What Is Cinema?
Like any craft worthy of the name, filmmaking is both an art and a science. In a new series of articles and videos, Vanity Fair, in partnership with Rolex, enlists reigning masters of the form to illuminate the creative and practical aspects of their work. The human urge to tell stories has always been with us, but the storytelling tool kit has never been more robust. Let these living legends inspire you to keep exploring.
—Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair editor in chief
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Rolex and Cinema: A Long-Term Partnership in Excellence
- What Is Cinema?
Sarah Polley and Ruben Östlund on Juggling Acting Ensembles and Pushing Their Audiences
In Vanity Fair’s series What Is Cinema?, the Oscar-nominated writer-directors behind Women Talking and Triangle of Sadness reveal their biggest challenges. - Vanity Fair In Partnership With Rolex
Rolex Supports the Transmission of Knowledge to Future Generations of Filmmakers Through Its Mentoring Program
For more than half a century, Rolex has partnered some of the world’s most talented artists and leading cultural institutions to celebrate excellence and contribute to perpetuating artistic heritage, creating a link between the past, present and future. - What Is Cinema?
The Art That Inspired 6 Major Filmmakers
A short story suggested by Martin Scorsese, a 1970s documentary, a photograph of the Blitz—inspiration came from many sources to create some of 2022’s best films. - What Is Cinema?
Rian Johnson and the Daniels on the Film Rules They Love to Follow—And Break
In Vanity Fair’s series What Is Cinema?, the directors of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Everything Everywhere All at Once talk craft. - What Is Cinema?
How 4 Directors Found a Way to Go Home Again
New movies from Steven Spielberg, James Gray, Joanna Hogg, and Alejandro González Iñárritu ask tough questions about their own pasts—and remind us of cinema’s power as a medium for memories. - What Is Cinema?
Directors Gina Prince-Bythewood and Halle Berry on Their “Very Small Sisterhood”
To kick off Vanity Fair’s new series, What Is Cinema?, the directors of The Woman King and Bruised connect on the “had-to-do” stories they brought to the screen.
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O Canada! The Best Quotes From the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Florence Pugh, Jude Law, and more went on the road with some of the season’s buzziest movies.
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A Brutally Good Marianne Jean-Baptiste Powers Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths
The actor and director, who made Secrets & Lies together in 1996, deliver another piercing character study.
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Nicole Kidman Wins Best Actress, and Loses Her Beloved Mother, in One Overwhelming Moment
The Babygirl star—whose win in Venice jolts an electrifying Oscar race—arrived at the film festival ready to accept the honor before receiving the tragic news.
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Whiplash Turns 10: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, and J.K. Simmons on the Oscar-Winning Sensation That Changed Their Lives
Few indies over the past decade have maintained as much of a cultural hold as Damien Chazelle’s riveting breakout. In honor of an upcoming splashy rerelease, the director and his two stars reflect on the making of the movie, and how it’s impacted their lives.
First Look
Get Ready to Fall in Love With Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in We Live in Time
The actors and director John Crowley reveal how they pieced together a time-jumping romance about “the shared experience of loss and love.”
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Queer, with Daniel Craig, Is Many Things: Captivating, Alienating, Sorrowful, and Erotic
Director Luca Guadagnino, working from a William S. Burroughs novel, is at his most enigmatic.
The Life of Chuck: The Feel-Good Stephen King Apocalypse Movie
In an exclusive first look, Tom Hiddleston and director Mike Flanagan explain the uplifting message in a doomsday tale.
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Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Contemplate Death in The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is a melancholy gem.
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt Work Better Together in Wolfs
The pair brings Ocean’s-style movie-star chemistry to Jon Watts’s clever thriller.
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The Making of Nickel Boys: How a Pulitzer-Winning Novel Became a Radical, Harrowing Film
The director and cast of the Telluride sensation, adapted from Colson Whitehead’s lauded best-seller, give their first joint interview about how they pulled off what most would’ve considered a fool’s errand: “We’re being asked to do something that you’ve always been told not to do.”
