DROPOUT
How Backrooms Altered Lukita Maxwell’s State of Mind
June 2, 2026
The actor dropped out of Pratt two months in because Hollywood came calling. Now she has a day job on “Shrinking” and a role in A24’s record-breaking horror film. To talk about what that experience did to her, costar Finn Bennett flew out to L.A. and showed up at her house.
PHENOM
Kane Parsons Can’t Escape the Backrooms
June 2, 2026
The self-taught director who built a horror universe in his bedroom just delivered A24 its biggest opening weekend ever. Now he’s trying to find the exit.
CREATOR
Sam Levinson Gives Bradley Cooper His Euphoria Exit Interview
June 1, 2026
With the third season, and likely the series, coming to an end, its creator sat down with a kindred spirit to talk about how a love of cinema and a life in recovery made the show what it is.
BACKSTAGE
Christopher Abbott Only Cries Onstage
June 1, 2026
Night after night, the Knicks diehard is delivering a shattering Tony-nominated performance in “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway. Offstage, he’s working on it.
MOOD
Naomi Ackie Is Going Through It
May 29, 2026
Five movies in under two years has the 34-year-old actor feeling a type of way. She talked to her friend Eva Victor to help understand what it means to pour yourself into something and wonder why you do it at all.
HEARTHHROB
Belmont Cameli Is Your New Fake Hockey Heartthrob
May 28, 2026
As the star of “Off Campus,” one of the year’s breakout shows, we figured now was the right time to ask the 28-year-old actor a few questions about what’s really going on.
STANDING OVATION
The Cannes Film Festival Exposed!
May 26, 2026
The photographer Francesc Planes captures the glitzy and gaudy glory of the two biggest weeks in cinema.
SEEK HELP
Ryan O’Connell Loves Fucking Old Guys and Thinks You Should Try It
May 25, 2026
We called in some help from the acclaimed writer and actor to answer readers’ questions about porn, open relationships, and finding DL trade in L.A.
INCONCEIVABLE
Wallace Shawn Isn’t Ready to Die
May 21, 2026
With his retrospective currently playing at the Metrograph, the 82-year-old actor proves he has one of the most iconic filmographies. Even if he can’t exactly remember most of it.
DIRECTOR
Curry Barker and Zach Cregger Swap Horror Stories
May 18, 2026
What makes a movie truly scary, according to the directors of “Obsession” and “Weapons.”
SCARY
Inde Navarrette Is Your New Obsession
May 12, 2026
In the new movie “Obsession,” the 25-year-old actor earns herself a spot in the canon of great horror performances. She also loves a good ice cream.
MEETING
When Real Ann Dowd Met Bald Ann Dowd
April 30, 2026
After several years of posting under the name Bald Ann Dowd, an online persona that made her one of the internet’s best pop culture oracles, Alison Sivitz finally got to spend an afternoon with the real thing.
FAME
Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett on the Tragedy of Marilyn Monroe
April 30, 2026
On “The C-Word,” the best friends and podcast hosts dive deep into the lives of infamous women society labels “mad, sad,or bad.” In our pages, they tackle their most challenging subject yet.
ERUPTION
Lena Góra Wants Great Sex, Great Food, and to Beat You at Chess
April 28, 2026
The star of “Erupcja” answered some of our most personal questions from her Warsaw apartment, straight from set, head still spinning.
SHOWRUNNER
Lee Sung Jin and Ayo Edebiri on Everything but Beef
April 24, 2026
The creator of Netflix’s hit show caught up with his friend in between performances of her Broadway play, masks on and conspiracy theories at the ready.
GOLD
Giulio Bertelli Turns the Olympics Into a High-Tech Battleground In His Debut Film
April 23, 2026
Before the premiere of his debut film Agon, the Italian director spoke with Thomas Demand about the long road from sailing circuits to cinema.
DIRECTOR
Pete Ohs Cast Charli XCX in His Movie, Then Brat Happened
April 21, 2026
The “Erupcja” director details how he made his tiny movie in Poland with almost no budget, no shotlist, no script, and then suddenly, one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
YES, AND
Taylor Dearden and Carrie Coon on Fame, Mistakes, and Missing School
April 17, 2026
The actor has made a name for herself for her incisive performance at Dr. Mel on the “The Pitt,” sitting down with the “Gilded Age” star to chat about growing up around fame, improv comedy, and not getting recognized by fans.
CANUCK
Dan Levy Found His Voice and It Sounds Like Peaches
April 15, 2026
To mark his first foray into showrunning, the “Big Mistakes” co-creator talks to one of his heroes—who also happened to score the show—about shyness, punk as an ethos, and why earnestness always wins.
RHYTHM
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Is Euphoria‘s New Chaos Agent
April 13, 2026
But offscreen, the Nigerian-born, London-raised actor is serene, a devoted Buddhist whose practice, as he tells his friend Ludacris, keeps him from getting snatched by the darkness.