The Oral History of a Summer Classic
Thirty years on, the cast and crew of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Britain’s most successful—and delightfully profane—romantic comedy ever, look back on the highs and lows
One-Frame Films
Set photographer Alfonso Avincola captured some of the 20th century’s greatest actors, from the divas of Italian neo-realism to the Young Turks of New Hollywood
Soaringly Sozzled Onstage
Withnail and I is one of the most beloved—and bibulous—British films of all time. But can this bucolic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas be properly adapted into a play?
Oedipus Flex
Elizabeth Hurley’s erotic thriller—written and directed by her 22-year-old son—is one for the Freudians
Paul, John, George, Ringo, and Me
My movie Let It Be chronicled the Beatles’ last concert—and got lost in the wake of their breakup. Now it’s returning to screens
Taking Orders
Nothing prepared a Hacks co-creator for Hollywood quite like working as a waitress
Baby Reindeer Games
The hit Netflix show about stalking has bled into real life as social-media sleuths hound—and threaten—the actual people the story is based on
The Life Lessons of Shonda Rhimes
The trailblazing creator of Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal is raising kids on her own, worrying about Donald Trump, and having trouble getting a date
Divided We Fail
Alex Garland’s Civil War hurtles through the ravaging violence and chilling anomie of a Disunited States
“All the Romance of Filmmaking Is Gone”
Woody Allen on Paris, cancel culture, retirement, and “the whole mortality question”
Katana and Crumpets
The new hit TV mini-series Shōgun has re-ignited interest in the rollicking life of the Englishman William Adams, Japan’s first foreign samurai
Underworld Toff
He broke out in The White Lotus, and now he’s the lead on Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen. There’s also Bond chatter—but Theo James isn’t buying it
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
In A Gentleman in Moscow, the actress beguiles the hero, played by her real-life husband, Ewan McGregor
The Last Angry Man
Rex Reed is one of a dying breed—the pugnacious, no-holds-barred movie critic beholden to neither publicist nor star
Anthony Boyle
The Irish actor perfected a Southern drawl to play John Wilkes Booth in Apple TV+’s new thriller
This Is Rob Reiner
He made a slew of beloved films, including When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride, and became a successful political campaigner. Now, 40 years on, he’s getting the band back together and directing Spinal Tap II
The Truman Show
For a young assistant at Random House in the summer of 1978, Friday afternoons meant one thing: babysitting Truman Capote
Playing God
On the eve of the Oscars, reiterations of Frankenstein are taking over Hollywood. Why now?
Do It Like the French Do!
Fresh from playing Coco Chanel in The New Look, Juliet Binoche takes on the role of the live-in cook of a celebrated gourmand in The Taste of Things
Lucas Zelnick
After a brief stint as a corporate strategist, the young comedian started a stand-up club in Manhattan
The Amazing Race
Bobi Wine’s journey from pop star to presidential candidate dominated headlines in Uganda. Now, thanks to an Oscar-nominated documentary, the conversation continues around the world
Mob-Wife Style
Sofía Vergara becomes Miami’s biggest drug lord in the new Netflix series Griselda, and leaves audiences with one burning question: Who is writing this nonsense?
A Cinematic Séance
Peter Bogdanovich interviewed all the greats, from Hitchcock to Tarantino. Now you can hear the top filmmakers of the 21st century commune with the giants of Old Hollywood
Breaking the Mode
A new series tells the story of Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and the momentous couture collection that rose from the ashes of W.W. II, changing fashion forever