The 47 Best Feel-Good Movies to Boost Your Mood
From silent-film classics to modern rom-com hits, the best feel-good movies have a timeless power to bring out smiles—and sometimes a few tears too.
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From “Trouble-Prone” Prisoner to Sing Sing Star
In his professional acting debut, Clarence Maclin plays a version of himself—a guarded, incarcerated man who discovers an acting program that forever changes him.
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Inside Nicole Kidman’s Erotic Drama Babygirl: “What Have I Just Done?”
The Oscar winner gives a fearless performance in A24’s new film, but she’s still nervous about sharing it: “This is something you do and hide in your home videos.”
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In Maria, Angelina Jolie and Pablo Larraín Bring an Opera Icon to Staggering Life
The film’s Oscar-winning star trained for more than six months to play the legend Maria Callas. Her director, Pablo Larraín, details that exhausting, terrifying prep—and how it led to the most personal movie of his career.
FIRST LOOK
Salem’s Lot Lives! Inside the Retro Retelling of Stephen King’s Vampire Story
Director Gary Dauberman, writer of It, explains how he made a ’70s-infused midnight movie out of the small-town saga.
sign of the times
Playing It Straight: For Queer Roles, Should an Actor’s Sexuality Matter?
Dynamic stars like Timothée Chalamet, Paul Mescal, and Josh O’Connor broke out in LGBTQ+ parts. Discuss.
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Venice Film Festival’s Artistic Director on the Boldest Films and Biggest Stars of the 2024 Lineup
Alberto Barbera reveals how he made the Italian festival the hottest spot to debut a film—and how it will juggle having both Brad and Angelina on the carpet.
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Lamorne Morris Levels Up: “I Want to Be Morgan Freeman”
Between Fargo and the forthcoming Saturday Night, the newly minted Emmy nominee has started working at a caliber he’s long strived to reach. He tells Vanity Fair how he’s seizing the moment.
Review
Blake Lively Finds Meaning in the Melodrama of It Ends With Us
Movie star shine illuminates this adaptation of a tricky, smash-hit novel.
First Look
Unstoppable Tackles the Inspiring True Story of a One-Legged Wrestling Champion
The crowd-pleasing sports drama starring Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
EXCLUSIVE
Saturday Night First Look: How the SNL Movie Captures 1975’s Wild Opening Night
Director Jason Reitman calls it a “thriller-comedy” that counts down to the very first “Live from New York…”
o captain, my captain
“He’s Absolutely Extraordinary”: Remembering Robin Williams
On the 10-year anniversary of Robin Williams’s untimely passing, we asked more than 20 of his costars, collaborators, and friends—including Billy Crystal, Matt Damon, Ben Stiller, Al Pacino, Sally Field, Jeff Bridges, and Julianne Moore—for their favorite memories of this kind, playful, and uniquely intelligent artist.
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How Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan Biopic Could Shape This Year’s Oscar Race
With A Complete Unknown, the Oscar nominee could be back in the race for the first time since his breakout in Call Me by Your Name. But that’s only the beginning of the awards potential for this movie.
First Look
Cate Blanchett Faces Public Shaming in Disclaimer, Alfonso Cuarón’s Revenge Thriller
The Roma and Gravity Oscar-winner unveils his unsettling new series, which taps into the ancient human desire for schadenfreude.
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Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Carrie Coon Hold Nothing Back in the Wrenching His Three Daughters
The three stars exclusively share the trailer for their widely acclaimed Netflix drama, and go deep on their vulnerable powerhouse performances: “I let go so completely.”
First Look
Reintroducing Humphrey Bogart: The Untold Stories of a Hollywood Icon’s Volatile Private Life
The Casablanca star’s career was shaped by his relationships with women, from his distant mother to the love of his life, Lauren Bacall. Those stories come to the forefront in a new documentary, Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes.
How Real Tornados Tormented the Making of Twisters
Lee Isaac Chung, director of the Twister sequel, wanted to shoot in Oklahoma during storm season: “I was very naive.”
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Amy Adams Hears the Call of the Wild in Nightbitch
“When people ask me what the movie is about, I’m like, ‘It’s about motherhood and rage,’” says director Marielle Heller in this exclusive first look. “And you either get that or you don’t.”
