Olivia Cooke
For the actress, who at 26 has already starred in Ready Player One, Modern Love, and Vanity Fair, the pandemic offered a much-needed re-start
All About Eve with Strippers?
A Q&A about T&A. How Showgirls, one of Hollywood’s raunchiest movies, came to be
Zeina Durra
With Luxor, the British filmmaker brings romance to the ruins of the Egyptian Pharaohs
He Keeps 007 in Gear
Good news: Ben Whishaw returns as Q in the new James Bond. Not good news: the film is still delayed
Just When You Thought He Was Out…
Francis Ford Coppola is pulling us back in with a new edit of The Godfather Part III, timed to the film’s 30th anniversary
Luis Gerardo Mendez
The actor made it big in Mexico. Now he’s bringing diversity and humor to Hollywood
Hypnotized by Chess
Beth Harmon’s doe-eyed gaze reflects centuries of chess in art history
Jean-Luc Godard at 90
The New Wave director pokes the artificial veil of Instagram
Schlock and Awe
Confessions of a male Hallmark-Christmas-movie addict
He Contained Multitudes
A Frank Zappa documentary by the co-star of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure brings the musician’s originality to a new generation
Mosul’s Moment
A new film from the Russo brothers, directors of Avengers: Endgame, tells the story of the invasion of Iraq through the eyes and voices of those on the ground
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
In her first-ever screen role, the British actress stars in Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, the latest installment in his Small Axe series
A Tale of Two Brothers
How Herman and Joe Mankiewicz won and lost the Hollywood dream
Old-School
Cultural and racist stereotypes aside, films like Dangerous Minds suffer from a deeper flaw. Two professors turn to its predecessor, The Corn Is Green, for clues
The Flames of Corruption
A Romanian documentary might be the most explosive film of the year. And an Oscar front-runner
Pawn Star
It’s sexy. It’s smart. The Queen’s Gambit gets chess (and the game’s inherent sexism) just about right
Citizen Mank
David Fincher and Gary Oldman illuminate the tortured psyche of one of Hollywood’s greatest screenwriters
When the Sun Set on Billy Wilder
Despite Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and The Apartment, the director had become unbankable by the 1970s
Diana Enters the Firm
That wedding. Those rumors. The scandals. A sneak peek at the new season of The Crown
Maria Bakalova
The 24-year-old whom Rudy Giuliani couldn’t keep his hands off of—and who almost stole the Borat sequel
Noah Jupe
The star of this month’s The Undoing has six years of acting under his belt. For a 15-year-old, that’s saying a lot
The Dark Side of Lolita
Sue Lyon was 14 when she starred in the film. The producer slept with her anyway
