prepare For ‘One Battle After Another’

Hollywood movies don’t get much better than The French Connection, one of the great successes of ‘70s American cinema, and another of Anderson’s TCM picks. A fictionalized adaptation of Robin Moore’s true-crime book of the same name, The French Connection stars Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider as NYPD narcotics detectives Popeye Doyle and Cloudy Russo,…

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The Best Part of ‘Alien: Earth’ Was the Aliens

The Best Part of ‘Alien: Earth’ Was the Aliens

The best episode of Alien: Earth was also the most basic of season 1’s eight hours—the flashback where a ragtag spaceship crew finds itself ill-matched against an extraterrestrial threat that picks them off one by one. It comes smack dab in the middle of the season, serving at once as Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley’s…

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The Best Foods for Bulking

The Best Foods for Bulking

“If you want a plant-based snack that can be considered a protein bar, roasted soybeans are your go-to food,” Morgan says. “The texture is crunchy, the flavor is nutty, and they play well anywhere nuts do (e.g., trail mixes, salad toppers, crunch in soups).” Oats While not renowned for their protein content—about 10g per 100g—oats…

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The 6 Biggest Watch Trends of 2025

The 6 Biggest Watch Trends of 2025

This hunt for independents is about looking for something not just different, but seeking out the truly exceptional master craftspeople. “The individual watch brands are started and usually maintained by individual watchmakers and their small teams, and we see these come to the table with unique designs that are innovative and well-crafted with finished movements,”…

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How BTS Got So Swole, According to an Expert Trainer

How BTS Got So Swole, According to an Expert Trainer

And even when the BTS members can’t manage one more rep, Ho keeps the set going, helping to lightly nudge the dumbbells up. “Not only are they going to failure, but they’re doing what’s called ‘forced reps,’” Myers says. “That’s another technique that can stimulate greater muscle growth, and it can also help you break…

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Buck Mason Digs Into Lee’s Archives to Revive a Rare Westernwear Line

Buck Mason Digs Into Lee’s Archives to Revive a Rare Westernwear Line

There are few brands out there right now worthy of the title of America’s next great everyman brand. But Buck Mason keeps making its case—the latest evidence being its latest follow-up collaboration with the denim legends at Lee. The first Buck Mason x Lee link-up pulled pieces excavated straight from Lee’s ’40s-era archives—nerdy historic details…

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Can Simone Bellotti Save Minimalist Menswear?

Can Simone Bellotti Save Minimalist Menswear?

This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. The billion-dollar question facing fashion right now is: Can clothes be refined without being boring? Increasingly it feels like shoppers are faced with a binary choice.…

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Ed Sheeran on the Watch That Changed His Life

Ed Sheeran on the Watch That Changed His Life

In 2015, Ed Sheeran placed an order for a Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 with the Tiffany & Co. wordmark stamped on the dial, an ultrarare variation of an already rare watch. It took five years for Sheeran to reach the top of the wait list, and the timepiece just happened to be delivered—by a courier…

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The On x BEAMS x REI Collab Delivers Gorp With Extremely Good Taste

The On x BEAMS x REI Collab Delivers Gorp With Extremely Good Taste

They say that two’s company and three’s a crowd, and most collabs follow that advice to a tee. But to prove that rules don’t matter, along comes a collection cooked up by an unexpected trio: Swiss athletic-wear brand On, Japanese menswear staple BEAMS, and the All-American adventurers at REI. Loosely inspired by the idea of…

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