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Rosemary’s Baby Prequel Apartment 7A Aims to Raise Hell: A First Look
Julia Garner and Dianne Wiest star in this follow-up to the 1968 thriller, centering a side character’s nightmarish untold story.
Little Gold Men
Viggo Mortensen Speaks His Mind: On Amazon’s “Shameful” Decision, Green Book’s “Disingenuous” Critics, and Indie Film’s Unclear Future
The Oscar nominee, whose acclaimed new film, The Dead Don’t Hurt, has just hit VOD, offers his frank assessment of Hollywood.
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In Conclave, the Pope Dies—Then the Twisty Search for His Successor Begins
Ralph Fiennes top lines the new film from the director of All Quiet on the Western Front, a thriller about both a personal and a collective crisis of faith—backed by a brilliant ensemble including Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, and more.
failure to launch
Fly Me to the Moon: How a Stanley Kubrick Conspiracy Theory Inspired the Film
A new movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum asks: Could the moon landing have been faked?
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Damson Idris’s Life in the Fast Lane
After Idris’s breakout role in Snowfall, his career is picking up speed. Next, he’ll star opposite Brad Pitt in Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Formula 1 movie.
Kevin Bacon Spent a Day as a Regular Person: “I Was Like, This Sucks”
The actor opens up about his storied career, the film industry’s “hierarchical bullshit,” and the two films he has opening this week: the horror movie MaXXXine and the Eddie Murphy action-comedy Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
Why Kevin Costner Risked His Fortune, Reputation, and Personal Life for Horizon
At 69, the movie star is about to find out how the biggest gamble of his life—a four-film, partly self-financed franchise that reportedly contributed to his departure from Yellowstone—will pay off.
Review
A Quiet Place: Day One Is a Prequel Done Right
The director of Pig makes a franchise film that would be worthy on its own.
Sienna Miller Is More Than Ready to Be Recognized for Her Work, Not Her Personal Life
The star of Kevin Costner’s four-part epic, Horizon, on tackling her next chapter, onscreen and off: “I’m done with grief and torture.”
Here: Robert Zemeckis’s New Movie Spans a Century, but the Camera Never Moves
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite the Forrest Gump team for a drama set entirely in one household’s living room.
Deadpool & Wolverine: Inside the Superhero Movie That Plays Rough
Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and filmmaker Shawn Levy reveal how a ping-pong table sent by Blake Lively helped bring R-rated troublemaking to the MCU.
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Inside Sing Sing, the Colman Domingo Prison Drama That Will Break Your Heart
Domingo may be headed back to the Oscars for his incandescent performance in A24’s innovative film, where he stars opposite several formerly incarcerated men.
Review
In Janet Planet, a Brilliant Playwright Makes a Promising Film Debut
Pulitzer winner Annie Baker moves into movies in this poignant look at a mother and daughter.
Judge Reinhold’s Totally Awesome ’80s Flashback
Returning for the fourth Beverly Hills Cop, the actor shares stories about Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Vice Versa, and Stripes—as well as the time he was paid with a stolen car and the movie he thinks was deliberately killed at the box office.
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Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, and Samuel L. Jackson Bring a True Story to Wild Life in Fight Night
Peacock’s dynamic new limited series examines how an infamous heist changed the city of Atlanta forever—and reintroduces Hart as a dramatic leading man.
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A First Look at How Directors Dress, a New Book From the Indie Studio That Mastered Merch
From Steven Spielberg’s denim to Euzhan Palcy’s statement gold, Adam Wray examines the “workwear” donned by Hollywood’s beloved auteurs in this excerpt from the newest release by A24’s publishing arm.
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“Directors Don’t Cry!” Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, and the Wild Birth of Desperately Seeking Susan
In an excerpt from her memoir, Susan Seidelman watches Madonna go from newcomer (“I’ll do anything to get this part”) to icon.
