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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Inside The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures With President Amy Homma
The Academy Museum’s president talks about celebrating all aspects of filmmaking, bringing new people to the silver screen, and the value of an enduring partnership with Rolex.
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How the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Looks Forward by Looking Back
Academy president Janet Yang talks about diversifying membership, inspiring initiatives, and the essential value of authentic partnerships.
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Agustina San Martín and Janicza Bravo Step Into Their Own, Together
The two filmmakers discuss building sustainable careers, encouraging each other, learning from the past, and what they can teach the next generation in the latest installment of What Is Cinema?, a series in partnership with Rolex.
What Is Cinema?
Lee Isaac Chung’s Childhood Trauma Drew Him to Twisters
In the next installment of Vanity Fair’s What Is Cinema? series, director Lee Isaac Chung breaks down his inspirations for Twisters.
By Eve Batey
What Is Cinema?
Richard Linklater Explains How He Turned True Crime Into Screwball Comedy
In the next installment of Vanity Fair’s What Is Cinema? series, director Richard Linklater breaks down his inspirations for Hit Man.
By Eve Batey
What Is Cinema?
George Miller on How Furiosa Provides a Template to Survive the Apocalypse
In Vanity Fair’s What Is Cinema? series, the Oscar-winning filmmaker breaks down his inspirations for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
By Eve Batey
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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.
Awards Insider!
Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón Is About to Make Oscar History, but She’s Not Done Fighting
The Golden Globe nominee reflects on her campaign whirlwind, admits to the parts of awards season she hates, and responds to trans writers who have criticized her film: “If you don’t like it, go and make your own movie.”
By David Canfield
Awards Insider!
See Every Golden Globes Winner of 2025
From film to TV, here’s every winner at the 2025 Golden Globes, updated in real time.
By Hillary Busis
Awards Insider!
Golden Globes Nominations 2025: See Every Nominee Here
Emilia Pérez leads the film nominations by scoring 10 nods, with The Brutalist close behind with seven total.
By Hillary Busis
Streaming Guide
The 31 Best Movies on Amazon Prime to Watch Now (January 2025)
Whether you’re in the mood for a classic drama or a sexy tennis flick, see our list of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video.
By Jordan Hoffman
Awards Insider!
Making Nosferatu: Corralling Live Rats, Overpowering Flames, and the Ghost of a Cinematic Legend
Robert Eggers has had this movie in mind long before he started filmmaking as a professional. He and his Oscar-nominated D.P., Jarin Blaschke, put everything into getting it right.
By David Canfield
Shot List
Inside the Epic Filmmaking of The Brutalist: “What the F--k Is Happening Here?”
Brady Corbet digs into the combination of a rigorous approach to technique and technology, and the encountering of a few happy accidents, that led to one of the most visually striking films in years.
By David Canfield
Reunited Live
Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan Meet Again—and Remember the “Magic” of Lady Bird and Little Women
They’re Oscar contenders for A Complete Unknown and The Outrun, respectively, and their chemistry off-screen is as electric as it is in the movies.
By Rebecca Ford
Awards Insider Exclusive
Angelina Jolie on Stepping Out of the Dark and “Starting to Come Alive Again”
The Academy Award winner digs deep on her Oscar contender Maria, its connection to her breakout in Girl, Interrupted, and finding herself as an artist again: “Some therapist should study these things and tell me what they mean.”
By David Canfield
The 22 Best Movies on Hulu to Watch Right Now (December 2024)
The best movies on Hulu are a cornucopia of classics, comedies, dramas, and more.
By Jordan Hoffman
Reunited!
For Amy Adams and Denis Villeneuve, Making Arrival Meant “Flirting With Disaster”
In a conversation eight years after their sci-fi masterpiece, the Dune director says he’d love to collaborate with the Nightbitch star again—just not at karaoke.
By Rebecca Ford
Awards Insider!
Luca Guadagnino’s Wild World: Inside the Director’s Big Year
Guadagnino was everywhere in 2024 with both Challengers and Queer, and the internet couldn’t get enough. He has one message for fans: He didn’t do it alone.
