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  1. the old oak
    ‘Hope Is Political’Ken Loach on the end of his 60-year filmmaking career and what he’s learned about power and the working class.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. a man possessed
    What Scares David DastmalchianThe Late Night With the Devil star is no stranger to facing demons.
    By Isaac Feldberg
  3. a long talk
    Giancarlo Esposito Finds Elegance in Every Bad GuyThe Gentleman and Parish are giving one of Hollywood’s greatest journeymen his long-deferred shot at antihero stardom.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  4. exit interview
    ‘I Hate Clear Blue Skies’Why Steven Zaillian brought a monstrous, black-and-white version of The Talented Mr. Ripley to Netflix.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  5. rated t for teen
    A Joker by the People, for the PeopleComedian Vera Drew’s debut film is radical, moving, and definitely not affiliated with the DCEU or Warner Bros. in any official capacity.
    By Rebecca Alter
  6. q+a
    Geoff Rickly Ripped the Band-Aid Off to Make a New Thursday SongTheir first single in 13 years arrived after a “contentious” writing session.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  7. q&a
    Who Is Rooting for Corey Stoll in Appropriate?“A real strength of the play is how people’s allegiances are constantly shifting.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. q+a
    A Peace Summit With the Libertines LadsPete Doherty and Carl Barât agreed to some ground rules to make their new album. But what about an interview?
    By Devon Ivie
  9. interview
    Shōgun’s Moeka Hoshi Knows the Power of Good Communication“I see Fuji as a flexible person. Or, rather, she becomes as such.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  10. chat room
    3 Body Problem’s Jess Hong Can’t Believe Jin Let Her Friend Donate His Brain“You have to be so ambitious to allow that kind of desire to surface.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  11. chat room
    Andrea Riseborough on Co-Parenting With The Regime’s Dictator“I spent a great deal of time moving air purifiers and bowls of steaming potatoes in and out of rooms.”
    By Jen Chaney
  12. q&a
    ‘I Don’t Know How Much of It Is Immoral’Jerrod Carmichael’s surreal new HBO docuseries Reality Show puts all his relationships to the test. He’s still living with the aftermath.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  13. exit interview
    The 3 Body Problem Creators Just Want to Give You More Spectacle“By the last season or two, we would be giving people an experience they’ve never had before.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. finale thoughts
    3 Body Problem Made Rosalind Chao a Braver PerformerAnd inspired her to watch herself onscreen for the first time in decades.
    By Sean T. Collins
  15. a long talk
    A Royale LineageThe Carol Burnett Show inspired her career. Now Kristen Wiig is starring in a TV show with her hero.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  16. chat room
    Love Is Blind’s AD Smith Is Sorry She Made You CryThe season-six main character talks about where she stands with her many suitors.
    By Sarah Hagi
  17. chat room
    Sarah Ann Bick Didn’t Go on Love Is Blind to Make Friends“I got what I came for.”
    By Sarah Hagi
  18. finale thoughts
    Even Tom Hollander Felt Pressure Holding Court for the Swans“You know they’re all interesting people themselves, but you have all the lines in the scene.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  19. a long talk
    ‘We Suck. And We Know It. So We Keep Trying.’Best Actress Oscar Winner Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos explain what makes collaborations like Poor Things work so well.
    By Rachel Handler
  20. interview
    OPPENHEIMER
    How Cillian Murphy Found His ‘Resting Physicist’s Face’“My job is to convince the audience that Oppenheimer knows what he’s doing. I really spent most of the time working on his psychology.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  21. interview
    OPPENHEIMER
    It Sure Feels Good to Have Robert Downey Jr. Onscreen AgainDowney wanted a new experience, and he got it in his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer role.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  22. chat room
    Peter Weber Took Pride in Being a Faithful“The level of satisfaction of being able to get to the end would’ve been much higher.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  23. a long talk
    The Action Sofia Boutella Wants to SeeThe busiest woman in genre film is asking writers and editors to treat her face-smashing characters as seriously as she does.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  24. chat room
    Feud’s Diane Lane on the Dual Tragedies of Slim Keith“She had experience with this kind of betrayal, a previous scar. It was a very character-defining thing.”
    By Marah Eakin
  25. dune: part haiku
    Josh Brolin Explains His Viral Poetry for Dune: Part Two“I love that there’s a poem that they exploited into the idea that I wanted to sleep with Timothée.”
    By Fran Hoepfner
  26. q&a
    Wendy Williams Documentary EPs Say They Had Her Best Interests At Heart“We obviously didn’t know at all that she had been diagnosed with dementia when we started this project; we wouldn’t have done it.”
