Matthias Schweighöfer
The German actor, who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, discovered Western cinema when the Berlin Wall fell
See No Evil
When Hollywood optioned Albert Speer’s self-serving memoir, the Nazi architect found willing collaborators
Jaden Michael
Colin Kaepernick meets his match in the star who plays him as an aspiring high-school football player grappling with racism in Colin in Black & White
The Boss of Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham has found stardom and an Emmy as the accidental owner of A.F.C. Richmond
The Squid Game Secret
People have chalked up the South Korean TV show’s unprecedented popularity to word of mouth. Here’s the real source of its success
Honor Swinton Byrne
The actress reveals what it’s like to act alongside her mother
Game Changer
Jung Ho-yeon has become the breakout star of Squid Game, and the new face of South Korea
Goop Sex
Armed with a new Netflix series and an arsenal of vibrators, Gwyneth Paltrow invades the bedroom
The Man Who Spawned Logan Roy
Jesse Armstrong, the creator of Succession, reveals his thoughts on the new season—and answers his critics
Bland. James Bland
In No Time to Die, 007 is defeated … by the wokes
Underneath the Velvet Underground
Todd Haynes turns to documentary to get at the heart of Lou Reed’s 1960s New York City band
Susan Soon He Stanton
The playwright and screenwriter takes us into the Succession writers’ room
Survival Instinct
The creator of the dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game explains the origins of the most streamed show on Netflix
A Day in the Life
As the 1970 classic Beatles film, Let It Be, gets recut by The Lord of the Rings’ Peter Jackson, its filmmaker tells how it all came to be
The Golden Tooch
Apart from being a beloved actor, Stanley Tucci has seen his lockdown-cocktail videos go viral, his Italian-food show snag an Emmy over Oprah’s Harry and Meghan interview, and his recent memoir draw rave reviews
Toheeb Jimoh
The Ted Lasso star’s mom wanted him to be the next U.K. prime minister. He’s shooting for the next James Bond
Dancing Skeletons and Lecherous Skunks
The golden age of animation in 10 inventive—and politically incorrect—cartoons
Once upon a Time in Wrexham
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy a Welsh football club because … why not?
Cosmic Chaos
Isaac Asimov’s epic Foundation series comes to Apple TV+
Sharon Horgan Goes Viral
Shot over 10 days, her new film is a raw look at lockdown’s effect on one family
Nana Mensah
The Ghanaian-American screenwriter, filmmaker, and actress is adding humor to the African-immigrant experience
Beyond the Infinite—and Back
How 2001: A Space Odyssey’s long-lost lunar lander found its way to L.A.’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Johnny Depp’s Never-Ending Toxic Trail
His reputation imperils a movie about how a Japanese chemical company poisoned children in the 1950s
Character Study
Tourist kitsch and high fashion collide in Mike White’s addictive new series, The White Lotus
