IN CONVERSATION

Rosie Stockton and Rachel Kushner on Pump Jacks, Death Drives, and the Uses of Metaphor

May 13, 2025

“It’s a book of climate catastrophe,” the poet says of “Fuel,” her latest collection now out with Nightboat Books. “It strives to reckon with despair on multiple scales.”

ICON

Founding Editor Gerard Malanga Takes Us Back to the Early Days of Interview

May 9, 2025

To mark the release of a new monograph, “Gerard Malanga’s Secret Cinema,” the photographer joined us to look back on a life spent in and around Warhol’s Factory.

Y2K

Jonathan Lyndon Chase on Baggy Jeans, Conjoined Triplets, and Their Acne Studios Takeover

May 8, 2025

To mark their pop-up exhibition of ceramics and sculptures at the Acne Studios store in SoHo, the artist joined us to talk dupes, denim, and feeling nostalgic for the mall.

BACKSTAGE

Kip Williams Tells Rose Byrne How He Pulled Off the Epic Technological Feats of Dorian Gray

May 8, 2025

Just after receiving a Tony nomination for “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the director joined fellow Australian Rose Byrne to talk Oscar Wilde, mass surveillance and, of course, Beyoncé.

SOUND ADVICE

“I Trust Very Few People With the Aux”: Grace VanderWaal Makes Us a Playlist of Esoteric Pop

May 7, 2025

What does the 21-year-old newcomer’s Notes app look like? “Like a woman who needs some serious, serious psychological help,” she told us in this week’s Sound Advice.

RORSCHACH TEST

“Oh, Fuck Off”: Sunita Mani on Tariffs, Allergies, and Intimacy Coordinators

May 7, 2025

In this week’s Rorschach Test, the “Death of a Unicorn” star took the hot seat to sound off on a number of polarizing subjects, from allergies to congestion pricing.

IN CONVERSATION

Getting Up Close and Personal with Painters Emma McIntyre and Richard Hawkins

May 6, 2025

After opening their recent gallery shows in Hong Kong, the two artists caught up about their shared obsessions, from Baudelaire’s poems to the work of historian Michael Levey.

ASK ME ANYTHING

Keith McNally Fields Questions From Friends, Fans, and Balthazar Regulars

May 6, 2025

The Balthazar owner is known to be an open book. Now that he’s written one, we asked fans, friends, and frequent patrons of his restaurants to put him on the hot seat.

MET

Jeremy O. Harris and Met Curator Monica Miller Give Us a Lesson in Black Dandyism

May 5, 2025

“I don’t want to think about the beginning of Black dandyism as happening to Black people,” says the curator of the Costume Institute’s new exhibition. “No, the minute it happened, they understood what it meant.”

FINALE

How Edi Patterson Turned Judy Gemstone Into One of Television’s Funniest Characters

May 5, 2025

“I hope that she can embolden people when they need a laugh or some sneakiness,” says “The Righteous Gemstones” star of her character, Judy Gemstone. “I hope she can Braveheart some bitches.”

IN SESSION

Hannah Zeavin Tells Us Why Psychoanalysis Is About More Than Just Daddy Issues

May 2, 2025

“Freud was not that interested in the mother, really,” says the founder of the psychoanalytic magazine Parapraxis, who’s written a new book that interrogates the intersection of motherhood and technology.

Churchill Downs

Need a Hat For the Kentucky Derby? Milliner Christine A. Moore Can Handle That.

May 2, 2025

While balancing over 75 commissions, the featured milliner at this weekend’s Kentucky Derby invited us to her Manhattan studio to talk hats, fascinators, and Southern hospitality.

OZ

How Did Paul Tazewell Follow Up His Historic Oscar Win? With Death Becomes Her, Of Course.

May 2, 2025

After winning an Oscar for “Wicked,” the costume designer is now a Tony Awards nominee. Between stitches, he told us about his Ohio upbringing and the power of a luscious cravat.

POWER

Little Simz Tells Michaela Coel Why Silence Was Not an Option

May 1, 2025

As she gets set to release her sixth album “Lotus,” the resilient British rapper called up her friend and fellow force of nature to talk about how burnout and betrayal led to an eventual creative breakthrough.

SOUND ADVICE

David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors Is Taking His Musical Talents to the Movies

May 1, 2025

In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Dirty Projectors frontman celebrated his recent pivot to film by making us the perfect genre-bending playlist.

IN CONVERSATION

Sophie Gilbert and Amanda Hess on MLMs, Motherhood, and Menstrual Tracking Apps

May 1, 2025

“I wanted people to google porn and find feminist criticism instead,” says the author, who joined The New York Times critic Amanda Hess to discuss her new book, “Girl on Girl.”

BACKSTAGE

How Broadway’s Audra McDonald and Joy Woods Made Gypsy Their Own

April 30, 2025

After six months of wowing Broadway audiences in the critically acclaimed “Gypsy” revival, its two stars stopped by the Interview offices to talk about becoming Rose and Louise.

TOUCH GRASS

Flowers, Fungi, and Decomposed Condoms: Inside the Mad World Earth Day Showcase

April 30, 2025

At the annual Earth Day Celebration hosted by SoMad, a collection of New Yorkers told us why nothing is cooler, or queerer, than nature.

BESTIES

“Your Arms Look Incredible”: Brett Goldstein and Phil Dunster Have a Ted Lasso Reunion

April 30, 2025

After watching his “Ted Lasso” co-star’s new stand-up special, Dunster called Goldstein to talk men’s fashion, “Sesame Street,” and innovative sex positions.

BLUE CHIP

Rashid Johnson and Jeremy O. Harris on Black Creatives, White Villains, and the Spirituality of Art

April 29, 2025

Ahead of his Guggenheim retrospective, “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” the artist explains why critical thinking is its own form of wealth.