    By Alessa Dominguez
  27. chat room
    Feud’s James Baldwin Was Real to Chris Chalk“If I think of playing it as his imagination, does it become some sort of fetishism? It’s better for me to just play him as a real human.”
    By Manuel Betancourt
  28. dun done
    Just to Clarify, Sam Waterston Is Not RetiringAs he says good-bye to Law & Order (again), the former Jack McCoy has a message for casting directors: Call him!
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  29. exit interview
    Issa López Wants You to DecideThe showrunner calls True Detective: Night Country’s ambiguous ending “my gift and my curse.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  30. weep beneath my wings
    Which Part of Beaches Makes the Author of Beaches Cry Hardest?“I’m a sob sister.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  31. un phénomène social
    ‘We Made Something a Little Fake’Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet reflects on the very French, very successful fairy tale he imagined after leaving Hollywood.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  32. a long talk
    Gus Van Sant’s Maysles MasqueradeThe director imagined a reality where the brothers documented — then scrapped — footage of the Black and White Ball for Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  33. chat room
    The Traitors Taught Dan Gheesling a ‘Humbling’ Lesson“I laid out a blueprint for future Traitors not to underestimate the Bravo people.”
    By Nic Juarez
  34. q+a
    Trevor Horn Defined ’80s Music, Then Kept GoingThe prolific producer has worked with everyone from Grace Jones to Leann Rimes.
    By Jim Farber
  35. q+a
    Allison Russell’s ‘Open Letter to White Supremacy’The singer revisits her own horrific past on “Eve Was Black.”
    By Justin Curto
  36. a long talk
    Ex-Lovers Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel, ReunitedTwenty years after their breakup, the Taste of Things co-stars laugh, argue, and remember why they fell in love.
    By Rachel Handler
  37. chat room
    The Trust’s Tolú Ekundare Kept Her Eyes on The PrizeFallen friends, crumbling alliances, and a barrage of microaggressions wasn’t going to keep Tolú Ekundare from leaving with as much money as possible.
    By Lisa Kwon
  38. oscars 2024
    The Holdovers Screenwriter Predicts a Renaissance of Humanist Films“I’m a big believer in no tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.”
    By Zoe Guy
  39. chat room
    Peppermint’s Stint on The Traitors Was the Worst She’s Felt Since High School“I went onto my favorite show, and I ended up getting transported back to when I used to get beaten up.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  40. royalty-free laughs
    The Composer Behind the Globes’ Best Bit Was Already in BedWill Ferrell and Kristen Wiig “just brought in this chaos and it was actually beautiful.”
    By Justin Curto
  41. you should be writing
    How to Write a Book Right NowJami Attenberg and the mysterious case of the 1000 words.
    By Choire Sicha
  42. a long talk
    Kali Uchis Had a VisionThe industry didn’t want the bilingual artist to sing in Spanish, but she did it anyway.
    By Tirhakah Love
  43. 25 days of reality
    A Recipe for DIY Reality TVOn TikTok, Pamela Wurst Vetrini created the cooking show she wanted to see in the world.
    By Kate Lindsay
  44. q+a
    Kylie Minogue Still Can’t Believe Her Year of Padam“I’m fully cognizant that it is a great time.”
    By Emma Madden
  45. barbie world
    The Woman Who Rescued Barbie from Development HellMattel executive Robbie Brenner, head of the toy company’s film division, tells us what it took to save the long-gestating adaptation.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  46. a long talk
    ‘We’re Feeling This Whole Destruction of Spirit’Amid the Israel-Hamas war, Ramy Youssef and Hiam Abbass reflect on centering Palestinian life in a landmark Ramy episode.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  47. 25 days of reality
    Kamie Crawford’s Dream Job Is Other People’s BusinessThe host of MTV’s Catfish, Ex on the Beach, and Are You the One? is a fan first and foremost.
    By Zoë Haylock
  48. 25 days of reality
    April Kirkwood Turned the Golden Bachelor Mansion Into a Sorority House“I go, ‘Come on, girls! I don’t want to sleep by myself on the other side of the room. It’s too far away.’ So we made a big California king–size bed.”
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  49. chat room
    Squid Game: The Challenge Winner Mai Whelan Doesn’t Believe in Alliances“I was more stealthy, getting to know a person instead of a group.”
    By Nic Juarez and Alejandra Gularte
  50. a long talk
    What Makes an Alexander Payne Movie?The Holdovers director isn’t sure, but he’ll admit Downsizing might have been a TV series.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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