By David Canfield
Shot List
The Images of Maria: Operatic Filmmaking for an Iconic Diva
The Angelina Jolie–led Oscar contender boasts an exacting, transporting visual design. Here’s what went into it.
By David Canfield
International Film
How to Make a Movie in Iran and Not Get Caught: Inside The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof’s new movie is getting attention from awards voters—and the Iranian government.
By John Ross
Every Academy Award for Best Director: A Complete History of the Winners
Learn more about every best-director Oscar winner over the last 95 years, from 1929 to today.
By Jordan Hoffman
Shot List
Making Anora: A Deep Dive Into a Brighton Beach Classic
Sean Baker reveals the filmmaking secrets behind his Cannes-winning, Oscar-bound new classic.
By David Canfield
Q&A
Pedro Almodóvar’s Cinematic Journey: “Of the 23 Films I Have Made, There Are Only Two That I Don’t Like at All”
In a wide-ranging interview, Pedro Almodóvar reflects on his new film, The Room Next Door; death; and why he wants to make a movie about Zendaya and stylist Law Roach.
By Ianko López
best of 2024
22 Best Movies of 2024
Anora, My Old Ass, Conclave, and more of 2024’s best movies.
By Richard Lawson
Every Academy Award for Best Picture: A Complete History of the Winners
Learn more about the history of the Academy Award for best picture, and see all of the Oscar winners, from the last 95 years.
By Chris Feil
Gobble Gobble
The 21 Best Thanksgiving Movies to Stream Right Now
Embrace one of Hollywood’s more undercelebrated holidays with Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Knives Out; or Spider-Man. Yes, Spider-Man!
By Savannah Walsh
Awards Insider!
With I’m Still Here, Brazilian Icon Fernanda Torres Goes Global
The Cannes-winning actor is stoking Oscar buzz for her revelatory performance in Walter Salles’s harrowing biopic.
By David Canfield
Awards Insider!
Wicked Is Plenty Popular. But Is It a Potential Best Picture?
The Awards Insider team explains why the musical might be a serious Oscar threat after debuting to a magical $164 million at the worldwide box office this past weekend.
By Rebecca Ford and David Canfield
Awards Insider!
Bobby Cannavale on Taking the Lead, Disappointing Scorsese, and Asking Pacino for a Favor
The Emmy-winning character actor returned to the top of the call sheet this year, an experience that has sparked some bittersweet memories: “The one thing that I did with Martin Scorsese is the one thing that wasn’t successful?”
By David Canfield
Why Denzel Washington’s Gladiator II Performance Is So Unexpected—and Brilliant
The two-time Oscar winner steals the show in a rare supporting role—one that marks a thrilling high point for one of the all-time great screen-acting careers.
By David Canfield
exclusive
Meet the Movies of 2025: First Looks With Witherspoon, Pattinson, Hathaway, Gladstone, M3GAN, and More
As for the directors, how do Guillermo del Toro, Bong Joon Ho, and Celine Song sound, for starters?
By Anthony Breznican, David Canfield, and Rebecca Ford
Shot List
How Emilia Pérez Pulls Off Its Audacious Musical Numbers
Director Jacques Audiard and his D.P. share the secrets of (and a few regrets about) the most memorable sequences in Netflix’s musical melodrama, from Selena Gomez’s karaoke set to Zoe Saldaña’s mid-movie showstopper.
By David Canfield
Little Gold Men
Demi Moore on The Substance Mania, “Scary” Oscar Buzz, and Keeping That Yellow Coat
The Hollywood legend has never had a moment quite like this one. It’s a lot to take in.
By David Canfield
Brad Pittiful
Neil Jordan Believes He Knows Why Brad Pitt Had a Bad Time Filming Interview With the Vampire
In a new interview with Variety, the Interview With the Vampire director opened up about why Pitt had an infamously bad experience: “I think the problem that he suffered from was the fact that the role suffers,” said Jordan.
