ACTOR
Lux Pascal and Naomi Watts Are Tired of Keeping Secrets
October 24, 2025
For our Fall 2025 issue, the actors talk famous siblings, family secrets, and refusing to stick to the script.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
The Making of Judd Apatow, by Cameron Crowe
October 24, 2025
With both of their memoirs set to release on the same day, the filmmakers got together to reminisce on their lives in show business. The lesson? “Seek out your heroes,” says Crowe.
Sound Advice
You’ll Never Guess Which Songs Inspired Harris Dickinson’s Directorial Debut
October 23, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the “Babygirl” heartthrob and first-time director tells us how electronic music inspired “Urchin,” his debut feature.
IN CONVERSATION
How Far Will Michael Stulhbarg Go? Luca Guadagnino Wants to Find Out.
October 23, 2025
On the heels of their international press tour, the 57-year-old actor joined his “After the Hunt” director to talk Chekhov, voyeurism, and old New York.
IN CONVERSATION
Christian Slater and Rami Malek on Growing Up and Logging Off
October 22, 2025
On the 10-year anniversary of the show that made them one of TV’s all-time great duos, Christian Slater and Rami Malek got back in the lab to talk fame, fatherhood, and the perks of youth.
COVER
Jeremy Allen White’s Delusions of Grandeur
October 21, 2025
After “The Bear” made him a household name, the 34-year-old actor turns up the heat as Bruce Springsteen in Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.” To talk it through, he called Austin Butler, who knows better than anyone the strange vertigo of chasing immortality onscreen.
IN CONVERSATION
Is Catholic Guilt the Key to Understanding Derek Cianfrance?
October 16, 2025
“It’s really the story of a sad clown,” the director said of “Roofman,” his latest feature starring Channing Tatum. “You’re laughing at him, but there’s so much pain in his life.”
DIRECTOR
Aziz Ansari’s Leap of Faith
October 15, 2025
To mark the release of his directorial debut “Good Fortune,” the comedian and filmmaker met up with his buddy Steven Soderbergh in London to talk about the gamble of making movies. Hot topics included test screenings, location scouting, and box-office stakes.
MEMOIR
Lukas Gage: When Fame Meets Shame
October 15, 2025
“if you looked at my life on paper,” says the 30-year-old actor, “it’s pretty insane that this fuck-up from San Diego is getting married on The Kardashians.”
DIRECTOR
“Cinema Is Connected to Dreams”: Lucile Hadžihalilović, in Conversation with Gaspar Noé
October 13, 2025
After a forty-year partnership, Lucile Hadžihalilović and Gaspar Noé sit down for the first time to talk about the films that shaped her—and the dreamlike obsession that’s defined their life in cinema.
KILLER
Charlie Hunnam and Ryan Murphy on Finding the Man Inside the Monster
October 10, 2025
In the latest installment of Netflix’s “Monster” series, the British actor descended into the mind of America’s original psycho, Ed Gein. To mark the moment, he reunited with the show’s creator for a debrief on what it takes to find some heart in the darkness.
NYFF
Director Jafar Panahi on Making Movies in the Age of Authoritarianism
October 10, 2025
“I have to make films, and I consider this my natural right,” says the 65-year-old Iranian director, whose latest release, “It Was Just an Accident,” took home the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival this summer.
NYFF
Filmmaker Bi Gan Joins Jeremy O. Harris in the Criterion Closet
October 9, 2025
In town for the New York Film Festival premiere of his new feature, “Resurrection,” the director joined Jeremy O. Harris to talk astrology, algorithms, and the dreamlike logic that fuels his cinema.
NYFF
Filmmaker Radu Jude Takes Us Inside His Algorithm
October 8, 2025
After the NYFF premieres of his two new films, “Kontinental ’25” and “Dracula,” the Romanian filmmaker joined us to talk A.I. slop, the descent of the West, and the peasants and pornstars that populate his algorithm.
KNOCKOUT
Benny Safdie and John Oliver Grapple With The Smashing Machine
October 6, 2025
For our Fall 2025 issue, Benny Safdie rang up John Oliver to talk about standing ovations, prosthetics, and his bruising biopic of Mark Kerr.
NYFF
How Filmmakers Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki Got the Furries Freaking Out
October 3, 2025
After premiering their animated feature “Bouchra” at NYFF last week, the filmmaker duo joined us for a smoke break to talk meta layers and martinis.
ANNIVERSARY
50 Years Later, the Cast of Rocky Horror Is Still Doing the Time Warp
October 3, 2025
As “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” celebrates its golden jubilee, we asked several of the original castmembers—including Nell Campbell, Barry Bostwick, and Patricia Quinn—to reflect on the film’s enduring and outsize legacy.
NYFF
Ronan Day-Lewis Knows What You’re Thinking
October 1, 2025
“I know how many people would kill to have this chance to make a film,” says the director of “Anemone” and son of three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis. “I’m so insanely grateful.”
TEEN
Levi McConaughey Is Hungry and Thirsty
September 30, 2025
Before he hits the screen for the very first time alongside his dad in “The Lost Bus,” 17-year-old actor shows us what he’s all about.
INGENUE
“You Were Chosen for a Reason”: Chase Infiniti Talks to Her Movie Mom Teyana Taylor
September 29, 2025
Movie debuts don’t come much bigger than “One Battle After Another,” but as the 25-year-old actor tells her movie mom, after the nerves wore off, her nerve kicked in.