BACKSTAGE
Adam Guettel Tells Jesse Eisenberg How He Wrote the Season’s Most Ambitious Musical
April 25, 2025
After 30 years, the musical “Floyd Collins” has finally made it to Broadway. To mark the occasion, Jesse Eisenberg asked composer Adam Guettel how he did it.
Will Poulter Has Three Movies Out This Month. Kit Connor Wants to Know How He Does It.
April 25, 2025
On the heels of a global press tour for their film “Warfare,” Will Poulter and Kit Connor got together to talk about the child actor work ethic and Poulter’s very busy spring.
VISION
Jack Haven and Kembra Pfahler on Trans Rights, Telepathy, and Life After Death
April 24, 2025
The boundary-breaking artist and the punk performance legend dive deep into some essential topics and unsolved mysteries.
SOUND ADVICE
“She Knows Who She Is”: Chase Icon Tells Us Which Blondes Have the Most Fun
April 24, 2025
“This is the playlist I’ve had blasting while I wander the shops in Vegas, collecting pieces for my NYC release party this Saturday,” says the singer and SoCal barbie.
DUDES
Joe Apollonio on Recurring Dreams, Bisexual Fantasies, and His Very First Erection
April 24, 2025
As the indie comedy “Magic Farm” hits theaters, the 33-year-old actor took the hot seat to field a litany of probing questions from his friend Jack Henry Robbins.
BACKSTAGE
Andrew Burnap Takes Jeremy O. Harris Inside Broadway’s Record-Breaking Othello
April 23, 2025
A few weeks into the new Broadway production of “Othello,” the 34-year-old actor got together with Jeremy O. Harris to talk self-care, Shakespeare, and show business.
BAD ROMANCE
Madeline Brewer Tells Us What It’s Like to Be Penn Badgley’s Final Girl
April 23, 2025
To mark the fifth and final season of “You,” the actor got on Zoom with Cazzie David to talk about joining the cast of a beloved series—and being relentlessly pursued by Penn Badgley.
MOTHER
Ms Tina Knowles Tells Ellen Pompeo How She Built an Empire of Women
April 22, 2025
In a new memoir, the Knowles family matriarch finally shares her side of the story.
BACKSTAGE
“Aren’t These Plays For Everyone?”: Behind the Scenes of BAM’s Macbeth in Stride
April 22, 2025
After opening night of “Macbeth in Stride” at BAM, director Whitney White and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly joined us to talk about bringing Shakespeare to Brooklyn.
DESIRE
Michelle Zauner Is Japanese Breakfast—But at What Cost?
April 21, 2025
With a moody new album and motherhood on her mind, the indie rocker and author calls up designer Sandy Liang to talk perfectionism, self-preservation, and the eternal struggle of wanting it all.
RORSCHARCH TEST
Black Mirror Creator Charlie Brooker on Drones, Rabbit Holes, and Broligarchy
April 21, 2025
To mark the show’s seventh season, the “Black Mirror” doomsayer shares his instant reactions to some horrors of the modern world.
MASTER
“Humans Can Be Very Depressing”: David Cronenberg, by Jim Jarmusch
April 18, 2025
Moments after they learned about the passing of David Lynch, the 82-year-old movie master called his fellow director to discuss mortality, memory, and the end of cinema as we know it.
DIARY
Dillards, Dioramas, and Gay Cowboys: A Weekend at the Dallas Art Fair
April 18, 2025
“The husband of a prominent art world figure declares Dallas the most classist city in America,” writes Emily Sandstrom. “He’s Scottish, so I take this insight seriously.”
PANEL
“The iPhone Has Taken Over”: Arthur Elgort on the Fashion and Photography That Staked His Legacy
April 18, 2025
Ahead of AIPAD’s 2025 panel, the acclaimed photographer joined journalist Vanessa Friedman and Interview’s own Dara to talk about fashion photography, then and now.
GREEN ROOM
“A Vybz Kartel Concert Is a Party”: Backstage at Barclays With the King of Dancehall
April 18, 2025
“God was in the building, man,” the Jamaican Dancehall icon told us after his comeback shows in Brooklyn. “The lord was around us, and the vibe was amazing.”
DIRECTORS
“You’re Either a Storyteller or a Liar”: Charles Burnett, in Conversation With Barry Jenkins
April 17, 2025
To mark the release of two new 4K restorations of his films, the director joined Barry Jenkins for a wide-ranging conversation about his significant contributions to 20th Century cinema.
PERFORMANCE
How David Lynch and Agatha Christie Inspired Katie Kitamura’s Latest Literary Thriller
April 17, 2025
Just before the release of her fifth novel, “Audition,” the author joined us to explain how she conceived of the book’s thorny experiments with structure and unreality.
XXX
Jordan Firstman’s Grindr Hookup Takes a Long, Hard Look at His Debut Album
April 16, 2025
After dropping his debut album, “Secrets,” the comedian and provocateur asked an anonymous hookup to review the songs (and the sex).
COMICS
“Do You See Him as an Incel?”: One Biographer’s Journey Down the Robert Crumb Rabbit Hole
April 16, 2025
Dan Nadel, the author of a comprehensive new biography of Robert Crumb, joined Al Freeman to discuss the groundbreaking, sex-crazed cartoonist’s complicated life and legacy.
SEARCH HISTORY
Vivian Tu of @YourRichBFF Gives Us the Skinny on Trump’s Tariffs
April 16, 2025
Days after the President announced tariffs on 90 different countries, we hit up the internet’s resident finance expert to find out if we’re on the brink of a global trade war.