By Chris Murphy
exclusive
Robert Eggers Reveals the Ghastly True Tales Behind His New Nosferatu
The Witch filmmaker on his updated adaptation of the silent film: “Even as recently as the early 2000s, there have been vampire occurrences.”
By Anthony Breznican
Happy Halloween
The Undying Mystery of Max Schreck—the First Nosferatu
The man behind the silent-film vampire has inspired questions for decades, adding to the allure of one of the creepiest movies ever made.
By Anthony Breznican
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Jesse Eisenberg on Feeling “Envious” of Kieran Culkin’s Character in A Real Pain
The film’s creator takes VF inside the scene the pair struggled over—even though, he says, Culkin’s “the greatest actor of all time.”
By Rebecca Ford
review
Venom: The Last Dance Ends a Once-Fun Series with a Whimper
Tom Hardy seems sapped of energy in this anemic comic book three-quel.
By Richard Lawson
Every Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: A Complete History of the Winners
Learn more about every best-supporting-actress Oscar winner over the last 87 years, from 1937—when the Academy Award was first handed out—to today.
By Jordan Hoffman
Little Gold Men
Stanley Tucci Takes Nothing for Granted: “After The Devil Wears Prada, I Couldn’t Get a Job”
In a career-spanning conversation, the beloved actor who’s experienced decades of ups and downs in Hollywood reflects on hitting his sweet spot—which is somewhere between the film Conclave and his next big food show.
By David Canfield
Every Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: A Complete History of the Winners
Learn more about every best-supporting-actor Oscar winner over the last 87 years, from 1937—when the award was first handed out—to today.
By Jordan Hoffman
Every Academy Award for Best Actress: A Complete History of the Winners
Learn more about every best-actress Oscar winner from 1929 to today, including all of the details about the speeches, the stars—and even a tie.
By Chris Feil
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Mikey Madison’s Life Hasn’t Changed Yet—but When the World Sees Anora, It Will
The Better Things alum makes a stunning star turn as a brassy sex worker in Sean Baker’s new film.
By Rebecca FordPhotography by Nick Riley Bentham
Awards Insider!
Willa Fitzgerald Is Revelatory in the Serial-Killer Thriller Strange Darling. Is It Too Scary for Awards?
The Fall of the House of Usher alum goes deep on her slick thriller—and the struggle for genre performances to get the recognition they deserve.
By David Canfield
Little Gold Men
Anora Has Already Made Sean Baker’s Biggest Dream Come True
Winning the Palme d’Or was Baker’s singular goal for the past 30 years. Now, he’s fighting for the protection of theatrical releases.
By Rebecca Ford
On the Scene
In Caught by the Tides, Jia Zhang-ke Looks Back to Look Forward
The Chinese auteur explained the arduous process of crafting his latest film at the New York Film Festival’s Amos Vogel Lecture on Tuesday night.
By Esther Zuckerman
Awards Insider Exclusive
All We Imagine as Light’s Director on “Archaic” Oscars and the Power of Global Cinema
Payal Kapadia’s intimate portrait of modern Mumbai took Cannes by storm, but won’t even be able to compete for the international-film Oscar. What gives?
By David Canfield
Little Gold Men
André Holland’s Good Fight: On The Knick Season 3, His Little Indie That Could, and Taking the Lead
The Exhibiting Forgiveness star made a name for himself as a scene-stealer in projects from Barry Jenkins and Steven Soderbergh. Now he’s taking charge—both in front of and behind the camera.
By David Canfield
a wonderful night for oscar
Every Academy Award for Best Actor: A Complete History of the Winners
Learn more about every best-actor Oscar winner over the last 95 years, from 1929 to today.
By Chris Feil
Little Gold Men
Lupita Nyong’o Finds Her Voice: “The Industry Wasn’t Ready for Me”
Between A Quiet Place: Day One and The Wild Robot, the Oscar winner has spent 2024 earning rave reviews and ruling the box office. In a candid interview with Vanity Fair, she reflects on the scary, uncertain road to getting here.