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Jude Law: An Eras Tour
The two-time Oscar nominee reflects on his thrilling rise in Hollywood, the real reason he initially turned down The Talented Mr. Ripley, and his recent career turning point: “When there’s a whole herd of interesting, beautiful young men coming up, you’re trying to readjust.”
When Death Came For Frank Miller
The comic book icon behind The Dark Knight Returns, 300, and Sin City reveals the addiction that nearly ended his life—and how his loved ones (and a determined documentary maker) pulled him back.
Run Lola Run 25 Years Later: A Breathless Oral History
Franka Potente and writer-director Tom Tykwer share untold secrets of the uber-cool 1998 thriller
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The Best and Worst Movies of Cannes 2024, and the Likeliest Oscar Contenders Among Them
From Megalopolis to Emilia Perez to The Apprentice, this was a festival of big swings. Some really worked, some really didn’t—and only a few will likely make it to the Oscars. We break it all down.
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The World Needs Films Like The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof had to flee his native Iran after being sentenced to prison for making films like this courageous drama.
Magical Thinking
Bringing One Hundred Years of Solitude to the Screen Took Decades—Here’s Why
Gabriel García Márquez didn’t think his masterpiece could be adapted. His readers, and the country of Colombia, pray Netflix gets it right.
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The Sexiest Movie at Cannes, Motel Destino, Also Aims to Be the Most Political
“We should be forbidden from making movies with white people in Brazil,” director Karim Aïnouz tells Vanity Fair. His erotic new film seeks to upend cinematic conventions for himself, his country, and the film community at large.
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Anora Is a Raucous Good Time With a Gut-Punch of an Ending
Sean Baker, director of Tangerine and The Florida Project, investigates another under-examined corner of America.
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Inside Emilia Perez: Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, and Karla Sofía Gascón Go Deep on Their Cannes Sensation
“It takes people taking a risk on me,” Gomez tells Vanity Fair of the secret behind Emilia Perez’s success. In conversation, she and her co-stars reflect on taking the biggest leaps of faith of their careers—and making a perfect landing.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Is a Passion Project Gone Horribly Wrong
Maybe some cinephiles will see value in the Godfather director’s long-gestating epic. Many more, though, will be left scratching their heads.
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In The Apprentice, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong Peer Into the Dark Heart of Donald Trump
Before Trump was Trump, he was a young striver taken under the wing of Roy Cohn. The Apprentice dramatizes their sinister bond: “I think of it as a love story, really,” Strong tells Vanity Fair.
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In Furiosa, George Miller Works Another Wonder
Anya Taylor-Joy is a worthy successor to Charlize Theron—but it’s Chris Hemsworth who really drives off with the movie.
Nobody But You
The Rise, Rise, Rise of Glen Powell: “I Started to Think, This May Be a Problem”
Between Anyone but You, Hit Man, and Twisters, he’s seen all kinds of action.
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Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone Run Wild in Poor Things Follow-Up Kinds of Kindness
Plemons’s initial reaction to Yorgos Lanthimos’s new movie: “Oh my God. What?”
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You’ve Never Seen a Movie Like I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun directed We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, “disappeared for two years, and came out a girl.” Then they made I Saw the TV Glow, a trans allegory by way of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Buffy.
Little Gold Men
“It’s an Honor Just to Be Snubbed”: Timothy Olyphant Gives Emmy Campaigning Another Try
The Emmy-nominated actor lets loose in a conversation spanning his rumored feud with Walton Goggins, filming Noah Hawley’s Alien in Thailand, and oh yeah, his awards chances for the Justified revival.
First Look
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: An Exclusive First Look at the Director’s Retro-Futurist Epic
Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel scan the horizon, and Coppola explains his sprawling influences for the utopian drama.
Review
Sex and Tennis Make a Good Match in Challengers
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist form the season’s most seductive triangle.
Bohemian Rhapsodies: Timothée, Leo, Selena, and the Boom in Musician Biopics
Why movies on everyone from Bob Dylan to Amy Winehouse to Air Supply—yes, Air Supply!—are suddenly headed to the screen.
