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  1. chat room
    Janet McTeer on Her Wrenching Sorry for Your Loss Monologue“I worked on the speech for three weeks. I thought about every word and sentence.”
  2. important questions
    Can Outer Space Drive a Person Insane? Let’s Ask an Astronaut.In Lucy in the Sky, Natalie Portman totally loses her mind, in the tradition of several movie astronauts before her.
  3. sad dads in space
    Sad Dad Space Movies: A TaxonomySpace: The Ultimate Daddy?
  4. role call
    Kyra Sedgwick Answers All of Our Questions About PhenomenonAnd John Travolta’s sex-scene nerves, that shaving scene, and why she’s never had her “Jennifer Lawrence” moment.
  5. a long talk
    Fiona Apple Is Still Calling B.S.These days, the singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. But that doesn’t mean she’s not paying attention.
  6. iron bitch
    Let Liv Tyler Go to SpaceIn Ad Astra and Armageddon, Liv Tyler plays the woman left behind. What this essay presupposes is: What if she went to space instead?
  7. bad ideas
    I Made Rachel’s English Trifle and Forced My Entire Family to Eat ItWhy, you ask? The better question: Why not?
  8. backstories
    Stalking Janet Jackson, and Other Stories Behind the Hustlers SoundtrackFiona Apple had never licensed “Criminal” — until Lorene Scafaria and Jennifer Lopez came calling.
  9. backstories
    How Hustlers Pulled Off the Meta Cameo of the YearHow the film’s producers (and Jennifer Lopez) convinced a music superstar to show up in Hustlers — and 200 extras to stay quiet while it happened.
  10. fall preview 2019
    The Hustle Behind HustlersHow do you get a film about rich white men getting scammed made in an industry run by rich white men? First step: Get J.Lo to sign on.
  13. role call
    Andie MacDowell Answers Every Question We Have About Michael It’s perhaps the most profoundly ’90s film: A Nora Ephron romantic comedy starring John Travolta as an overalls-wearing, tobacco-addicted angel.
  14. movements
    The #SavetheOA Movement Is About More Than a TV ShowThe latest flash mob, put on by fans committed to the message of the series, was one of the least cynical things I’ve ever seen.
  15. emmy insider
    A Conversation With Rachel Brosnahan About Playing Slutty Secretaries in SchoolThe Emmy-winning star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel answers important questions about our shared past: playing small parts in high-school theater.
  16. party report
    Cate Blanchett on Acting: ‘It’s Time for Me to Stop’Or does she just feel this way after every movie?
  17. rabbit holes
    Is The OA Fake-Canceled or Am I Just Losing My Mind?We dive into the Reddit threads where superfans are laying out evidence that The OA’s cancellation is just part of the show’s meta-narrative.
  18. q&a
    Jennifer Kent Doesn’t Think The Nightingale Is a Rape-Revenge Story“I think ultimately for me, this film isn’t about violence, it’s about the love between two very unlikely people.”
  19. eye can't
    A Glittery Guide to Euphoria’s Over-the-Top Eye MakeupWant to bleed glitter from your eyes like Zendaya? The show’s makeup artist walks us through the process behind three key Euphoria looks.
  20. bridges of monterey county
    So, Who’s Gonna Fall Off the Bridge in the Big Little Lies Finale?After a season full of ominous foreshadowing, we ask: Exactly how is that freaking bridge going to kill somebody this season?
  21. chat room
    Billy Eichner on Hugging Beyoncé and Thanksgiving at Barbra Streisand’sThe star of The Lion King talks gay lions, gay rom-coms, and improvising Timon’s and Pumbaa’s lines.
  22. backstories
    ‘I Chased Cardi for Two Years’: How Hustlers’ Director Cast the Stripper SagaA behind-the-scenes look at the making of Hustlers, starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, and Cardi B.
  25. don't you feel angry?
    An Ode to Meryl Streep and Florence Pugh’s Catharsis ScreamsUNGHHHHHHHHAAAAAAH.
  26. deep dives
    They Were the First All-Women Crew to Conquer the Ocean. Then They Came Home.A new documentary tells the grueling story of a female yacht crew that exploded barriers at sea. Here’s what happened when they stepped back on land.
  27. chat room
    Will Poulter Couldn’t Sleep After Watching Himself in Midsommar“I was so fucked up after watching it. It’s maybe the most aggressive reaction I’ve ever had to a film.”
  28. chat room
    We Asked Daisy Ridley to Describe Adam Driver’s Big-ness, and Other QuestionsThe star of Ophelia talks the holes in her stomach, getting slapped by Naomi Watts, and what Carrie Fisher said to her while filming their last scene.
  29. How Realistic Is Hollywood’s Depiction of Women in Media?Is it really as glamorous as it seems?
  30. q&a
    Sienna Miller: “I Do Feel I’ve Been, for Much of My Life, Underestimated”Eight years after the The Loudest Voice actress sued Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper, she’s starring in a Showtime series about his colleague, Roger Ailes.
