The We’re All Going to the World’s Fair director is back at Sundance with a haunting new film about the thin line between fiction and reality.By Esther Zuckerman
RuPaul’s Drag Race(S16/E4)Setting the TableThe benefit of a Ball challenge with an overwhelming 42 looks is that when a queen really stands out, it means something.
The Traitors(S2/E4)It’s Your FuneralWith the faithfuls all but cooked, the traitors are now testing each other’s boundaries.
a bad idea worth consideringThe Gilded Age Should Cast Che Diaz Sara Ramirez threw light shade at the “performative” representation of their ‘And Just Like That …’ character, so we formed an exit strategy.By Rebecca Alter
in conversationTodd Haynes Plays the Superego The director is interested in people constrained by society’s rules. In his new film May December, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers.By Madeline Leung Coleman
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the industryRomeo and Juliet Was a Tragedy In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.By Lila Shapiro
screen timeThe Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.By Lane Brown
book reviewHow Zadie Smith Lost Her Teeth Since her audacious debut, she has been moving toward character-driven realism. In the process, she’s become the least interesting version of herself.By Andrea Long Chu
UMI Will Meditate on It By Jennifer Zhan
