Bad Lighting
Alexandra Pelosi’s latest documentary, American Selfie, offers a chaotic, unsettling snapshot of the times we’re living in
The Dark Side of Lolita
Sue Lyon was 14 when she starred in the film. The producer slept with her anyway
For a Good Time in Paris, Call Her
“Madame Claude” supplied high-end prostitutes to J.F.K., the Shah of Iran, Frank Sinatra, and others. Was she a feminist icon or a thug?
Second-Wives Club
Armie Hammer, Lily James, and Kristin Scott Thomas remake the Hitchcock classic Rebecca
Out of Control
Filmed in secrecy in the months since the coronavirus outbreak, Alex Gibney’s new documentary delivers the true tale—and scope—of the U.S.’s failure
Charlotte Hope
The Game of Thrones actress on the difficulty of moving on from playing Henry VIII’s first wife
Rupert Everett Can’t Help Himself
The devastating male beauty of 80s and 90s cinema, the star of Another Country, Dance with a Stranger, and My Best Friend’s Wedding, plays a porno villain in the new British series Adult Material
Collins on the Rocks
American expats are fuming over Emily in Paris, Darren Star’s absurd new Netflix series
Killing Jason Bourne: Stoppard’s Secret Movie Scripts … Revealed!
Britain’s most esteemed playwright quietly contributed to the scripts for Star Wars, Schindler’s List, The Bourne Ultimatum, My Mom’s a Werewolf, and 102 Dalmatians, among others
Trump’s Spitting Image
Get ready for a new cast of puppets—Beyoncé! Bezos! Kardashians! Kanye! Ivanka! Thunberg! Zuckerberg!—as Britain’s biting, satirical, take-no-prisoners Spitting Image returns to television
A Different Draft of History
Oktoberfest 1900 gives the Bavarian beer festival an injection of Scorsese menace and mayhem
Lust in Translation
Bill Murray is back in the picture in Sofia Coppola’s new film about Gen X marriage, On the Rocks
Hear Them Roar
Susan Sontag, Germaine Greer, Norman Mailer, and others battle over “women’s lib” in a rarely seen documentary about the epic 1971 all-star debate
“I Know Those Guys”
Before he met Nora Ephron, Nick Pileggi learned everything he needed to know to write Goodfellas in Bensonhurst
A Stand-Up Duchess
Fearless, filthy, and brash, Katherine Ryan is a single mother—and Netflix star—seizing her moment
Bake-Off Bakes On
Fans of The Great British Baking Show, as it’s known in the U.S., will be relieved to learn that the show will soon come back for its 11th season
Wax On, Wax Off
Cobra Kai, a TV-series sequel to The Karate Kid, pays worthy homage to the original while undoing it
Alan Partridge Has Something to Say
“It’s the real, raw, be-cardiganed me.” Britain’s No. 1 raconteur is back with a podcast
Jack Mulhern
At 26, the actor has acted in series for Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. This week sees the premiere of his first movie, a coming-of-age hockey story that hits close to home
Mean Girl
Ellen DeGeneres faces accusations of, well, you name it
Last Night I Dreamt I Saw Rebecca Again
Armie Hammer and Lily James revisit Daphne du Maurier’s gothic romance
Creature Comforts
James Herriot’s country vet returns to the small screen
So, What Explains Cats?
The secret to creating a hit musical lies in an ancient Greek number