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Against All Odds, John Green and Hannah Marks Made a Movie of Turtles All the Way Down
The pair on adapting Green’s follow-up to The Fault in Our Stars, living with OCD, and what’s next for the author: “I think I’ll return to writing novels. Maybe. I hope?”
EXCLUSIVE
The Jinx Part Two: Andrew Jarecki on Robert Durst and His Long-Simmering Sequel
The filmmaker previews the new chapter of his 20-year saga chronicling now convicted murderer Robert Durst, which premieres April 21 on HBO.
Still Watching
Dakota Fanning Thinks Ripley’s Marge and Tom Are More Alike Than They Seem
Andrew Scott makes for a captivating killer in the first four episodes of Netflix’s Ripley, streaming now. Dakota Fanning stops by Still Watching to talk about her new spin on Marge Sherwood and how she stayed grounded while transitioning from child star to adult actor.
“There are ghosts on every corner…”
The Many Lives of Walton Goggins
The actor plays dual roles in Fallout—a monster and the man he used to be—prompting a look back at his own unlikely past.
Shot List
Inside the Stunning, Devious Cinematography of Netflix’s Ripley
Director Steven Zaillian and cinematographer Robert Elswit reveal the methods, ideas, and secrets of their new series’ meticulous black-and-white visuals.
Were Blockers and Game Night the Last Great Studio Comedies?
Directors Kay Cannon, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein gather six years later to hash out what went right in their still-popular 2018 films—and why we might not see another one-two punch like this one in theaters again.
SPOTLIGHT
Callum Turner Takes Flight
The Masters of the Air and Boys in the Boat star has worked with Clooney, Hanks, and Spielberg—so yes, you could say it’s going well.
EXCLUSIVE
Inside Wicked: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Talk Glinda and Elphaba
Plus, Jon M. Chu reveals his vision for the feverishly anticipated musical alongside brand-new images of Erivo, Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, and more.
an enemy of the people
Why Is Vladimir Putin So Afraid of The Master and Margarita?
Five years ago, filmmaker Michael Lockshin embarked on an ambitious adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic novel. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, the movie became a hit, and Putin’s cronies went to war against Lockshin’s blockbuster.
Always Great
Inside Carla Gugino’s Singular Career, From Spy Kids Mothering to House of Usher Murdering
The veteran character actor, currently starring in The Girls on the Bus, believes her career choices have “confused” people. Now she reflects on her Hollywood plan, decades in the making.
OG RHONY
Tilda Swinton Embraces Her Inner Real Housewife in Julio Torres’s Problemista
Swinton and Torres, who star opposite each other in Torres’s debut film, open up about terrible bosses, wonderful communities, and the deeply damaged psyches of New York City’s chief Karens.
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Christopher Walken Still Rules: On Dune 2, Star Wars, and True Power
After four years away, the legendary actor tells all about his emperor of the galaxy—and about missing out on Han Solo in another universe.
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Dune: Meet Loire Cotler, Whose Voice Powers the Film’s Propulsive Score
“Dune has its own rhythm,” composer Hans Zimmer previously told Vanity Fair. “So it’s obvious that I would find a woman who should know everything about rhythm and then give you the cry of a banshee.”
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First Look: The Crow Flies Again With Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs
More than 30 years after tragedy struck the Brandon Lee version, director Rupert Sanders launches a new incarnation.
baton down the hatches
What Real Conductors Think of Bradley Cooper in Maestro and Cate Blanchett in Tár
Two professionals evaluate the Oscar nominees who embodied Leonard Bernstein and Lydia Tár.
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How The Holdovers Pulled Off Paul Giamatti’s Lazy Eye
Cristina Patterson’s custom contact lenses have transformed actors into all manners of monsters and zombies—but the curmudgeonly professor at the center of The Holdovers was a new kind of challenge.
Temporal Pincer Movement
With Oppenheimer Marching Toward Best Picture, an Overlooked Christopher Nolan Classic Gets Its Due
Tenet was released under pandemic restrictions and months before Nolan’s relationship with Warner Bros. reached an acrimonious end. But its acolytes never gave up the faith.
