IN CONVERSATION
Obsessed With Awards Season? Then Daniel D’Addario’s The Talent Is For You.
February 25, 2025
The author and Chief Correspondent at Variety joined Katie Kitamura to talk about his debut novel, “The Talent,” and the dark underbelly of a Hollywood awards season.
ROCK AND ROLL
How the Director of Becoming Led Zeppelin Got the World’s Most Tight-Lipped Band to Talk
February 24, 2025
“The film is made for movie theaters and the biggest screens possible with the biggest sound systems,” says the director of “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” a new and unvarnished documentary about the band.
ACTOR
Patrick Schwarzenegger Tells Chris Pratt How He Became a Sex-Crazed Finance Bro
February 19, 2025
From a parking lot in L.A., the breakout star of “The White Lotus” called up with his brother-in-law to unpack the anxiety and the excitement of starring on TV’s biggest show.
ICON
Inside Goodbye Horses, the First Documentary About the Mysterious Q Lazzarus
February 18, 2025
Filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes joined us to talk about her serendipitous friendship with the most elusive of rock icons, the late Q Lazzarus.
ICON
Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Hard Truths and Industry Politics
February 13, 2025
At the tail end of a long awards season, the 57-year-old actor joined us to discuss her career-best work in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” and, of course, that Oscars snub.
N.Y.C.
Do You Want to Be Famous?
February 11, 2025
The next gen of downtown performers make their red carpet debut.
ACTORS
“We Are Our Own Piano”: Fernanda Torres, in Conversation With Jessica Chastain
February 10, 2025
Just after she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, Fernanda Torres joined Jessica Chastain to discuss how they’ve navigated the entertainment industry and what they’ve learned from the women they’ve portrayed on film.
PORTFOLIO
The Stars of Sundance… Exposed!
January 31, 2025
From stairwells to hotel lobbies to Thai spots, photographer Myles Pettengill spent the week in Park City capturing the stars of Sundance in their in-between moments.
SUNDANCE
A Screwball Comedy About Cabbage? Director Evan Twohy Can Make It Work.
January 30, 2025
“To me, it’s a love story,” says the director of his film “Bubble & Squeak,” which held its world premiere at Sundance. “But it’s just not a love story that ends where most love stories end.”
SUNDANCE
Director Katarina Zhu on Besties, Bunnies, and Bad Breakups
January 29, 2025
“Making this film became an exercise in giving myself permission to bear parts of myself that I thought were gross or vain or selfish or evil,” says the first-time director of her debut feature, “Bunnylovr.”
DIRECTOR
Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp On Their Big Ghost Story Gambit
January 21, 2025
The director and screenwriter got together to talk about building a palpable sense of dread in their new feature, “Presence,” a clever spin on the conventions of ghost movies.
TECHNIQUE
“I’m Down to Get Ugly”: Jharrel Jerome, in Conversation With Don Cheadle
January 17, 2025
The “Moonlight” actor got together with Don Cheadle to explain how he prepared for his role as real-life wrestler Anthony Robles in “Unstoppable.”
IN CONVERSATION
Taylor Kitsch and Josh Brolin on Shamans, Sweat Lodges, and Self-Transformation
January 16, 2025
“Man, it was a fucking roller coaster,” the “Friday Night Lights” heartthrob told Josh Brolin about losing 25 lbs for his role in the gritty Netflix western “American Primeval.”
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Michael Pitt and Ron Perlman on Redemption, Reinvention, and Reposado
January 14, 2025
“I was shitting my pants pretty much every day, but I think that’s good and healthy,” the actor told his co-star Ron Perlman of starring in Jack Huston’s “Day of the Fight.”
DIRECTOR
“I Couldn’t Take No For an Answer”: How Gia Coppola Got Pamela Anderson to Star in The Last Showgirl
January 13, 2025
The director and granddaughter of Hollywood royalty revealed how, with the help of Pamela Anderson, she brought Las Vegas to life in her third feature, “The Last Showgirl.”
ACTOR
“You’re a Rock Star, Man”: Michael Shannon, in Conversation With Austin Butler
January 8, 2025
“I don’t want to be a giant drag all the time,” the actor told his friend Austin Butler about taking on hefty projects. “It’s nice when you excite people, or uplift them.”
THESPIAN
Clarence Maclin Tells Jon Bernthal How Prison Led to His Second Act
January 7, 2025
The breakout star of “Sing Sing” talks to one of his biggest admirers about redefining masculinity, the power of second chances, and the unbelievable road that could take him all the way to the Oscars.
SNACK
Aaron Pierre on Cheat Days, Last Meals, and Bulking Like an Action Hero
December 27, 2024
Hollywood’s newest leading man gives us the skinny and on how, when, and what he likes to eat.
DIRECTOR
“I Like to Be Ill-Defined”: Director Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light
December 27, 2024
The Golden Globe-nominated director joined us to talk about Indian cinema, the romance of friendship, and making movies that resist categorization.
DIRECTOR
Halina Reijn on the Sex, Shame, and Power Dynamics That Drive Babygirl
December 26, 2024
The filmmaker talks to Eugene Kotlyarenko about the influences and insecurities that inspired her modern spin on the erotic thriller.