  31. big little lies
    Which Big Little Lies Mom Is Right About Kids and Climate Change?Is it Madeline or Renata? We asked a child psychologist and a teacher.
  32. behind the scenes
    The True Story Behind John Early and Kate Berlant’s Freaky Short RachelThe comedians share the bizarre true story behind their new short about a mysterious woman who crashes Early’s party.
  33. movies
    Adam Driver Has a Star Wars Key Chain in The Dead Don’t DieAll the meta moments and Easter eggs in Jim Jarmusch’s latest movie.
  34. let's talk about sex
    How Do You Choreograph a Good Queer Sex Scene? 6 TV and Film Creators Explain.Vida’s Tanya Saracho, Special’s Ryan O’Connell, Pose’s Steven Canals, and more discuss the challenges of depicting queer intimacy onscreen.
  37. remember that time
    An Oral History of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Perfect Men in Black PerformanceTwo words: sugar water.
  38. unsolved mysteries
    Luke Evans Knows You’re Wondering If That’s His Actual Dick in MaThe actor took to Twitter to remind us that he goes full-frontal in the horror film.
  39. guillermo del toro
    Guillermo del Toro Is Already Thinking About a Sequel to Scary Stories to TellDel Toro and André Øvredal on why they didn’t make an anthology, and how that one horrifying spider story factors into their film.
  40. open the pod bay doors
    ‘Depressed in Space Alone’ Is My Favorite Movie GenreNothing is more peaceful than movies about people who are floating through the ether, grasping for meaning and finding only the chilly abyss.
  41. cannes 2019
    Our 15 Favorite Movies From Cannes Film Festival 2019From The Lighthouse to Pain and Glory to Portrait of a Young Girl on Fire, here’s the best of this year’s festival.
  42. booksmart
    Diana Silvers on Booksmart’s Groundbreaking Sex SceneThis summer’s breakout star on how Booksmart made her reconsider her sexuality — and how Ma’s Octavia Spencer was behind her big break.
  43. you're invited
    Every Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Movie, Ranked by SurrealityWe rank the Olsen twins’s entire filmography on a sliding scale of uncanny, ranging from casually surreal to utterly phantasmagorical.
  44. you know nothing
    The Game of Thrones Finale Was Awfully Impressed With Itself, Huh?Brienne becomes a blogger, Tyrion lectures everyone about storytelling, and everyone hails Bran, start-up king of Westeros.
  45. cannes 2019
    How Cannes Is Watching the Game of Thrones FinaleAt the Croisette, movies rule. But on Sunday night, they’ll have some stiff competition.
  46. cannes 2019
    Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodóvar on Their ‘Erotic’ Pain and Glory Scene“In the script, there was a ‘civilized’ kiss. But that really erotic kiss — I got excited. I told them that morning they were going to shoot it.”
  49. cannes 2019
    Port Authority’s Cast on Their Viral, History-Making Cannes Moment“To have black and brown bodies on that red carpet — it’s a game-changer. Queer black men: They don’t make it [to Cannes]. Not like that.”
  50. cannes 2019
    The Lighthouse Might Be Even Trippier Than The WitchRobert Eggers’s follow-up to The Witch stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as masturbating lighthouse keepers.
  51. cannes 2019
    Three Hours at Cannes’s Most Prestigious Party: Miles Teller Loves EveryoneMiles Teller, Priyanka Chopra, Quentin Tarantino, Shailene Woodley and more showed up for Vanity Fair’s annual party at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc.
  52. cannes 2019
    Cannes’s Argentine Abortion Doc Had Audience in Tears Before It StartedQue Sea Ley, about the raging fight for safe and legal abortions in Argentina, tells the stories of women killed by clandestine abortions.
  53. cannes 2019
    Cannes’s First Black Female Filmmaker and Her Cast Lit Up the Red CarpetMati Diop’s Atlantics, which premiered at Cannes to thunderous applause, kicked off with a vibrant fashion show.
  54. cannes 2019
    Watch Elton John and Taron Egerton Sing ‘Rocketman’ LiveThe biopic opened to a minutes-long standing ovation at Cannes.
  55. cannes 2019
    Taron Egerton and His Girlfriend Got Drunk at Elton John’s HouseThe Rocketman star on why he cried at the premiere, his friendship with John, and what separates him from Rami Malek.
  56. cannes 2019
    How Gay is Rocketman?How much of Richard Madden’s tush do we see? Who does Taron Egerton smooch? Is there thrusting? Vulture investigates.
  57. cannes 2019
    What Did Bill Murray Whisper in Selena Gomez’s Ear at Cannes?The 72nd Festival de Cannes is only a few hours old, and it already has its first mystery.
  58. cannes 2019
    That Time Chloë Sevigny Stole a Prop Cop Car With Bill Murray and Adam DriverThe Dead Don’t Die star on her “past lives” and “unfinished business,” why she didn’t attend the Met Gala, and “annoying” all-male Cannes dinners.
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