‘She Says Good-bye to Him in Pants’Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla splits a young woman’s life into three distinct phases, with each step toward self-actualization reflected in her clothes.
ByRoxana Hadadi
outbackstories
‘Time Has Caught Up With Us’How Baz Luhrmann reengineered 2008’s Australia to bring new perspectives to Faraway Downs.
ByRoxana Hadadi
photo realism
‘A Photo Can Destroy a Life’How The Crown re-created the images of Diana’s final days within the constraints of taste, decency, and copyright.
ByDevon Ivie
backstories
Assembling OkernReservation Dogs’ art department designed its fictional hometown to mirror the memories of its most important audience: the series’ cast and crew.
The Strange, Hidden Story of Harley QuinnThe character was on her way to becoming DC Comics’ most successful villain well before she was stealing scenes in Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey.
ByAbraham Josephine Riesman
backstories
Reservation Dogs’ American Horror StoryIn telling a story of Indian boarding school abuse, director Danis Goulet sought to honor, not exploit: “Our people have to have agency.”
‘They’ve Taken a Toy and Broken It’Succession director Andrij Parekh channeled the energy of Adam McKay’s 2016 Election Night party into “America Decides.”
The Hardest Stunt I Ever Pulled OffStunt drivers and performers recall their toughest days on the job — and why they never want to waste Michael Bay’s time.
ByElana Scherr and Brandon Streussnig
by order of the king
‘I Still Don’t Know What It Was’An oral history of Kings, the ambitious, expensive, and admittedly weird drama on which NBC bet its prestige-TV future and lost.
The Hardest Horror Movie Sound I Ever Foley-edWhat does decapitation sound like? How about a demon birth? Foley artists explain just how difficult it is to engineer the sounds of horror.
ByJordan Crucchiola and Vikram Murthi
backstories
An Oral History of Lilo & StitchThe beloved Disney movie made in a “secret hangar” that almost brought hand-drawn animation back.