SCREEN TIME
How Lauren Greenfield Captured the Reality of Growing Up Online in Social Studies
October 4, 2024
The master documentarian joined us at New York’s Roxy Cinema to talk Instagram-face, comparison culture, and her sobering new mini-series, “Social Studies.”
NYFF
RaMell Ross Wanted to Play in the NBA. Now He’s Opening New York Film Festival.
October 4, 2024
Just after opening New York Film Festival, the director of “Nickel Boys” joined Jeremy O. Harris to talk astrology, art school, and abandoning his hoop dreams to make movies.
NYFF
Curator Dennis Lim Takes Us Inside the 62nd New York Film Festival
October 4, 2024
A few days into the New York Film Festival, Jeremy O. Harris sat down with programmer Dennis Lim to discuss this year’s formally diverse slate of movies.
DIRECTOR
“I Put Tits in My Movie”: Alexi Wasser, in Conversation With Janicza Bravo
September 26, 2024
The first-time director talked to her friend Janicza Bravo about vaping, on-screen nudity, and the many inspirations for her debut feature, “Messy.”
IN CONVERSATION
Nicholas Alexander Chavez Tells Javier Bardem How He Became a Monster
September 23, 2024
To mark the release of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” the co-stars talked to one another about staying sane while channeling family trauma for the camera.
SPOTTED
The Stars of the Toronto International Film Festival, From Day to Night
September 19, 2024
At TIFF, photographers Maya Fuhr and Myles Pettengill shot the stars of this year’s biggest movies, from Rachel Sennott and Jacob Elordi to Matt Damon and Pamela Anderson.
PREMIERE
The Cast of Monsters Takes Us Inside the Infamous Menendez Murders
September 19, 2024
To mark the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology, we went to Hollywood to track down its stars Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem.
ON SECOND THOUGHT
“Ghost Got Horrible Reviews”: Demi Moore Remembers the ’90s
September 11, 2024
Our September cover star looks back on becoming the highest-paid actress in history, surviving the critics, and the Vanity Fair covers that cemented her as an American icon.
DIRECTOR
“This Is a Fucking Therapy Session”: Lee Daniels, in Conversation With Glenn Close
September 10, 2024
The director of “The Deliverance” met up with his muse Glenn Close to discuss the movies that first inspired him, from “Mandingo” to “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
IN CONVERSATION
How Directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae Made the Year’s Most Wrenching Documentary
September 6, 2024
Angela Patton and Natalie Rae joined composer Kelsey Lu to discuss the process of making “Daughters,” a new documentary following four young girls as they prepare to be reunited with their incarcerated fathers.
IN CONVERSATION
Giovanni Ribisi Tells Josh Brolin How a Midlife Crisis Led Him to Cinematography
September 5, 2024
The 49-year-old actor, who shot the serial killer thriller “Strange Darling,” talked to his old friend Josh Brolin about making movies in the greedy age of streaming.
DEBUT
“I Want to Cuddle You So Bad”: Maisy Stella, in Conversation With Anne Hathaway
September 5, 2024
The 20-year-old actor, who stars opposite Aubrey Plaza in Megan Park’s “My Old Ass,” talked to her spiritual big sister Anne Hathaway about coming of age on the big screen.
ANDY
Ed Lachman Takes Us Inside Lou Reed and John Cale’s Songs for Drella
September 4, 2024
After a screening of the 1990 concert film performed in Andy Warhol’s memory, the renowned cinematographer talked to Sasha Frere-Jones about capturing an unlikely Velvet Underground reunion.
RORSCHACH TEST
Brian Jordan Alvarez on Stalking, Spanking, and Fire Island
September 2, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the actor, writer and star of “English Teacher” on FX takes the hot seat to sound off on lying, douching, and queer-baiting.
ACTOR
“You Brought the Animal Out of Me”: Drew Starkey, by Omar Apollo
September 2, 2024
The actor had just seen his performance in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” for the first time when Apollo called him from the road to talk about social circles, solitude, and wild Roman nights.
SMOKE BREAK
“The Movie Doesn’t Promote Eco-Terrorism”: A Seven-Minute Cig With Filmmaker Daniel Goldhaber
August 29, 2024
After a 35mm screening of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” the director talked to us about snuff, eco-terrorism, and Charli XCX in this week’s installment of Smoke Break.
RORSCHACH TEST
Ivy Wolk on Adderall, iPad Babies, and Bisexual Awareness
August 28, 2024
We asked the chronically online and proudly unfiltered actress, who appears in Sean Baker’s “Anora” this fall, to sound off on lying, twinks, 5150’s, and democrats.
COVER
Demi Moore’s Gory Glory
August 27, 2024
Her starring role in the body-horror fantasy “The Substance” has once again put the 61-year-old actor in the spotlight. For our September 2024 cover story, she tells Michelle Yeoh how the movie’s themes—youth, vanity, desire, relevance—cut close.
DIRECTOR
How Director Mikko Mäkelä Flipped the Script on the Modern Sex Work Movie
August 23, 2024
To mark the wide release of his sophomore feature, “Sebastian,” the director discussed working with intimacy coordinators and showing sex work in a dignified light.
MEN
Peter Vack on Jesus, Male Rage, and Why He’s Not Really a Party Boy
August 12, 2024
“There’s a misperception about me that I’m a party guy,” says the multi-hyphenate, who sat down with Madeline Cash after publishing his debut novel, “Sillyboy.”