D. T. Max

Beatriz Flamini liked to be alone so much that she decided to live underground—and pursue a world record. The experience was gruelling and surreal. D. T. Max reports.

D. T. Max on Paul and Alex Gemignani, a father-and-son conductor-singer duo, who kibbitz about their long-running engagement with the composer in “the house that ‘Gypsy’ built.”

D. T. Max on companies that are using inexpensive immigrant labor to manufacture handbags that bear the coveted “Made in Italy” label.

The Spanish director made a name for himself with raunchy, transgressive films. His latest is a tender adaptation of Alice Munro.

After undergoing controversial surgery, Darek Fidyka is taking his first steps toward recovery. D. T. Max reports.

A pianist of strong opinions.

The sadness over the author’s death, D. T. Max writes, was also connected to a feeling that, for all his outpouring of words, he died with his work incomplete.