By David Canfield
COVER STORY
Wicked Stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on Love, Defying Rumors, and Flying High
“We needed real connection,” Erivo says of their friendship, which bloomed just as Grande needed it most: “Tabloids have been trying to destroy me since I was 19.”
By Chris MurphyPhotography by Norman Jean Roy
Dazed and Confused Was a “Magical Moment” That Could Never Happen Now
As the high school cult classic gets a 30th-anniversary theatrical release, writer-director Richard Linklater reflects on its agonizing (for him) creation—and its eternal, chemically compatible appeal.
By Mike Hogan
Little Gold Men
Richard Linklater Doesn’t Believe In Hit Men, but He Does Believe In Patience
“I’m not afraid to sit with something and just wait until the time is right,” the writer-director says of the yearslong process of making Hit Man and two of his upcoming projects.
By Rebecca Ford
Review
His Three Daughters Is One of the Best Dramas of the Year
Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen are remarkable in Azazel Jacobs’s poignant look at familial grief.
By Richard Lawson
Little Gold Men
Sebastian Stan’s Year of Transformation, Trump, and “One Giant Nightmare”
The actor is headed into the most exciting stretch of his career, between A Different Man and The Apprentice.
By David Canfield
Awards Insider Exclusive
Inside Cillian Murphy’s First Post-Oppenheimer Role in Small Things Like These
The actor tells Vanity Fair he was “pretty broken” and “worn out” after wrapping his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer turn. But his next project demanded a similarly intense performance.
By David Canfield
Awards Insider!
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.
By David Canfield, John Ross, and Hillary Busis
Little Gold Men
Denis Villeneuve Wants to Make One More Dune Movie—but Don’t Call It a Trilogy
The director of the hit franchise looks back on the first two films, which he calls “the biggest technical challenge of my life.”
By Rebecca Ford
Toronto Film Festival
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.
By Richard Lawson
Awards Insider!
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.
By David Canfield
Exclusive
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.
By David Canfield
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.”
By Rebecca Ford
Venice Film Festival
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.
By Richard Lawson
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.
By Anthony Breznican
Venice Film Festival
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Contemplate Death in The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is a melancholy gem.
By Richard Lawson
venice film festival
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.
By Richard Lawson
Awards Insider Exclusive
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.”
By David Canfield
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.
By Vanity Fair
Little Gold Men
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.
By Rebecca Ford
Awards Insider Exclusive
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.”
By David Canfield
Awards Insider Exclusive
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.
By David Canfield
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.
By Anthony Breznican
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.
By David Canfield
Awards Insider!
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.
By Rebecca Ford
Awards Insider!
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.
By David Canfield
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.
By Richard Lawson
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.
By Rebecca Ford
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…”
By Anthony Breznican
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.
By Tomris Laffly
Little Gold Men
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.
By David Canfield
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.
By Anthony Breznican
Awards Insider Exclusive
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.”
By David Canfield
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.
By David Canfield
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.”
By Anthony Breznican
awards insider first look
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.”
By Hillary Busis
exclusive
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.
By Anthony Breznican
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.
By David Canfield
Awards Insider First Look
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.
By David Canfield
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?
By Savannah Walsh
from the magazine
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.
By Britt HennemuthPhotography by Nick Riley Bentham
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.
By Julie Miller
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.
By Julie Miller
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.
By Richard Lawson
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.”
By Julie Miller
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.
By Anthony Breznican
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.
By Anthony Breznican
Awards Insider Exclusive
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.
By David Canfield
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.
By Richard Lawson
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.
By Anthony Breznican
Awards Insider!
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.
By David Canfield
from the magazine
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.
By Adam Wray
Exclusive excerpt
“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.
By Susan Seidelman
Awards Insider!
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.”
By David Canfield
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.
By Anthony Breznican
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
By Anthony Breznican
Awards Insider!
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.
By Richard Lawson and David Canfield
cannes 2024
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.
By Richard Lawson