SHAWN
“I Refuse to Let the Industry Consume Me”: Shawn Mendes, by John Mayer
October 14, 2024
After hitting pause on his skyrocketing career, the Canadian singer is back with a new album—and a new outlook. Ahead of the release of “Shawn” next month, he connected with his friend and mentor to talk about reclaiming his music and rebuilding his life.
NYFF
Paul Schrader on Faith, Facebook, and Bisexual Awareness
October 14, 2024
Over coffee in Manhattan, the “Oh, Canada” director talked to us about sexuality, Calvinism, big-budget cinema, “Joker: Folie à Deux,” and his search for a new personal assistant.
RORSCHACH TEST
Claudia Conway on Hunter Biden, Alternative Facts, and Project 2025
October 14, 2024
In anticipation of November 5th, we asked the daughter of George and Kellyanne to sound off on Fox News, Ella Emhoff, iPad babies, and the Electoral College.
GAY
How Marwan Kaabour Wrote the Definitive Guide to Queer Arab Slang
October 11, 2024
The London-based graphic designer and linguist paid us a visit on his North American book tour to talk about “The Queer Arab Glossary.”
COVER
“Yo, Get Out My Room”: North West, in Conversation With Her Mom
October 11, 2024
Born into superstardom. Raised in front of the world. Still hates school.
NYFF
“I Like to Be Alone on Stage”: 15 Minutes With Isabelle Huppert
October 11, 2024
We met the French actor for a morning coffee at L’Alliance New York to talk ambiguity, intuition, and her latest film, director Hong Sang-soo’s “A Traveler’s Needs.”
OFF MENU
The Paige DeSorbo Guide to Being an Italian-American Princess
October 11, 2024
In this month’s installment of Off Menu, we took “Summer House” star Paige DeSorbo to New York’s hottest new Italian spot for a lesson in spaghetti and meatballs.
COVER
The Anthony Edwards Era Has Arrived
October 10, 2024
Before he makes another run at a championship, the most electrifying force in the NBA got on a call with his fellow ATL native Chris Tucker to talk about, among other things, the price of being great.
REMAKE
Nathalie Emmanuel Tells Omar Sy About Life On Set With Francis Ford Coppola
October 10, 2024
The “Game of Thrones” star tells her friend and former co-star how she kept Francis Ford Coppola’s secrets on the great, big set of his comeback film, “Megalopolis.”
LIT
Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake, Political Fiction, and Staying Off Twitter
October 10, 2024
The award-winning novelist joined us to talk about her latest book, “Creation Lake,” and the writers who inspire her, from Don DeLillo to Cormac McCarthy.
COVER
Jennifer Lopez Tells Nikki Glaser How a Turbulent Summer Changed Her
October 9, 2024
After a canceled tour, the end of a marriage, and an internet pile-on that felt particularly brutal, the comedian Nikki Glaser found a J.Lo who was more than ready to talk.
SOUNDCHECK
“The Internet Is Basically One Giant Cop”: Backstage at MSG With Jack Antonoff
October 9, 2024
We joined the Bleachers frontman backstage to find out what he’s learned playing alongside Taylor Swift and why he isn’t listening to “bots and shitheads” on the internet.
NYFF
“It’s Fucking Bullocks, Basically”: 45 Minutes With Hard Truths Director Mike Leigh
October 9, 2024
The Palme d’Or-winning “Hard Truths” director met up with Jeremy O. Harris to talk about the troubled state of cinema and why Los Angeles is a “tedious place to be.”
SMOKE BREAK
“It’s My Dark, Twisted Fantasy”: A Nine-Minute Cig With Filmmaker Olmo Schnabel
October 9, 2024
At the Roxy Cinema premiere of his film “Pet Shop Days,” the director shared his thoughts on Oedipal relations, growing up downtown, and working with Willem Dafoe.
NYFF
Filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko Gets Freaky in the Criterion “Bangbus”
October 8, 2024
The director talks depravity and John Waters ahead of the New York premiere of his latest film, “The Code.”
ICON
“How Do You Feel About Getting Old?”: Robert Longo, in Conversation With Richard Price
October 8, 2024
Before the opening of Longo’s comeback show, “Searchers,” the artist talked to his friend Richard Price about burnout, filmmaking blunders, and the pleasures and pitfalls of getting older.
NYFF
“You Can’t Put Me in Any Box”: 30 Minutes With Filmmaker Mati Diop
October 8, 2024
“I always felt much more heard and understood than in France,” the director told Jeremy O. Harris of New York City after the NYFF premiere of her sophomore feature, “Dahomey.”
STUDIO VISIT
Sculptor Brian Oakes on Fedora Guys and Sorting Machines
October 7, 2024
At Blade Study, where his show “SEED” is on view this month, the artist talked to us about dioramas, “fedora guys,” and why pressing buttons is compulsive.
NYFF
“I’m Optimistic for the Collective Soul”: 30 Minutes With Filmmaker Jacques Audiard
October 7, 2024
After the NYFF premiere of his genre-bending musical crime thriller “Emilia Perez,” the French director met up with Jeremy O. Harris to talk fear and Fosse.
OUTSIDE
“I’m an Adrenaline Junkie”: Bar Hopping With DJ John Summit
October 7, 2024
Only a few hours after getting punched in the face in Times Square, the DJ and party boy John Summit joined us in the Lower East Side to talk bottles and baddies.