Dune: Part Two
Austin Butler: The Making of a Sexy Pyschopath
The actor and director Denis Villeneuve break down his Dune: Part Two role as the lethal Feyd-Rautha.
Review
Dune: Part Two Is Bigger and Better
Director Denis Villeneuve finally provides some meat for all that spice.
let’s get together and feel all right
The Real Story of Rita and Bob Marley
A closer look at the marriage at the center of the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love.
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How Robert Downey Jr. Helped The Sympathizer Pull Off an Audacious, Ferocious Adaptation
A Pulitzer Prize–winning book, an iconic filmmaker, a beloved movie star, and a breakout young actor meet for HBO’s new limited series. You’re not ready for the results.
Exclusive
Adam Sandler’s Spaceman Took Him to a Deep, Dark Place
The actor drew on fear and loneliness for the drama about a far-off astronaut trying to escape himself.
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Wicked First Look: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Costume
The stars talk for the first time about playing the unlikeliest of friends, Glinda and Elphaba. With the teaser dropping during the Super Bowl, Wicked is looking pretty…wonderful.
fine feathered friends
The Forgotten Swans: Truman Capote’s Society Friends Left Out of Feud
These women are every bit as fascinating as Babe Paley, Slim Keith, and the glamorous rest depicted on FX’s Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.
He Is Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr. Reveals the Surprising Roles He Almost Got—And Almost Lost
The Oppenheimer Oscar nominee was passed over for a DC villain, and says Tom Cruise nearly starred in both Chaplin and Iron Man.
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Brad Pitt and the Wild Making of Legends of the Fall
In an excerpt from his revelatory new book, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, director Ed Zwick goes deep on the pain, the glory—and the sometimes combative male energy on set.
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Inside Ripley: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn’s Bad Romance
The trio at the center of Steven Zaillian’s bold Netflix adaptation speak for the first time about the twisted triangle around scam artist Tom Ripley: “That’s the brilliant thing about a scammer story like this—you’re rooting for somebody who’s committing crimes.”
First Look
Steve Martin Gets the Documentary Treatment in Steve!—And He Doesn’t Hold Back
An exclusive look inside the ambitious two-part portrait of the comedy legend, which Morgan Neville structures as a documentary like no other.
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Barbie’s Dream Revenge: How Snub Fury Can Upend an Oscar Race
Greta Gerwig’s and Margot Robbie’s omissions might spark an outpouring of support. It’s happened before—just ask Ben Affleck.
spy vs. spy
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine on Mr. & Mrs. Smith: “This Is Actual Intimacy”
The stars of Amazon’s new spy-rom-com talk glamour, farts, and why Phoebe Waller-Bridge left the project: “Her whole process is very different from our process.”
Mojo Rising
Playing the Pretty Boy: Ryan Gosling, Jacob Elordi, and More Redefine the Himbo
Their latest characters are stunning, stunted—and in the awards race.
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Oppenheimer’s Big Bang: A Surprisingly Hilarious Oral History
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Robert Downey Jr. on making Christopher Nolan’s historical epic.
Love and Marriage
The Most Famous Couple in the World: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on the Set of a Classic
She was too young and beautiful for the role, in a tumultuous marriage, and had never been asked to rehearse before. An excerpt from Cocktails With George and Martha about the wild filming of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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The History Woven Into Every Costume of Killers of the Flower Moon
For the first-ever live Little Gold Men podcast, Lily Gladstone, Jacqueline West, and Julie O’Keefe joined to talk about the Osage culture visible in every frame of Martin Scorsese’s film.
old hollywood
Cary Grant and Randolph Scott’s Hollywood Story: “Our Souls Did Touch”
Hedda Hopper once asked of Grant, “Whom does he think he is fooling?” The star’s bond with Scott has been the subject of nearly a century of speculation, but the truth about their impact on each other’s lives has been hiding in plain sight.
Little Gold Men
How Julianne Moore Found the “Hysterical” Truth in May December
The Oscar winner gives another exceptionally complex performance in Todd Haynes’s Netflix melodrama, one that required a lot of preparation—and a willingness to take big risks.